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The Ceremony film image, director Lisle Turner

The Ceremony

International Premiere

Written by Iman Qureshi, The Ceremony is a searingly honest take on non-binary marriage, with a twist. The film is part of MicroPlays, a series of short digital plays made as a collaboration between Open Sky Productions and some of the UK’s most exciting writers. It’s a formal ceremony with personal touches, featuring performances that are beautiful and sensitive. In these matters sexual orientation is not relevant, love and its challenges affect everyone and anyone.

 

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Director
Cast

Amaka Okafor, Yaz Zadeh, Erika Poole

Credits
Country of Origin

UK

Year

2021

Language

English

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10 min

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Credits

Producer

Martina Klich

Screenwriter

Iman Qureshi

Cinematography

Ahmet Husseyin

Editor

Flaura Atkinson

Production Design

Fiona Mclean

Director

Lisle Turner headshot, The Ceremony director

Lisle Turner

Lisle Turner has written and directed two features, Here and Now (2014) and the award-winning Cold (2022). He has directed many shorts including Oxygen (2008) and Canvas (2010). Turner has been nominated at the BAFTA Awards for his work on Channel 4’s The Secret Policeman’s Ball (2006) and has written eight plays with The Idiot Colony which are currently being adapted for television. He is now preparing for his next feature, Mal.

Filmography: Here and Now (2014); Cold (2022)