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13HORROR.COM reviews P&P

Posted on September 20, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

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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AFRAID. ONLINE FILM AWARD for P&P

Posted on September 7, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

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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BEST HORROR MUSICAL IN CYPRUS

Posted on August 31, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

3 AWARDS for THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM – a musicabre from THE CYPRUS HORROR SOCIETY 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 … Continue reading →

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P&P’s WORLD PREMIERE FILM AWARDS

Posted on August 2, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

WORLD PREMIERE FILM AWARDS GIVES FOUR AWARDS TO THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM – A MUSICABRE BEST MUSICAL BEST DRAMA BEST EXPERIMENTAL BEST COSTUMING

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P&P at NEW YORK LIFT-OFF FILM FESTIVAL

Posted on July 4, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”, my musical short film Edgar Allan Poe adaptation (say that 3 times fast) is currently playing on-line as part of the New York Lift-Off Film Festival through the month of July. For … Continue reading →

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P&P CULT CRITIC MOVIE AWARD

Posted on June 24, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” received the Outstanding Achievement Award for its Original Film Score from the Cult Critic Movie Awards

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P&P’s GOTHAMITE and ART FILM AWARDS

Posted on June 2, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” won three awards from Gothamite Monthly Film Awards: Best Horror Short Best Original Score Best Visual Effects Additionally Art Film Awards singled out the film’s Sound Design

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P&P KOLKATA SCREENING

Posted on May 26, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” will screen May 27, 7pm IST as part of the International Short Film Festival 2022 in the Satyajit Ray Auditorium in Kolkata, India

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P&P URUVATTI HONORS

Posted on May 21, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

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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3 GOLDEN HORSE AWARDS FOR P&P

Posted on May 19, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

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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P&P KING’S CROSS AWARD

Posted on May 7, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

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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P&P – Today the Hair Gets Shorn!

Posted on July 8, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Today I cut my hair. All of it. Off. Beard too. I’ll be completely clean shaven and bald. This has been in the works for over a year. I got the closest hair cut of my life July 2019, and … Continue reading →

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TELL-TALE SKIPTOWN MUSICAL WINNER

Posted on July 4, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Skiptown Playhouse Film Festival Awards “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” or an incredible delightful distinction vs an insignificant dialectic dilemma As Vincenzo CarubiaI, festival director of the Los Angeles based Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival, elaborates in announcing the … Continue reading →

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TELL-TALE at the HORROR HOTEL

Posted on June 5, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

It’s quite the weekend for dismembered hearts beating under floorboards! From the UK to OHIO! If you are not in London tonight, where “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” is playing at the Romford Horror Independent Film Festival, but you … Continue reading →

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TELL-TALE SKIPTOWN NOMINATIONS

Posted on May 11, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” has been nominated for Short Narrative, Experimental Short and Best Actor in a Short at the Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival, presenting this June 24 – July 1 in Hollywood, CA. The Skiptown festival … Continue reading →

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OPERA KIDS – the movie

Posted on April 1, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

“Opera Kids” is a documentary about the Creating Original Opera program that I had taught and also helped develop with my colleagues at the Metropolitan Opera Guild Education Department since 1990. It was directed by Max Sturm, who participated in … Continue reading →

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