''Halfway'' is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Ben Caird and starring

Quinton Aaron Quinton Aaron (born August 15, 1984) is an American actor. He made his film debut in Michel Gondry's '' Be Kind Rewind''. His first lead role was as Michael Oher in the 2009 film '' The Blind Side''. Early life Aaron was born in The Bronx, New ...

. The film is Caird's directorial debut and Aaron served as an executive producer. On November 1, 2017, 'Halfway' was nominated for a British Independent Film Award in the Discovery Award category.

Plot

Cast

as Byron *

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as Walt * Marcus Henderson as Paulie *

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as Eliza *

Amy Pietz Amy Pietz (born March 6, 1969) is an American actress, known for her roles on television. She received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series nomination for her role as Annie Spadaro in the ...

as Beth * T.J. Power as Josh * Billy Aaron Brown as Sean

Production

According to Aaron, "We shot the movie over four weeks on the Lepeska family farm in Montfort, Wisconsin." Aaron confirmed in another interview, "The writer and director, Ben Caird, his family farm is actually where we shot it at. Ben's British, but his mother is from Wisconsin, and their family farm was the farm we used in the movie in Montfort. So that's what brought us out here." Early in development,

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was to have portrayed Paulie.

Release

''Halfway'' made its worldwide premiere on April 20, 2016 at the

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. On June 12, 2016, it was announced that the worldwide sales rights to ''Halfway'' have been acquired by the Film Sales Company. A screening of the film was shown at the 16th Wildwood Film Festival in

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on March 10, 2017. The film made its exclusive premiere on the Urban Movie Channel on April 21, 2017.

References

External links

* * {{rotten-tomatoes, halfway_2016 2016 directorial debut films 2016 films American drama films Films shot in Wisconsin 2010s English-language films 2010s American films 2016 drama films