Céremony

Mark Wachholz

In a near-future where perception of minors in distress is heavily filtered, the only survivor of a city erased in an apocalyptic strike, a 12-year-old girl, is interviewed to tell the world what happened. But she holds the key to a darker truth about children in our society.

CÉREMONY is a visual fable about aesthetic capture, desensitization, and the cost of protecting the world from the reality of trauma.

The film made the Top 12 finalist shortlist at the $1,000,000 AI Film Award 2026 by 1BFS & Google Gemini, out of 30,000+ participants.