Category Archives: Cinema Scope

For the love of movies, and not just the musicals

TELL-TALE in MADRID & MONTANA

Posted on January 14, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

  “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” will play in the 2nd Annual Amazing Shorts Film Festival, which takes place in Madrid, Spain, January 20-25, 2020. My 37 minute musical adaptation of the classic Edgar Allan Poe story, classified as … Continue reading →

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NEW YORK MOVIE AWARDS

Posted on January 9, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

  The New York Movie Awards have given “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” the award for Best Actor   and the runner up Honorable Mention Award for Original Score         Also, this just in: “The Tell-Tale … Continue reading →

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TELL-TALE COUCH

Posted on December 30, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

  UPDATE 1/6/20: “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” won two awards from the Couch Film Festival:   Best Cast (That’s particularly sweet, since that includes my husband, Ed!) & Best Writer (I’d like to think the musical score falls … Continue reading →

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CINEMA WORLD FEST & SPOTLIGHT AWARDS – LONDON IFF 2020 NOMINATIONS

Posted on December 21, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

  HAPPY HOLIDAY NEWS INDEED! I just found out that “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” won four Cinema Worldfest Film Awards: Best Musical – Acting – Costumes – Color Treatment Congratulations, Anthony Paul-Cavaretta and Austin Lepri!   Here are … Continue reading →

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NEW YORK FILM AWARDS and more

Posted on December 10, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

  “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” wins New York Film Awards, plus more awards from Crown Wood, CARE, Oniros and DIFF and the London Independent Film Awards too     The New York Film Awards announced today that “The … Continue reading →

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TELL-TALE HORROR BOWL

Posted on December 8, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

  The Horror Bowl Movie Awards, independent horror, thriller and sci-fi movie awards, have given “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” the award for “Best Musical Horror Short”. Yes, I am now the proud recipient of a Horror Bowl!   … Continue reading →

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Director’s Circle Tell-Tale Screening

Posted on December 1, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

  The Director’s Circle Festival Of Shorts, an online film festival, is screening “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” this week. For a small fee, $1.99, you can watch the musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation, from now through December 7.  … Continue reading →

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TOP SHORTS AWARD

Posted on November 30, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

  Just woke up to the news that Top Shorts Online Film Festival has given me their First Time Director Award for my short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“. As you can tell from the thumbnail picture Top … Continue reading →

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A BUCKETFUL OF SFAAF AWARDS

Posted on November 27, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

    5 “Best” and 2 “Honorable Mentions”   The South Film and Arts Academy Festival just announced their November awards.  And they bestowed a whole bucketful on “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“.   I submitted to the festival … Continue reading →

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TELL-TALE TRAILER

Posted on November 21, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

It’s here! The trailer for “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre”!     A big thank you to Stolis Hadjicharamboulas, Tell-Tale‘s editor, for putting that together with me. Hope you enjoy it!   Meanwhile, several more festivals have made us … Continue reading →

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L’AGE D’OR AWARDS

Posted on November 19, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

UPDATE 2/25/20 Received notification that L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival has nominated “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” for their first annual Pigeon d’Or Award, in the following categories: Short Film Best Actor Film Score.   From their email: … Continue reading →

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Tell-Tale Director Award

Posted on November 9, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

I received a directing award from the So You Think You Can Act competition. It feels a bit odd typing that, but it’s true; So You Think You Can Act recently added a directing category to their competition, and I … Continue reading →

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TELL-TALE MERIT

Posted on November 9, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

  Some more good early news for my film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“.   The IndieFEST Awards have given it two Awards of Merit:   Award of Merit: Actor: Leading (Danny Ashkenasi as Narrator) Award of Merit: Film … Continue reading →

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TELL-TALE BEST ACTOR AWARD

Posted on November 5, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

Fun news! I was awarded a Gold Award for Best Actor in a Horror by the Best Actor Awards, a film festival based in Italy that awards acting awards every two months.     I submitted my performance in “The … Continue reading →

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An International Smorgasbord of QUEER CINEMA for 2019/2020

Posted on November 2, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

  Last weekend I dove into NewFest 2019, New York City’s LGBTQ Film Festival, enjoying 18 screenings over 5 days.  Overall I did well, truly disliking only one of the 15 features and 26 shorts I saw. Here are my … Continue reading →

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TELL-TALE DELAY

Posted on October 16, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

  It was June.  I was looking forward to finishing my short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“, based on my musical adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story.     I was feeling good.  Post production was coming … Continue reading →

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