Buy tickets for Retreat | BFI London Film Festival 2025

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Credits

Director-screenwriter

Ted Evans
With

Anne Zander, James Boyle, Sophie Stone
UK 2025. 107min
Courtesy of

XYZ
Languages

British Sign Language, English, German Sign Language

Access information

Descriptive subtitles:
Saturday 18 October 15:40
Saturday 18 October 19:35
Saturday 18 October 19:50

English subtitles where spoken English is used:
Thursday 16 October 18:10

Intro / Q&A Live captioned:
Saturday 18 October 15:40

Intro / Q&A BSL interpreted:
Saturday 18 October 15:40
Saturday 18 October 19:35
Saturday 18 October 19:50

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Introduction

After leaving the hearing world for ‘the village’, Eva feels she can truly be herself in a place where sign language is the only form of communication. However, it is not long before cracks start to show in this seemingly perfect world. Evans’ bold debut, which features an all-Deaf principal cast, articulately questions notions of identity and the longing for community.

Isabel Moir

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