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INDIEDANCE AWARDS

Posted on September 7, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” wins two awards from Indiedance Film Festival 2020 Yesterday I was informed via a recorded zoom call that Indiedance film Festival 2020 awarded “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” with a Gold Award for … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged 2020, Art is Alive, Award, film, gold, horror, Indiedance, monitor, musicabre, musical, on set, short, Silver, soundtrack, Special Interest, The Tell-Tale Heart, winner | Leave a comment

SEPTEMBER FESTIVALS

Posted on August 29, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

Four Festivals Feature ‘THE TELL-TALE HEART” this month Covid 19 has done a number on the film festival circuit, effecting many festivals that had been scheduled to screen “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” earlier this year. There have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News | Tagged Acting, Art is Alive, bizarre, Covid 19, featurette, festival, film, horror, International, musicabre, musical, New York, Official Selection, Online, Orlando, panel, Portuguese, Rock Horror, State, subtitles, The Tell-Tale Heart, workshop | Leave a comment

TELL-TALE RUNNER UP

Posted on August 1, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

An Acting “Silver Medal” I’m happy to report that I won Runner Up Best Actor of Year 2020 from Flicks Film Festival for my performance in “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“. I’ve already posted about the Flicks Film Festival … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged 2020, Agatha Christie, Best Actor, Best of the Year, certificate, Covid 19, Facebook, festival, film, finalist, Flicks, In the Mud, laurel, musicabre, Runner Up, Sanming Han, semi-finalist, short film, silver medal, The Tell-Tale Heart | 2 Comments

FESTIVAL PANDEMIC POSTPONEMENTS

Posted on July 22, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

See you in … 2021? Below is the 2020 Official Trailer for the Denali Film Festival. It’s a beautifully put together trailer, full of lovely images of the great outdoors. You get a strong sense for the festival’s overriding theme, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres, The Teaching Artist | Tagged Alaska, coronavirus, Covid 19, Denali, Editing, Facebook, festival, film, horror, Horror Hotel, International, landscape, musicabre, musical, nature, Northeast, Ohio, pandemic, The Tell-Tale Heart, Todd Maki, trailer | Leave a comment

30 DAY FILM CHALLENGE

Posted on June 17, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

DAY 1 – the first film you remember watching My memory is tricky here, but it was definitely Disney. I remember being told the first film I saw in the theater (at age 3) was either “Fantasia” or “Pinocchio” (either … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup | Tagged 1917, 2001 A Space Odyssey, 3, 50 Shades of Grey, Alfred Hitchcock, All That Jazz, Amadeus, Ant-Man, Big Eden, Braveheart, Cabaret, Call Me By Your Name, Crazy in Love, Dan in Real Life, Doctor Strange, Fantasia, film, Galaxy Quest, Immortal Beloved, Jesus Christ Superstar, King Kong, Lynn Shelton, Mamma Mia, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Returns, Meryl Streep, movies, Pinocchio, Postcards from the Edge, Rear Window, Robin Hood, Some Like It Hot, The 40 Year Old Virgin, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Sound of Music, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Tree of Life, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar, Tom Tykwer, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? | Leave a comment

LUCY TELLS the TALE of the MUSICABRE

Posted on June 6, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

A Tell-Tale Review Lucy Buglass runs the site “Lucy Goes to Hollywood“, where she just posted a four and a half star review of “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” as part of her series “Short Film Saturdays“. I’ll share … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged blog, cello, Edgar Allan Poe, film, Lucy Buglass, Lucy Goes To Hollywood, musicabre, review, short film, Short Film Saturdays, short story, Sweeney Todd, The Tell-Tale Heart, Tim Burton, True Nervous | Leave a comment

TELL-TALE COMMENTS

Posted on May 26, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

May 25th, in happy, coincidental conjunction with my birthday, the Switzerland International Film Festival made my first short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” available to stream for one day only. By midnight Swiss time “The Tell-Tale Heart – … Continue reading →

Posted in Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged adaptation, cello, comment, Edgar Allan Poe, festival, film, horror, International, musicabre, musical, short film, Switzerland, The Tell-Tale Heart | Leave a comment

