Ben Caird

About

During the MA at London Film School Ben put his efforts into writing and directing. Prior to film school he ran Kino Persona, a music video and viral media production company. Ben is currently in development with two scripts, one set in the UK and one in the US. He is also producing a low budget feature film set in England's midlands.

Ben Caird

Course:

MA Filmmaking

Course number:

167

Graduation year:

2011

Nationality:

United Kingdom

Email:

Website: http://bencaird.com

Graduation film

Drift

John is very much lost, drifting through life on his canal boat. In an attempt to find a real attachment to the memory of his childhood, he returns to the London neighbourhood he grew up in when he meets Aya, a single mother struggling to keep her life moving forward with her young child, James, he sees in them kindred spirits.

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LFS Filmography

Farmhand, WRITER/DIRECTOR, HD, 5m, FFP, 2011
Chicken, PRODUCER, HD, 5m, FFP, 2011
Drift, WRITER/DIRECTOR, Super 16mm, 19m, LFS, 2011, Winner: Grand Prix du Jour – Festival Chalon Tout Court, Competition of the 34th Rencontres Henri Langlois, Competition of the The London Lift-Off Film Festival
Lost Tracks, CINEMATOGRAPHER, Super 16mm, 21m, LFS, Official Selection of the Ostrava Kamera Oko’s competition
Dig Up a Lover, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 35mm, 12m, LFS, 2010
The Castle, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 35mm, B&W, 14m, LFS, 2009
Courbet, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 16mm, 5m, LFS, 2009
Love Shorts, WRITER/DIRECTOR, 10m, Kino Persona, 2008
Shades of Mourning, WRITER/DIRECTOR, DV, 10m, Kino Persona, 2007