The Weight · Sense

Drama 2026 1h 52m

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The Weight

When Samuel is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal prison, Warden Clancy offers him a high-stakes proposition: smuggle gold out of a remote mine with a dangerous crew of prisoners and he’ll win his freedom.

Cast & Crew

Awards & festivals

Sundance
Sundance Film Festival
- 2026Festival screening
Berlin International Film Festival
- 2026

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DIRECTOR

Padraic McKinley

SCREENPLAY

Matthew Booi
Shelby Gaines

STORY

Leo Scherman
Matthew Booi
Matthew Chapman

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Matteo Cocco

EDITOR

Matthew Woolley
Padraic McKinley

ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER

Latham Gaines
Shelby Gaines

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Cora Pratz

PRODUCER

Jonas Katzenstein
Maximilian Leo
Nathan Fields
Ryan Hawke
Simon Fields

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Andreas Rübo
Céline Dornier
Frédéric Fiore
Klaus Dohle
Peter Block
Peter Jarowey
Ralf Berchtold
Richard Goldberg

CASTING

Cassandra Han

CO-PRODUCER

Leo Scherman
Veronica Ferres

COSTUME DESIGN

Esther Walz

The end

The Weight
Released 2026
Directed by Padraic McKinley
Title page #1433583

Festival screening

Way Out West

2026Festival screening

Deauville American Film Festival

2026Festival screening

Fine Arts

2026Limited theatrical

Zurich Film Festival

2026Festival screening

Haifa Film Festival

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Belgrade International Film Festival

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Film Fest Gent

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Jakarta World Cinema

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