The Ceremony

Writer–director Jack King’s haunting, visually arresting road drama

★★★★
“Brilliantly refreshing filmmaking…a deep, dark – and almost magical – night of the soul.”
THE LONDON STANDARD

★★★★
FILMHOUNDS

★★★★
THE MORNING STAR

Watch in cinemas.

This award-winning debut feature by Bradford-born writer–director Jack King is a haunting, visually arresting road drama set against the raw beauty of Bradford and the Yorkshire Dales.

Following its acclaimed world premiere at the 2024 Edinburgh International Film Festival—where it was honoured with the inaugural Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence the film now comes to cinemas.

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.

 

Released in the UK and Ireland from Friday 22nd August 2025

  • Director: Jack King
  • Year: 2024
  • Duration: 92 minutes
  • Genre: Drama
  • Production company: ​Cosmosquare Films
  • Cert: 15

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IN CINEMAS

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From Friday 19th September

Oxford – Ultimate Picture Palace  |  Friday 19th September

Wetherby – Wetherby Cinema   |  Friday 19th September

Ely – Ely Community Cinema  |  Tuesday 23rd September

 

From Friday 26th September

Coventry – Warwick Arts Centre  |  From Friday 26th September
Sunday 28th September, 3pm + Q&A with Jack King and producer Hollie Bryan

Tarbert – Tarbert Community Centre (Hebrides International Film Festival)  |  Friday 26th September

Stornoway- An Lanntair (Hebrides International Film Festival)  |  Friday 26th September

North Ulst – Carinish Hall (Hebrides International Film Festival)  |  Saturday 27th September

Birmingham – Mockingbird Cinema  |  Tuesday 30th September
+ Q&A with Jack King and producer Hollie Bryan

 

October

Bristol – Watershed  |  Wednesday 1st October
+ Q&A with Jack King and cinematographer Robbie Bryant

Lewes – Depot  |  Tuesday 14th October, 5.45pm + Q&A with Jack King

Holmfirth – Holmfirth Film Festival  |  Monday 27th October

 

November

Nottingham – Broadway  | Tuesday 18th November + Q&A with Jack King

 

 

Previous screenings

SOLD OUT Bradford – National Science And Media Museum  |  Thursday 21st August, 7.30pm
+ Q&A with director Jack King, producer Hollie Bryan and members of the cast
London – BFI Southbank  |  Friday 22nd August, 6.10pm
+ Q&A with Jack King, producer Hollie Bryan and actors Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu and Erdal Yildiz
Bradford – National Science And Media Museum |  From Friday 22nd August
York – City Screen Picturehouse  |  From Friday 22nd August
Sheffield – Showroom  |  From Friday 22nd August
Tuesday 26th August, 6pm + Q&A with Jack King and producer Hollie Bryan
Newcastle upon Tyne – Tyneside Cinema  |  From Friday 22nd August
Wednesday 27th August, 5.45pm + Q&A with Jack King and producer Hollie Bryan
Romford – Lumiere Cinema  |  From Friday 22nd August
Montrose – Montrose Playhouse  |  From Friday 22nd August
London – Curzon Bloomsbury  |  Saturday 23rd August, 2.50pm + Q&A with Jack King and producer Hollie Bryan
London – Crouch End Picturehouse  |  Sunday 24th August, 4.30pm + Q&A with Jack King and producer Hollie Bryan
London – Curzon Bloomsbury  |  Monday 25th & Weds 27th August
Bradford – The Light  |  From Friday 29th August
Bradford – National Science And Media Museum  |  From Friday 29th August
Leeds – Hyde Park Picture House  | From Friday 29th August
Friday 29th August, 6pm + Q&A with Jack King and producer Hollie Bryan
Leeds – Showcase Cinema de Lux  |  From Friday 29th August
SELLING FAST Ilkley – Ilkley Cinema  |  From Sunday 31st August
Edinburgh – Cameo Picturehouse  |  From Sunday 31st August
Hexham – Forum Cinema  |  Tuesday 2nd September
Dumfries – Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre  |  Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd September
Falmouth – Poly  |  Wednesday 3rd September
CONTINUING Leeds – Hyde Park Picture House  |  From Friday 5th September
CONTINUING Edinburgh – Cameo Picturehouse  |  From Friday 5th September
Milton Keynes – MK Gallery  |  From Friday 5th September
Colchester – Firstsite  |  From Friday 5th September
Kendal – Brewery Arts Centre  |  From Friday 5th September
London – Peckhamplex  |  From Friday 5th September
Lancaster – Dukes  |  Tuesday 9th & Wednesday 10th September
Hebden Bridge – Hebden Bridge Picture House  |  From Saturday 13th September
Canterbury – Gulbenkian Arts Centre  |  From Saturday 13th September
Saturday 13th September, 7pm + Q&A with Jack King
CONTINUING Leeds – Hyde Park Picture House  |  Sunday 14th September
CONTINUING London – Peckhamplex  |  Sunday 14th September
Cleethorpes – Parkway Cinema  |  Wednesday 17th September + Q&A with Jack King and Hollie Bryan

 

 

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