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P&P ART IS ALIVE NOMINATIONS
ART IS ALIVE FILM FESTIVAL announced 4 nominations for THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM – A MUSICABRE Best Action/Adventure Short Film Best Male Actor in a Short Film Best Director – Action/Adventure Short Film Best Cinematography – Action/Adventure Short Film … Continue reading
RIVETING AND REMARKABLE
Tell-Tale Review in The Art is Alive Magazine “What sounds like a recipe for disaster turns out to be an artistic delight.” The Art is Alive Magazine has published a review of my short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a … Continue reading
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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MAVERICK MOVIE AWARDS
Just found out that I’ve been nominated for Best Director by the Maverick Movie Awards! Another laurel on the “Tell-Tale Heart” wall. And while I’m here, since yesterday was Valentine’s Day…
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Tagged Awards, director, Edgar Allan Poe, Maverick, movie, musicabre, nominee, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, Valentine's Day
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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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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
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Tagged Awards, Best Actor, Best Short, director, Editing, film short, horror, Independent, movie, nomination, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, winner
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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
WE’RE READY FOR YOUR CLOSE-UP, MR. ELDER – Video Shoot for Speakeasy Fundraising Campaign
Wednesday we had a mini film crew in the house. Henry Borriello and Stolis Hadjicharalambous (try typing that out real fast) agreed to help us out filming the promo video not required but very much encouraged if you are planning … Continue reading