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The Romford Experience
Audience Award for Best Performance Goes to Danny Ashkenasi in “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” at Romford Film Festival Above is a selfie I took right before the Q&A after the late night screening of my musical … Continue reading
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Tagged Alain Cooper, Alan Friswell, audience, Award, Best Performance, Claudia, Clement Jochem, Deadly Display, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Westrop, festival, film, It's Not About Fear, Kyle Borg, musicabre, Q&A, Ray Harryhausen, Romford, short film, Spencer Hawken, Steven Sibley, surround sound, The Pit and the Pendulum
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P&P in ROMFORD
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” plays the Romford Film Festival in London May 29 The Romford Film Festival in London starts this Wednesday and runs through May 30th. “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre“, my … Continue reading
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Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, festival, film, horror, London, musicabre, musical, Romford, short film, short story, The Pit and the Pendulum
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P&P’s LONELY WOLF CITATIONS
LONELY WOLF FILM FESTIVAL HONORS “THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM – A MUSICABRE” IN FOUR CATEGORIES The Lonely Wolf 2023 International Film Festival London just announced the line-up of honored films. “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” is … Continue reading
P&P’s SFAAF AWARDS
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” Receives 5 Awards 3 Honorable Mentions plus the 2nd Audience Award from the South Film and Arts Academy Festival
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Tagged Academy, art direction, arts, Awards, costume, Direction, Editing, festival, film, Honorable Mention, horror, Lead Actor, lighting, musicabre, Production, short, South, South Film Arts and Academy Festival, The Pit and the Pendulum
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2 ANNUAL ROBINSON FILM AWARDS for P&P
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” wins Best International Short and Best Soundtrack at the Annual Robinson Film Awards in Naples, Italy Robinson Film Award winners gathering on stage at the end of the festival Tuesday, April 11 … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Live! On Stage, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Awards, best, Cinema, Cocaine Bear, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Elder, Eliseo, Experimental, film, Film Festival, International, Italy, Jean-Luc Servino, John Vamvas, Medical Care, musicabre, Naples, Olga Montes, Onlus, Raffaele Canneva, Robinson, Scarpedicemente, short, soundtrack, The Pit and the Pendulum
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P&P at NYSFFF
The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre plays the New York Science Fiction Film Festival March 25 and 26 in-person and on-line “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre“, my 29 minute musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation, will … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged cellos, festival, film, in person, New York, NYSFFF, on-line, Producer's Club, Q&A, Science Fiction, screening, The Pit and the Pendulum
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P&P at TRIBOROUGH FILM FESTIVAL
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” plays January 28, 9pm at the Triborough Film Festival My short film musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” will screen Saturday, January 28 at 9pm … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Astoria, Club, Edgar Allan Poe, festival, film, filmmakers, musicabre, Q&A, screening, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum, Triborough
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NEW YORK CITY IO FILM FESTIVAL AWARD
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre“, my short film musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation, is a 2nd Place Winner in the Horror Film category of the New York City IO Film Festival, sponsored by the Arete Living Arts … Continue reading
P&P’s SPOTLIGHT GOLD AWARD
SPOTLIGHT FILM AWARDS gives “THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM – A MUSICABRE” the SPOTLIGHT GOLD AWARD Spotlight Film Awards just announced the winners of its 2022 awards. My musical short film Edgar Allan Poe adaptation, “The Pit and the Pendulum … Continue reading
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Tagged a musicabre, adaptation, Award, Awards, bio, certificate, Edgar Allan Poe, excellence, film, Filmmaker, gold, short story, Spotlight, The Pit and the Pendulum
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P&P ROBINSON FILM AWARDS
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM – a musicabre is awarded BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK by the ROBINSON FILM AWARDS
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Tagged Awards, Experimental, film, International, Italy, musicabre, Naples, Robinson, short, soundtrack, The Pit and the Pendulum
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P&P SOUTH AFRICAN HORRORFEST AWARDS
SOUTH AFRICAN HORRORFEST gives THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM – a musicabre awards for BEST MALE LEAD and BEST SOUNDTRACK
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Tagged actor, Alien Dick, Awards, Damian Rodriguez Martinez, Daniel Aaron Harris, Danny Ashkenasi, Death in a Box, festival, film, horror, Horrorfest, Johnny Vivash, Maggot Party, male lead, Milo Taboada, musicabre, musical, soundtrack, South Africa, South African Horrorfest, The Pit and the Pendulum
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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
P&P Climbs the NAKED MOUNTAIN in the SPOOKY EMPIRE
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” in NYC & Orlando this Weekend 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 … Continue reading
P&P at THE ARTISTS FORUM
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 … Continue reading
13HORROR.COM reviews P&P
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged 13Horror, Andrew Hannon, camera movement, Contest, film, music, musicabre, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum
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AFRAID. ONLINE FILM AWARD for P&P
Update (9/9/22): Afraid. Online film awards gives “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” the award for Best Horror Film (over 25 minutes). Click here for full awards listing UPDATE 11/22/2023 – The certificate card from Afraid.Online Filk awards … Continue reading
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Tagged Afraid, Award, ear buds, Edgar Allan Poe, film, horror, musicabre, musical, Online, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum, YouTube
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