Retreat
USA
DIRECTOR: Andrew Ahn, Andrew Callaway
2025/USA
(EXP) The summer before college can be a disorienting time, a transitional phase of goodbyes, self doubt, and an uncertain future. For Joshua and Ben, their final church youth group retreat provides one last opportunity to find themselves.
Running Time—0:14:39
ARTISTS’ BIOS: ANDREW AHN is a queer Korean American filmmaker born and raised in Los Angeles. Ahn's latest feature “Fire Island” (Searchlight Pictures) starring Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, and Margaret Cho is currently streaming on Hulu. The film won the Ensemble Tribute at the 2023 Gotham Awards. Ahn's sophomore feature “Driveways,” written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen, premiered at the 2019 Berlinale and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Screenplay and Best Lead Actress for Hong Chau. Ahn's first film “Spa Night” premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in US Dramatic Competition and won a Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance. The film went on to win the 2017 John Cassavetes Film Independent Spirit Award. Ahn has directed fiction and documentary television for Netflix, FX, HBO Max, CBS, Sundance Channel, and KCET. He has promoted diversity in the arts by mentoring youth filmmakers through programs like Pacific Arts Movement’s Reel Voices, Outfest’s OutSet, and the Sundance Institute's Native Filmmaker Lab. He graduated from Brown University and received an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).
ANDREW CALLAWAY grew up in San Francisco and worked as a cinematographer. In 2015, he joined Radiotopia as a podcast producer and his work has appeared on This American Life, Reply All, and 99% Invisible. He collaborated with Miranda July on her monograph book and Rebecca Solnit teaches his work at UC Berkeley. His latest series with Theory of Everything was a top show of 2024 according to The New Yorker and The Economist. In 2025, he worked on audio for Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign and won a Signal Award for Most Innovative Video Podcast.
2025/USA
(EXP) The summer before college can be a disorienting time, a transitional phase of goodbyes, self doubt, and an uncertain future. For Joshua and Ben, their final church youth group retreat provides one last opportunity to find themselves.
Running Time—0:14:39
ARTISTS’ BIOS: ANDREW AHN is a queer Korean American filmmaker born and raised in Los Angeles. Ahn's latest feature “Fire Island” (Searchlight Pictures) starring Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, and Margaret Cho is currently streaming on Hulu. The film won the Ensemble Tribute at the 2023 Gotham Awards. Ahn's sophomore feature “Driveways,” written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen, premiered at the 2019 Berlinale and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Screenplay and Best Lead Actress for Hong Chau. Ahn's first film “Spa Night” premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in US Dramatic Competition and won a Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance. The film went on to win the 2017 John Cassavetes Film Independent Spirit Award. Ahn has directed fiction and documentary television for Netflix, FX, HBO Max, CBS, Sundance Channel, and KCET. He has promoted diversity in the arts by mentoring youth filmmakers through programs like Pacific Arts Movement’s Reel Voices, Outfest’s OutSet, and the Sundance Institute's Native Filmmaker Lab. He graduated from Brown University and received an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).
ANDREW CALLAWAY grew up in San Francisco and worked as a cinematographer. In 2015, he joined Radiotopia as a podcast producer and his work has appeared on This American Life, Reply All, and 99% Invisible. He collaborated with Miranda July on her monograph book and Rebecca Solnit teaches his work at UC Berkeley. His latest series with Theory of Everything was a top show of 2024 according to The New Yorker and The Economist. In 2025, he worked on audio for Zohran Mamdani's mayoral campaign and won a Signal Award for Most Innovative Video Podcast.
