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TOP INDIE FILM AWARD
The Top Indie Film Awards have given “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” an award for Best Music. It was also nominated for Best Director and Best Actor.
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged 2019, actor, Awards, best, director, film, indie, music, musicabre, nominee, The Tell-Tale Heart, Top
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INDEPENDENT HORROR MOVIE AWARD
Email received 4:39 pm, January 15, 2020 From: Independent Horror Movie Awards To: me Congratulations, your film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” won Best Actor (Danny Ashkenasi) at the 2019 Independent Horror Movie Awards (Winter Edition)! It was also nominated for Best Short, Best … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Awards, Best Actor, Best Short, director, Editing, film short, horror, Independent, movie, nomination, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, winner
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TELL-TALE in MADRID & MONTANA
“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
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Amazing Shorts, Cinemafest, Edgar Allan Poe, film, Film Festival, Flathead Lake, Madrid, Martin de los Heros, medium length, Montana, musicabre, musical, pelicula, short film, Spain, Spanish, subtitles, The Tell-Tale Heart, Village Tap Room, vulture eye
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NEW YORK MOVIE AWARDS
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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Tagged Awards, Best Actor, Honorable Mention, movie, New York, Original Score, The Tell-Tale Heart
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TELL-TALE COUCH
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
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Award, Claire Lee, Clay Garber, Couch, festival, film, Forever and a Tale, Impossible to Meet, Lawrence Stevenson, musicabre, nomination, Piano Whitman, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, Toronto, True Descendants, Woman From Mars
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CINEMA WORLD FEST & SPOTLIGHT AWARDS – LONDON IFF 2020 NOMINATIONS
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
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged 2020, Acting, Anthony Paul-Cavaretta, Austin Lepri, Awards, Cinema, Color, costumes, festival, Filmmaker, International, London, musicabre, musical, nomination, score, screenplay, song, sound, The Tell-Tale Heart, WorldFest
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NEW YORK FILM AWARDS and more
“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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Tagged actor, audience, Awards, best, Bhutan, CARE, Crown Wood, Druk, Experimental, festival, film, Grand Jury, Honorable Mention, International, musicabre, Narrative, New York, Oniros, score, The Tell-Tale Heart
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TELL-TALE HORROR BOWL
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
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged AltFF, Award, film, finalist, Florence, horror, Horror Bowl, musicabre, musical, Oniros, short, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart
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Director’s Circle Tell-Tale Screening
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
TOP SHORTS AWARD
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
A BUCKETFUL OF SFAAF AWARDS
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
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Anthony Paul-Cavaretta, art direction, Austin Lepri, Award, Cinefest, cinematography, costumes, feature film, Harry Walker, Honorable Mention, Ja'rel Ivory, Jason Chua, lighting, musicabre, musical, Nicholas Callais, SFAAF, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, Virgin Spring
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TELL-TALE TRAILER
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
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Accolade, Beveren, CIFF, Competition, creation, Directors Circle, Film Awards, Film Festival, Genre Celebration, Global Film Festival Awards, International, musicabre, Official Selection, Oniros, Red Wood, SFAAF, Short Tight & Loose, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, The Tell-Tale Heart, Top Shorts, trailer, Virgin Spring, WRPN.TV
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L’AGE D’OR AWARDS
The L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival has given “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” three awards in October’s edition of their monthly selections. “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” is a “Best Actor” award winner, and achieved … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthouse, Award, Best Actor, festival, film, India, Kolkota, L'Age d'Or, LIAFF, Outstanding Achievement, score, short film
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Tell-Tale Director Award
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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Tagged Award, directing, excellence, gold, outstanding, So You Think You Can Act, SYTYCA
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TELL-TALE MERIT
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
TELL-TALE BEST ACTOR AWARD
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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