Turtles All the Way Down (2020) | Short Film

Turtles All the Way Down is a fan-made short film by a small group of college students at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas in the course of just three days. Based upon the novel by John Green (The Fault in Our Stars, Looking For Alaska, Paper Towns), Turtles All the Way Down is about a girl who has OCD and constantly believes she is infected with a disease, she tries to control her thoughts and find her true self. The novel was adapted into a screenplay and directed by Rankin Dean. We did our best to stay true to the book out of our love for it, but some things were changed in order to work better for the short film, since we didn't have a full two hours to tell the whole story. Beyond Star Films does not own, or claim to own, the rights to John Green's book or to the music in the film. This film is completely free to watch and is purely fan-made. The music in the film is by Rob Simonsen from his soundtrack of "The Spectacular Now."

The film was shot on a Sony a7S II with Canon prime lenses.

Written for the screen and Directed by
Rankin Dean

Based upon the novel by
John Green

Produced by
Corban Gililland

Cinematography by
Sammy Castillo Jr.

Mariah Martin
as Aza

Rankin Dean
as Davis

Lauren McDonald
as Daisy

Catherine Baumgardner
as Dr. Singh

Sound by
Cody Tolle
Corban Gililland

Production Assistant
Jillian Ruiz

Edited by
Rankin Dean

Special thanks to
Hannah Raymond
Dawne Swearingen Meeks