Retreat

Retreat (2025)

The world's first deaf thriller.

In an isolated deaf community, cracks begin to appear in Matt’s seemingly idyllic world when the arrival of enigmatic outsider Eva forces him to question the realities of his identity. Is Matt prepared to discover what lies beneath the surface of his supposedly utopian community and the costs demanded to maintain it?

Date of release
2025-09-08
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Thriller
Director
Ted Evans

Casting

Interesting facts

Retreat is a 2025 British thriller film written and directed by Ted Evans and featuring an all-deaf lead cast.

Production

The film is directed by Ted Evans, who is deaf, and features an all-deaf lead cast. It is loosely-based on a short film of the same name previously directed by Evans, which won awards at the Italian Cinedeaf Film Festival in Rome in December 2013 including Best Director in the fiction category for Evans with Sophie Leigh Stone winning Best Interpretation for her leading role.

It is starring Anne Zander, James Boyle and Sophie Stone, with Ace Mahbaz and Anna Seymore. The film is produced by The Fold and 104 Films with Michelle Stein, Jennifer Monks and Alex Usborne producing and XYZ Films selling worldwide. The film received British Film Institute (BFI) Filmmaking Fund production support in 2024.

Principal photography began in the United Kingdom in October 2024. Filming locations include Wolverhampton.

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