The Procession (film)

The Procession
FrenchLe Cortège
Directed byPascal Blanchet
Rodolphe Saint-Gelais
Written byPascal Blanchet
Sylvain Charbonneau
Produced byJulie Roy
Music byPhilippe Brault
Pierre Lapointe
Production
company
Release date
  • June 4, 2019 (2019-06-04) (Zagreb)
Running time
11 minutes
CountryCanada

The Procession (French: Le Cortège) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Pascal Blanchet and Rodolphe Saint-Gelais and released in 2019.[1] The film centres on Catherine, a woman who has recently died in a car accident, and is narrating a love letter to her husband Philippe as he prepares for her funeral.[2]

The film received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards.[3] In 2020, it was selected for inclusion in the online We Are One: A Global Film Festival.[4]

  1. ^ Jennifer Wolfe, "A Wide World of Animated Shorts". Variety, December 4, 2019.
  2. ^ François Houde, "Pascal Blanchet: donner la vie aux illustrations". Le Nouvelliste, June 5, 2020.
  3. ^ "Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, April 23, 2020.
  4. ^ Victoria Ahearn, "TIFF among festivals co-curating We Are One, which has several Canadian titles". Victoria Times-Colonist, May 26, 2020.