COSMOSQUARE FILMS
THE CEREMONY
AVAILABLE NOW
VISUAL POETRY
MORNING STAR
BRILLIANTLY REFRESHING
LONDON STANDARD
SURREAL, DREAM LIKE
FILMHOUNDS
The story begins with a stolen watch, a tragic death, and two migrant workers (played by Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu and Erdal Yıldız) who make a fateful decision: to bury a young asylum-seeker (Mo’min Swaitat) in the hills. As they journey through the landscape with the man’s body, the pair are forced into a powerful reckoning—with grief, with each other, and with the land itself.
​​WRITER / DIRECTOR - JACK KING
PRODUCERS - HOLLIE BRYAN // LUCY MEER
DOP - ROBBIE BRYANT
SOUND DESIGN - TIM HARRISON
GRADE - CARL THOMPSON
MUSIC - YUMA KODA
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​CAST
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CRISTI - Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu
YUSUF - Erdal Yildiz
NASSAR - Mo'min Swaitat
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Also featuring:-
Liam Thomas, Hemin Omar, Catalin Vasile Rusti, Abu Sufiyan, Mustafa Husseini, Ahmad Sultan, Mihai Visan, Arnold Baksi
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​FESTIVALS / AWARDS
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EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - Main Competition - August 2024 - WINNER Sean Connery Award
BAFTA FILM AWARDS - NOMINEE - Outstanding Debut by a Writer, Director or Producer
BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS - NOMINEE Breakthrough Producer, Nominee Raindance Maverick Award
TRANSILVANIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
GALWAY FILM FLEADH
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PRESS
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THE PEOPLES MOVIES - 4*
SCREEN DAILY - The Ceremony wins inaugural Sean Connery Prize
EDINBURGH FILM PODCAST with writer / director Jack King
YORKSHIRE POST​​
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