The director Sotiris Dounoukos was attending the Australian National University studying law at the same time as Anu Singh in the 90s; she was "a friend of friends".
This is the second film to be released that is based on the same true story. The Dinner Party (2009) was shot on-location in Canberra, Australia in 2006 but did not first premiere until 2009 and then only received an extremely limited theatrical release in 2011. Joe Cinque's Consolation began a 6-week shoot also on-location in Canberra in April 2015. The Dinner Party had an 11-day shoot, in comparison. Joe Cinque's Consolation later enjoyed a nationwide theatrical release in Australia in October 2016.