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Cemetery People (Screenplay)

The cemetery is open but the villagers never cross the gates. Olivia, a jobless photographer, decides to enter and spend days and nights in the cemetery to find out what is keeping them in.

  • Catarina De Cèzanne
    Writer
    Knitting Out
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    As pessoas do Cemitério
  • Project Type:
    Short Script
  • Genres:
    Thriller, Dark, Suspense, Mystery, Horror
  • Number of Pages:
    15
  • Country of Origin:
    Portugal
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • INDIEX Film Fest
    Los Angeles, CA
    February 1, 2023
    Nominee
  • Crown Wood International Film Festival
    Kolkata
    February 12, 2023
    Award Winner
  • Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
    Athens, Greece
    January 19, 2023
    Honourable Mention
  • Canada's Yes! Let's Make a Movie Film Festival
    Canada
    August 1, 2023
    Finalist
  • Bloodstained Indie Film Festival: Sci-Fi Horror Action
    Tokyo, Japan
    December 17, 2023
    Official Selection
Writer Biography - Catarina De Cèzanne

Catarina César (or Catarina De Cezanne) was born in Moita, Portugal. She is a screenwriter with a screenplay catalogue of more than 20 different stories of all genres and formats. She's known for her work as a Production Assistant, and Script supervisor assistant in the Spanish TV series "Serramoura". Now, she divides her work between Portugal, Spain, and the UK.

Catarina has a Master's Degree in Film & TV executive Production and Management and has dedicated most of her life to writing.

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Writer Statement

Cemetery people exist to question human nature and how far one can go in the name of their beliefs and superstition. I wrote this short film to initiate my path as a writer and hopefully one day I can also direct and produce my screenplay catalogue.
To question if evil lives in our minds, awaken by our emotions, or out there, in the invisible and spiritual world to which we are exposed every day. This is a simple dark story for a global audience that grabs the viewer with a simple question: Why are people stuck in a cemetery? It includes a modern critic of society mixed with glimpses of metaphysical ideas and a moral dilemma that captivates both commercial and intellectual audiences.

This is an opportunity to show horror even in bright peaceful places, where the enemy could be paranormal and people. When it is clear that 1 must be killed so the others can survive, it opens the dialogue among the audience towards the end where our world and the spiritual world seem to cross paths.