The Cortège

The Cortège

Marina Seresesky
Capi is the oldest gravedigger in the cemetery. Used to working amidst the suffering of others and the jokes of his colleagues, there is only one person capable of taking him out of his daily routine. Every month for the last couple of years he has waited for Marta to take flowers to the grave of her husband. She is his last hope.

Best Spanish Film – Dare Media Underground Short Film Festival (Ireland)
Special Jury Mention – Calaveras Film Festival (USA)
Best Short Film, Best Screenplay – Malta International Short Film Festival (Malta)
Best Drama Short Film – Snake Alley Festival Of Film (United States)
Best Short Film – Festival Internacional de Cine de La Ciudad de Chihuahua (Mexico)
Best Short Film – Portugal Underground Film Festival – Puff (Portugal)
Audience Award – Cortiaponte Film Festival (Italy)
Special Jury Mention – Marin County Festival of Short Film and Video (United States)
Best Actor – Concurso de Cortometrajes K-Lidoscopi de Cullera (Spain)
Best Short Film – Imago Film Festival (United States)
Third Prize – Forster Film Festival (Australia)
Best International Short Film – Filmare Festival Del Cortometraggio (Italy)
Best International Shortfilm – Ballinamore International Film Festival (Ireland)
Best Short Film – Certamen de Cortometrajes Angelika (Spain)
Best Short Film – Everett Women’s Film Festival (USA)
Best Dramatic Short Film – Sharpcuts Indie Film And Music Festival (Canada)
Best Iberoamerican Short Film – Short Shorts Film Festival Mexico (Mexico)
Best Short Film – Belize International Film Festival (Belize)
Best Screenplay – Premio Cinematografico Palena (Italy)
Special Jury Mention – Festival de Cortos Rauch (Argentina)
Best Screenplay, Best Direction, Best Editing – Ballston Spa Film Festival (USA)
Best Short Film, Golden Beggar Award – International Festival Of Local Televisions (Slovakia)
Third Prize  – The Indie Gathering International Film Festival (USA)
Best Screenplay – Sicorto, Semana Internacional del corto de Cochabamba (Bolivia)
Best Short Film – Festival de Cortos Villa de Añover de Tajo (Spain)
Best International Short Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor – Angry Film Festival (Australia)
Best International Short Film – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes Cine a la Calle (Colombia)
Gold Remi Award – Worldfest, Houston International Film & Video Festival (United States)
Best International Short Film – Toronto Hispano-American Film Festival (Canada)
Best Direction, Best Screenplay,  Best Actor – Valpolicella Film Festival (Italy)
Special Jury Mention – Cortisonici Short Film Festival (Italy)
Best Short Film – Festival de Cortometrajes de Boadilla Del Monte (Spain)
Second Prize – Jornadas de Cine Independiente En Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Best Screenplay – The Stepping Stone Film Festival (India)
Best Short Film – Muestra de Cortometrajes de Tres Cantos (Spain)
Best Short Film – Festival de Cine de Cartagena Ficc (Spain)
Best Actor – Mostra de Curtmetratges de Vilafranca (Spain)
First Prize  – Cortogenial, Certamen de Cortometrajes de Puente Genil (Spain)
Best Short Film – Quincena del corto de risa y de oro (Spain)
Second Prize  – Festival de Cortometrajes en alta definición de la región de Murcia (Spain)
Best Actor – Muestra de Cortometrajes de Pasaia Ikuska (Spain)
Best Short Film – Certamen de cortometrajes ciudad de Dos Hermanas (Spain)
Best Short Film – Curtas Film Fest (Spain)
Best Short Film, Best Actor – Ficdos (Colombia)
Silver Medal for the Best Professional Short Film – Brno Sixteen (Czech Republic)
Best Short Film – Shortmoves Kurzfilmfestival Halle (Germany)
Audience Award – Festival de Cortometrajes Corten – Ciudad de Calahorra (Spain)
Best Short Film – Rappahannock Independent Film Festival (United States)
Special Jury Mention – Slow Film International Festival (Hungary)
Special Jury Mention – L’ecran Cevenol – Festival International Du Film Video de Vebron (France)
Best Fiction Short Film – Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Elche (Spain)
Best Short Film – Higuera En Corto, Certamen de Cortometrajes Higuera de La Sierra (Spain)
Best Screenplay, Best Direction – Festival Europeo de Cortometrajes Villamayor de Cine (Spain)

Second Prize  – Festival de cortometrajes de la primavera cinematográfica de Lorca (Spain)
Best Acting – Mcm Filmfest (Netherlands)
Best Short Film – Fecid, Festival de Cine de Las Ideas (Chile)
Audience Award – Certamen de Cortometrajes Tabernas de Cine (Spain)
Best Short Film, Best Direction, Best Actor, Best Original Music, Best Editing – Festival Audiovisual Creando (Spain)
Second Prize, Best Actor – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Ficción “Pielagos En Corto” (Spain)
Best Screenplay – Festival Ibérico de Cinema de Badajoz (Spain)
Best Short Film – Festival de Cortos Amcppbocanegra (Spain)

  • Original title El cortejo
  • Director Marina Seresesky
  • Duration 15
  • Production year 2010
  • Format DCP
  • Category Short Film
  • Subcategory Fiction
  • Genre Drama
  • Nationality Spain
  • Producer Meridional Producciones
  • Dialogue language Spanish
  • Subtitle language English
  • Intérpretes Mariano Llorente, Elena Irureta