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Honor the Editor!
Stolis Hadjicharalambous won Best Editor at The NEXT International Short Film Festival for his work on The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre Congratulations, Stolis!
P&P SILVER MASK AWARD
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” received the award for Best Horror Short from Silver Mask Live Festival Silver Mask Live Festival requested that I send them selfies with my award certificates, so I obliged:
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged 2022, Award, best, certificate, Congratulations, excellence, festival, Fifteen, Film Festival, horror, live, Los Angeles, season, selfie, short, short film, Silver Mask, The Pit and the Pendulum
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P&P URUVATTI HONORS
The Uruvatti International Film Festival gives “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” awards for Best Horror Short Film and Best Original Score / Short Film UPDATE (6/1/22): The certificates have arrived:
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Tagged 2022, best, festival, film, horror, International, May, musicabre, Original Score, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum, Uruvatti, winner
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3 GOLDEN HORSE AWARDS FOR P&P
Golden Horse International Film Festival gives three awards to “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” Best Experimental Short Film Best Actor Best Original Score
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Tagged Awards, best, Best Actor, Experimental, festival, film, Golden Horse, International, musicabre, original, score, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum
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P&P KING’S CROSS AWARD
HI Danny, I am pleased to inform you that “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” was voted Best Horror Short in our May Competition. It has also been nominated for Best Horror Short in our main awards ceremony … Continue reading
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Tagged 2022, Awards, Ben Etchells, best, Edgar Allan Poe, film, horror, King's Cross, May, musicabre, musical, short, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum
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My Favorite Films of 2021
There are many movies I saw last year which I enjoyed (even enjoyed a great deal) and recommend (now and then maybe with minor caveats) – Belfast, Belle, Being the Ricardos, Black Widow, CODA, Don’t Look Up, Encanto, Eternals, Everybody’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 2021, best, Drive My Car, Dune, favorite, films, Flee, I'm Your Man, In the Heights, Mass, Passing, Power of the Dog, The French Dispatch, The Green Knight, West Side Story
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BEST ACTOR at the DENALI FILM FESTIVAL
Hi Danny! We hope this finds you well! Congratulations! You won Best Actor in the 2020 Denali Film Festival! Please visit the laurel center for your winner laurel! It was an honor to feature your work! Please be in touch … Continue reading
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Tagged actor, best, Darrell Johnston, Denali, Film Festival, Kimberly Braun, laurel, musicabre, The Tell-Tale Heart, winner
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GLOBAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
The Global Film Festival Awards in Los Angeles just announced awards of Best Horror Short for “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” and a (runner-up) Honorable Mention Best Director award for me. They even released this slick announcement video: … Continue reading
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Tagged best, director, festival, Global Film, Honorable Mention, horror, Los Angeles, musicabre, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart
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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.
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Tagged 2019, actor, Awards, best, director, film, indie, music, musicabre, nominee, The Tell-Tale Heart, Top
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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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Notes from a Composer 