P&P’s award was one of three handed out tonight.
I snuck some photos from the back of the screening room, but I don’t have any of the lengthy Q&A that followed, since I was busily engaged with providing the A.
This Saturday, October 22, my short film musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation will play during the Naked Mountain Film Festival at 253 West 28th Street in NYC, a “day packed with awesome films, as well as two discussion panels, visual artists, and live music.”. The event runs from 2:00-10:30pm, with P&P scheduled to screen at 5pm followed by a Q&A with yours truly.
You can get tickets here. There is a Discount code: NMfilm25 for 25% off.
But if you are closer to Orlando, head out to the Spooky Empire Horror Convention, running October 21-23 in the Orange County Convention Center, featuring “world class vendors, speakers and entertainment“, including tattoo artists, costume contests and a film festival. “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” will screen Sunday October 23 at 11am, closing out a program of “Arthouse Horror”.
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” is also nominated for awards in both festivals.
UPDATE: 10/31/2022
Just in time for Halloween the good folks at Spooky Empire sent me the laurel for winning the Monstrous Melody Award:
UPDATE 12/12/22 – The trophy arrived in the mail :
Plus nominations for
Last night “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” won 5 of the 7 awards it was nominated for right after it screened at the final night of The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image in Manhattan.
I arrived early at the state of the art Dolby Screening Room where the festival took place to make some arrangements with the technical staff at the theater.
Which allowed me to take these pictures of my short film musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation being test screened in the empty theater before the evening’s program:
That evening, the third and final night of the festival’s live screenings, seven shorts were shown, with “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” scheduled last. Afterwards there was a Q&A with filmmakers, during which I (subtly?) took this selfie:
The main question directed at me from the audience, here and at pretty much every Q&A I have done so far, is regarding the “mirror masks”. Not surprisingly. I have written a little about the prep for this aspect of the film before, but I promise more elaborate on-set diary and pre and post production posts about the mirror mask imagery will be forthcoming on this blog. There is much to discuss…
While visiting Portland, Oregon to screen my short film “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” at the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, I went to Washington Park with my cousin. Plenty of lovely nature and more to experience there. For today’s post I will please your eyes (hopefully) with the majesty of those tall tall trees on the Redwood walking trail.
SCREENING THIS SATURDAY at the DOLBY SCREENING ROOM in NYC
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”, my musical short film adaptation of the classic Edgar Allan Poe story, has been chosen to close out The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image this Saturday October 15 at “the exclusive Dolby Screening Room NYC — a state-of-the-art, ADA compliant screening facility at 1350 Avenue of the Americas at West 55th Street (Lobby Level) in Mid-town Manhattan”. Tickets are on sale at EVENTBRITE.COM .
Ed and I will be present Saturday for the screening and the Q&A.
This year, Filmmakers were challenged to interpret our theme: REFLECTIONS ON THE NATIONAL PSYCHE.
The term “national psyche” refers to the collective thinking or attitude of a nation as a whole, and is not specific to any individual nation.”
The Festival screens October 13-15 at the Dolby Screening Room with on-line screenings running October 16 – November 27.
If however you happen to be closer to Goa, India, than New York City this Saturday October 15, you can see “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” at the 9th Goa Short Film Festival 2022 at Sankruti Bhavan, Panaji, Goa. 9 Am to 6 PM.
Unlike the judges of the Inquisition (see photo above), I am not able to divide into multiple versions of myself. So I will not be present at all three film festivals screening my musical short film Edgar Allan Poe adaptation this Saturday. You can find me doing a Q&A in Portland Oregon at the 27th Annual H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival – Cosmic Horror & Tales of the Supernatural, which is showing “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” at 9:10pm, October 8 and again at 1pm, October 9 at the Hollywood Theater at 4122 NE Sandy Blvd. The festival runs Friday through Sunday.
Q&A with fellow filmmakers Maria Colette Sundeen (Lifeless), Joseph Scrimshaw (Unboxing the Cosmos) and Orok Duke (Why We Don’t Visit Anymore) after the second screening of Short Films Block 5.
The H P Lovecraft Film Festival audience responded very well to “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”.
