This film was submitted as part of the 48hour Film Project Toronto, and had to include the following criteria to avoid disqualification: (prop) a watermelon, (character) Jess Silver- Yoga Instructor, and (line of dialogue) "You must be thinking of someone else."
Retreat was included as one of the Best Films of 2016, for the Toronto 48 Hour Film Project. It also won an Audience Favourite Award 2016.