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The Ceremony

Jack King

An award-winning debut feature set in Bradford.

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A fight over stolen property and a tragic death brings together two very different men in Jack King’s award-winning film – shot in Bradford and the Yorkshire Dales.

Bradford 2025 is hugely proud to be supporting the debut feature by Bradford-born writer–director Jack King. The Ceremony is a powerfully atmospheric road drama that received its world premiere in August 2024 at the Edinburgh International Film Festival – where it won the inaugural Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking Excellence.

When young asylum-seeker Nassar (Mo’min Swaitat) commits suicide on car wash grounds, two migrant workers (Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu and Erdal Yıldız) agree to bury his body in the nearby hills. Conflicted by their different opinions on the man’s death, the two men head out on a journey like no other – a spiritual reckoning with their lives, with each other and with the mystery of the landscape.

Beautifully shot in black-and-white, The Ceremony is set for further screenings in Bradford and beyond during 2025. Check back for more details – and visit ceremonyfilm.co.uk.

 

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