Yesterday “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” was the final film in the Autumn’s Dawn Film Festival four hour screening of shorts at the Film Noir Cinema in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This was quickly followed by the Edgar Allan Poe musical adaptation winning three of the five awards handed out by festival director Tom Walsh (standing with me in the photo above). Awards for Cinematography (Jason Chua), Editing (Stolis Hadjicharalambous) and Sound (Todd Maki).
After that all assembled went to a local tavern, where we got shots of whiskey on the house.
UPDATE: Tom Walsh sent me the photos the official festival photographer took. Here are some:
Yes, my musical Poe adaptation was awarded Best Horror at the New York State International Film Festival, and I will report all about the screening and festival experience.
But this post will also be heavily “two-fisted touristic“, as the train trip up to Albany all along the Hudson river is one of the most lovely trips you can enjoy in a train in New England, if not North America. And Albany also has much worth photographing, including the Schuyler mansion (birthplace of Angelica, Eliza … and Peggy) and Empire State Plaza.
So sit back and scroll – plenty of eye candy to be enjoyed with NYSIFF festival pics in the middle.
On the Amtrak train from NYC, me to the left, husband and co-producer/co-actor Ed Elder to the right.
And views of the Hudson to the West, all the way (two and half hours) up to Albany.
August 11 I shared a wealth of photos from our trip to the Bronx Zoo. What I left out then was the Dinosaur Safari, part of the zoo experience, but a little different, for obvious reasons.
It’s silly scientific fun, as you will see. Lots of photos and videos of animatronic dinosaurs follow:
| from Andrew Hannon <editor@13horror.com> | |||
| Hi Danny, Thanks again for submitting The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre to the 13Horror.com Film Contest. It’s an extremely accomplished short. You have some very nicely worked camera movements (most notably at the desk and during the inquisition) and – for all of the claustrophobic horror contained within it – it is very easy on the eye. The visuals of the pit were particularly impressive. I understand you also composed the music. It was perfect – very haunting and surprisingly catchy! It felt like a character in its own right. You have done a superb job in capturing a nightmarish quality. With your spin on it, you have retained the element of hope that underpins the original short story with the inclusion of a (potential) savior in the form of a Lasalle. We will officially announce the winners on the 13Horror.com website on November 15, 2022. Thanks again for submitting your film and good luck! Best regards, Andrew |
Enjoy all the SOFIE Award nominated
short films, in person…
November 15 – 17, 2022
Producers Club Theaters
358 W 44th Street (btwn 8th & 9th Aves), NYC
The SOFIE Awards will be presented
November 18, 2022
Symphony Space
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre
2537 Broadway (at 95th), NYC
Click here for the Short Film Awards 2022 festival website
The day after the screening of my musical short film Edgar Allan Poe classic short story adaptation (how long can I make this?) “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” at the New York True Venture Film Festival, Ed and I made our way to the Elysium Community Center for the NYTVFF celebration and awards ceremony.
Ed and I had wondered why a festival that screened in Midtown Manhattan was wrapping up in the Bronx, but we learned that the NYTVFF is run by Albanian-Americans and this part of the borough is an Albanian neighborhood. Many of the sponsors of the festival have Albanian roots. Stone Castle wine is from Kosovo, for example. I tried their Chardonnay later – it was quite good.
I knew “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” was nominated for an award, but I didn’t know in what category. Nonetheless I resisted the temptation to look more closely at the trophies.
Click here for full awards listing
UPDATE 11/22/2023 – The certificate card from Afraid.Online Filk awards arrived by mail – an oldfashioned letter with stamps – from Kyiv, Ukraine:
Previously posted:
Update: Online streaming has now concluded.
You have another chance to see my second singing horror short screen in NYC.
The New York True Venture Film Festival (also here) will screen my musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” this Friday, September 9, between 6:15pm – 7:40pm in Theater 2 at the Producer’s Club, 358 West 44th Street, just west of Times Square. I will be there doing a Q&A.
Tickets may be purchased in advance here.
The Cyprus Horror Society will screen an award-winning selection of short films this Saturday, including yours truly’s “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre“, which won awards for Best Musical Horror, Best Costume Design and Best Film Score.
