Ceremony

Ceremony

2023 • 3m • English • 12A – Shown in a programme rated 18

Ceremony is a semi-experimental short film, exploring the ways in which masculinity is ritualised.

A trans man is hunted by a pack of men, to what end?

20:30, Saturday 21 March 2026
Screen 4, The Ashford Cinema

Shown with Pillion (3 min)
Doors at 20:20

£8 - Ticketing information here

Director(s)
Charlie Tidmas

Writer(s)
Charlie Tidmas

Producer(s)
Rosanagh Griffiths
Molly McGregor

Director of Photography
Ebba Hult

Editor
Jack Goessens

Principle Cast
Pete MacHale

Charlie Tidmus is a BIFA and Grierson-longlisted writer and director whose work in film and television focuses on intersectional masculinities and trans identity. He has most recently co-directed a short film for the BFI Doc Society, which was selected as one of the British Council’s Five Films for Freedom.

Charlie was a BFI  Flare x BAFTA Mentee for 2024 and is a BAFTA Connect member. He has received short film commissions from BFI NETWORK and Channel 4’s Random Acts. His previous works have placed in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship and screened on Short of the Week with over 1M views. Alongside writing and directing, he works as a script reader and script editor for the BBC and BFI among others.