The Ceremony & Seaforth

The Ceremony

Dir Jack King, 2024, United Kingdom, Languages: Kurdish /English / Romanian / Arabic with English subtitles, Black and white, 1hr 32min, BBFC15

Two migrant workers find themselves thrown together in a quest to bury a body in this hypnotic and visually stunning drama. 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. Beautifully directed and performed and shot in stark black and white with a vivid sense of visual splendour, this humane and moving film packs quite the emotional punch. Thàinig an dithis luchd-obrach à dùthaich thall-thairis, gu chèile a’ tiodhlacadh corp, san dràma grèimeanta seo. Thòisich an sgeulachd seo le uaireadair a chaidh a ghoid, bàs cianail, agus dithis luchd-obrach (air an cluich le Tudor Cucu-Dumitrescu agus Erdal Yıldız) agus iad air cho-dhùnadh neach-siridh comraich òg (Mo’min Swaitat) a thiodhlacadh sna beanntan. Fhad ‘s a tha iad a’ gluasad tron dùthaich le corp an duine bochd, tha an dithis a’ fulang faireachaidhean cianail, eadar caoidh a’ bhàis, an tuigse a’ chèile agus a’ gabhail an eagail bhon talamh sa bheil iad a’ coiseachd. Tha an cleasachd agus stiùireadh sgileil, air a chlàradh an dubh san geal le bòidhchead seallaidhean tìr, gluaisidh seo ur faireachaidhean.

Winner of the Sean Connery Award for Feature Filmmaking Excellence at the 2024 Edinburgh International Film Festival

Seaforth / Sìophort

Director: JM MacAulay, Producer:Sorcha GroundsellExec Producer: Douglas Mackinnon,Duration: 15:30, Country of origin: Scotland, Language/s: Gaelic: English translation, Classification: 12

Thèid fear leis an dà-shealladh air atharraing dhan sìreadh bean-uasailairson an duine aice a tha air call, achcuiridh an fhìrinn a tha e a’ sealltainndàn brònach ann an gnìomh. Suidhichte an aghaidh an àrrainneachdgarbh nan Innse Gall, leanidhSìophort Coinneach Odhar, aonragandìomhaireach leis an dà-shealladh achaidh a shumanachadh le Bean-uasal Shìophort gus an lorg an duine air callaice. Na thachair le iarraidh simplidhag atharrachadh gu lìn làn farmad,brathadh agus measadh spioradail,fhad ’s a tha na lèirsinneachdanChoinnich a’ sealltainn tuilleadh ‘s achòrr na tha duine sam bith deaseil a’seasamh ris. A man with second sight is drawn into a noblewoman’s search for her missing husband, but the truth he reveals sets a tragic fate in motion.Set against the rugged backdrop of the Hebrides, Seaforth follows the Brahan Seer, a solitary mystic gifted with second sight, who is summoned by Lady Seaforth to locate her missing husband. What begins as a simple request unravels into a web of jealousy, betrayal, and spiritual reckoning, as Coinneach’s visions reveal more than anyone is prepared to confront.

Awards: Rhode Island InternationalFilm Festival (Selection)