Weekend Retreat

Weekend Retreat

Weekend Retreat is a multi award-winning Cornish black comedy.

“a darkly comic twist on the domestic hostage situation... adds momentum to the Cornish new wave” David Parkinson, Empire Online

Weekend Retreat is a darkly comic thriller set in an isolated house in the picturesque Cornish countryside. Karen Campbell has brought her husband Duncan away for a “quiet weekend”, a chance to communicate and rebuild their fractured marriage. Duncan plays along but seems distant. During their first night they’re taken hostage by Kevin and Gary Tregidger, estranged brothers desperate for money who thought the house was empty. Gaffer taped back to back the Campbell’s marriage is pushed to the limit while the Tregidger’s can’t stop bickering long enough to get the job done. As the weekend draws on the stakes are raised as secrets are revealed and body parts are lost.

Produced by Denzil Monk (Happy Christmas) and Simon Harvey (The Midnight Drives) the film stars Esther Hall (Rome, Waking The Dead, Spooks) Dominic Coleman (Psychoville, Special People, Clubbed) and Dudley Sutton (Lovejoy, The Football Factory, Dean Spanley).

Winner The Golden Chough Cornwall Film Festival 2011

Shortlisted LOCO Discovery Award 2012

Winner Best Director London Independent Film Festival 2012

Official Selection Breakthrough London UK Film Focus

Shortlisted Best Feature Cannes In A Van Awards 2012

Winner Best Actress Bootleg Film Festival Edinburgh 2013

Winner Best Film Bootleg Film Festival Edinburgh 2013

Shortlisted Best Feature Berlin Independent Film Festival 2013

Shortlisted Feature Length Drama Celtic Media Festival 2013

Winner Best Director International Film Festival of Wales 2014

Winner Best Action Sequence or Choreography at the Global Independent Film Awards

Best Supporting Actor Dudley Sutton at the Global Independent Film Awards