RETREAT - Directed by Mari SanGiovanni

Project Type: Short Film

Project Title: RETREAT

Brief Synopsis: Diana is a CEO temporarily banished by her company’s board of directors to a wellness retreat to work on her anger management. When she arrives, she is shocked to reconnect with Vicki, whom she has never forgotten from their high school days. Both women are hiding secrets, and what seems like could be a second chance at love, threatens to shatter before it has even begun when secrets are revealed, regrets are confessed, and a recent LGBTQ related tragedy will either bond them or tear them apart.

Runtime: 36 minutes

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Director: Mari SanGiovanni

Writer: Mari SanGiovanniProducer: Mari SanGiovanni

Cinematographer: Paul Falcone

Editor: Paul Falcone

Key Cast: Zamira Scattolon (as Diana), Shannon Paradis (as Vicki)

RETREAT is a female written, directed, produced and acted project which has been endorsed by The Trevor Project, a national foundation for suicide prevention for LGBTQ teens and has a powerful anti-bullying message.  One of the lead actresses lost her son to suicide and wanted to be a part of this project to bring awareness to the issue of gay teens being 40% more at risk to attempt suicide.