LFS alumnus Ben Caird (Writer-Director) will premier his debut feature film HALFWAY at the 10th edition of the Dallas International Film Festival in April.
HALFWAY is the story of a recently released convict who faces the conflict of enduring ties with his old gang world while struggling to adapt to a life on probation as the only black man in a conservative white Midwestern farm town.
Caird’s HALFWAY looks at the systemic failure of the American prison system via a drama starring the Academy Award Nominated THE BLIND SIDE’s Quinton Aaron, and a supporting cast including Jeffrey DeMunn (The Walking Dead), Amy Pietz (Caroline in the City), and Gillian Zinser (90210), with several expected to be in attendance the Dallas International Film Festival aims to support the magic of film as an art form by bringing a diverse program of poignant and thought-provoking films to Dallas, honoring filmmakers worldwide, and promoting our own local filmmakers on an international stage.
Watch a Q&A with Ben about the film here.