
The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre
a film by Danny Ashkenasi
from the short story by Edgar Allan Poe
A desperate composer imagines himself both the victim and the Inquisition in Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum”. Reality and fantasy converge with frightening consequences.
Official Selection
Art Film Awards – Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition (Quarter Finalist) – Cuckoo International Film Awards – Cult Critic Movie Awards – Druk International Film Festival – Golden Horse International Film Festival – Golden Short Film Awards – Gothamite Monthly Film Awards – Hollywood Gold Awards – International Short Film Festival – King’s Cross Film Awards – Lift Off Global Network New York – Luis Bunuel Memorial Award – New York Movie Awards – Nyack International Film Festival -Pune Short Film Festival – short-filmz – Stanley Film Awards – Stardust Films and Screenplay Festival – Transparent Film Festival – Uruvatti International Film Festival – Virgin Spring Cinefest
Awards
(Short) Film
Cuckoo International Film Awards – Druk International Film Festival – Golden Horse International Film Festival – Gothamite Monthly Film Awards – Hollywood Gold Awards – King’s Cross Film Awards – Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards – New York Movie Award – Uruvatti International Film Festival – Virgin Spring Cinefest
Actor
Druk International Film Festival – Golden Horse International Film Festival – Stardust Films and Screenplay Festival – Transparent Film Festival (Nominee)
Music
Cult Critic Movie Awards – Druk International Film Festival – Golden Horse International Film Festival – Golden Short Film Awards (soundtrack nominee) – Gothamite Monthly Film Awards – Hollywood Gold Awards (Honorable Mention) – Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards – Transparent Film Festival – Uruvatti International Film Festival
Technical
Art Film Awards (Sound Design) – Gothamite Monthly Film Awards (VFX)

Select Articles
On Set Diary:
P&P – Today the Hair Gets Shorn
Thank You to the Crew of “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”
P&P – The Revealing of the Cake
P&P – Day 2 – Blood on the Floor
P&P – Day 2 – The Merchant’s House
P&P – Day 2 – The Destruction of the Cello
P&P – Day 3 – Adventures with a Porta-Jib
P&P – Day 4 (& 5) – On the Rack

Pre/Post-Production:
P&P – Intimations of the Horrors to Come
P&P Portraits in Color Grading
Festivals & Awards:
PIT AND PENDULUM in the EAST VILLAGE
P&P VIRGIN SPRING CINEFEST AWARD
P&P’s GOTHAMITE and ART FILM AWARDS
P&P’s STARDUST BEST ACTOR AWARD





