TELL-TALE BIRTHDAY SCREENING MAY 25

Posted on May 21, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

May 25 is my birthday. And my party favor to you is: you can see “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” for free! And your birthday present to me could be leaving a positive comment/rating. 🙂 UPDATE: The Festival … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged Awards, comments, coronavirus, Edgar Allan Poe, festival, film, horror, May 25, musicabre, musical, on-line, pandemic, short film, SIFF, Swiss International Film Festival, Switzerland, The Tell-Tale Heart | Leave a comment

4 NOMS from the HOLLYWOOD NORTH FILM AWARDS

Posted on May 19, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” has been nominated for 4 Hollywood North Film Awards for International Short Films: Best Production Design – Nicholas Callais Best Original Score – Danny Ashkenasi Best Sound Design – Todd Maki Best … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged Austin Lepri, Awards, Color, film, Hollywood North, horror, musicabre, musical, Nicholas Callais, nomination, Original Score, Production Design, short film, sound, The Tell-Tale Heart, Todd Maki, VFX | Leave a comment

TELL-TALE Now Playing in the LIFT OFF ONLINE FESTIVAL

Posted on May 6, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

WATCH & VOTE FOR TELL-TALE! I’m pleased to announce that “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” has been selected to play on-line in the LIFT-OFF GENRE CONTENT EXTRAVAGANZA, running through May 13. CLICK HERE TO BE TAKEN … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged Content, Extravaganza, festival, film, Genre, horror, Lift-Off, musicabre, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, vote | Leave a comment

The Tell-Tale Award That Got Away

Posted on May 5, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

I was doing some maintenance work on the Tell-Tale Homepage, when I saw I had noted an award won from Flicks Film Festival, but had not posted a laurel or certificate or even logged what the award was for. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged actor, Award, certificate, festival, film, Film Freeway, Flicks, laurel, monthly, musicabre, November, short, The Tell-Tale Heart | 3 Comments

PRAGUE BEST ACTOR?

Posted on March 9, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO RECEIVING THIS AWARD I received this email Sunday: Dear DANNY ASHKENASI, Congratulations! We are happy to announce that your film “THE TELL-TALE HEART – A MUSICABRE“ was a WINNER in our Quarterly Festival’s latest edition in the following … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News | Tagged Best Actor, Claudia Vasekova, Diego Fandos, Edward Elder, festival, film, indie, International, Luma Oquendo, Mariano Cabaco, Mimi & Ben, Petar Mrjden, PIIFF, Prague, Steve Reverand | Leave a comment

L’AGE D’OR AWARDS

Posted on February 25, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

UPDATE 2/25/20 Received notification that L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival has nominated“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” for their first annual Pigeon d’Or Award, in the following categories: Short Film Best Actor Film Score. From their email: Warm … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged 2020, Arthouse, Award, Best Actor, festival, film, India, Kolkota, L'Age d'Or, LIAFF, nomination, Outstanding Achievement, Pigeon d'Or, score, short film | Leave a comment

TOP INDIE FILM AWARD

Posted on January 25, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

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.

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged 2019, actor, Awards, best, director, film, indie, music, musicabre, nominee, The Tell-Tale Heart, Top | Leave a comment

TELL-TALE in MADRID & MONTANA

Posted on January 14, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” will play in the 2nd Annual Amazing Shorts Film Festival, which takes place in Madrid, Spain, January 20-25, 2020. My 37 minute musical adaptation of the classic Edgar Allan Poe story, classified as … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged Amazing Shorts, Cinemafest, Edgar Allan Poe, film, Film Festival, Flathead Lake, Madrid, Martin de los Heros, medium length, Montana, musicabre, musical, pelicula, short film, Spain, Spanish, subtitles, The Tell-Tale Heart, Village Tap Room, vulture eye | 1 Comment

TELL-TALE COUCH

Posted on December 30, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

UPDATE 1/6/20: “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” won two awards from the Couch Film Festival: Best Cast (That’s particularly sweet, since that includes my husband, Ed!) & Best Writer (I’d like to think the musical score falls … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged Award, Claire Lee, Clay Garber, Couch, festival, film, Forever and a Tale, Impossible to Meet, Lawrence Stevenson, musicabre, nomination, Piano Whitman, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, Toronto, True Descendants, Woman From Mars | Leave a comment

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