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TELL-TALE SKIPTOWN NOMINATIONS
“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
TELL-TALE BACK IN NEW YORK
Breaking News: This June “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” will play at the International New York Film Festival!!! (More info to come. Watch this website.) It’ll be a busy festival month of June for Tell-Tale. On June 5th, as … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged adaptation, Cleveland, Edgar Allan Poe, Film Festival, horror, Horror Hotel, International, London, musicabre, musical, New York, Ohio, Romford, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart
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TELL-TALE RETURNS TO LONDON
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” at the Romford Horror Independent Film Festival The last trip I took before the pandemic lock downs was to the London International Filmmaker Festival in February 2020. I am happy to report that my … Continue reading
3 Seconds of HELL
An Advance Mini Audio Peek at “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” “If there’s a hell, this is the music.” That was my mother’s succinct critique of the score of my short film “The Pit and the Pendulum … Continue reading
Tell-Tale Festival Tidbits
Some other Awards (Not) Making the News Lately Apropos of other much more momentous film awards news being announced, I thought I might update some Tell-Tale news on that front. The Hollywood Screenings Film Festival has honored “The Tell-Tale Heart … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged adaptation, Anaheim, Awards, Edgar Allan Poe, Film Festival, Halloween, Hollywood Screenings, horror, Horrorhiffic, International, London, musicabre, musical, Orlando, Picture Show, quarter-finalist, Romford, semi-finalist, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart
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AMERICAN FILMATIC ARTS AWARD(S?)
Maybe I should just say thank you and not ask awkward, pedantic questions? This past Friday I received this notification email regarding my short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“: Dear Danny, CONGRATULATIONS! Your film submission has been chosen for … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged 2020, adaptation, American, arts, Awards, brooklyn, Covid, Edgar Allan Poe, Filmatic, Hakki Subentekin, musicabre, musical, short film, story, The Tell-Tale Heart, tongue twister
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TELL-TALE LA WEEKEND
Watch (and vote for) “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” for Free this Weekend via the Los Angeles Television, Script and Film Festival This Saturday and Sunday, or more precisely from midnight EST Friday night through midnight PST Monday morning, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, festival, film, free screening, LA, LATVSFF, Los Angeles, musicabre, musical, script, short film, television, The Tell-Tale Heart, vote
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TWO MORE TELL-TALE AWARDS
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” recently received two more awards from FESTIVAL ANGAELICA and the Spotlight Film Awards; and has been announced as an official selection at the LATVSFF & Fixion Film Festivals I’ll start with FESTIVAL ANGAELICA. As … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged adaptation, Angaelica, Award, Awards, Bronze, certificate, Chile, Edgar Allan Poe, Experimental, festival, film, Fixion, horror, Jury Award, LATVSFF, Los Angeles, medium-length, musicabre, musical, Santiago, script, short, short film, Spotlight, television, The Tell-Tale Heart
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TELL-TALE at ANGAELICA
Watch Tell-Tale for Free at Festival Angaelica thru Dec 30 It’s a Tell-Tale holiday surprise! Thru December 30 you can watch my musical short film adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic story “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” for free, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Angaelica, december, Edgar Allan Poe, festival, Film Festival, free trial, Holiday, horror, musicabre, musical, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, Vivien Martinez
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Back in the Studio
Some teasing glimpses into the next Poe Musicabre Pre-production efforts for the follow-up to my short film musical adaptation of ‘The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” are in full gear. This week I am in the studio laying down vocal … Continue reading
TELL-TALE SOUTH AFRICAN HORRORFEST AWARDS
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” wins awards for Adaptation and Soundtrack (Short Film) from South African Horrorfest The charismatic South African Horrorfest hosts Paul and Sonya posted their awards announcement video on YouTube, including a list of all the … Continue reading
A Twice Told English Selection
It was a good day for “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” in England yesterday. On the heels of learning my musical Poe adaptation was made an official selection of the Lit Scares International Horror Festival of Harrogate, North Yorkshire … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged adaptation, Awards, Edgar Allan Poe, England, festival, horror, International, L.I.M.P.A., Lit Scares, London, Motion Picture, musicabre, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, Yorkshire
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CINS CHAT CORNER INTERVIEW
Friday, November 13th, I recorded an interview with Cindy Mich from Art is Alive, which she has now posted on her Blog Talk Radio webpage and YouTube (see below). We talked for nearly 90 minutes about my short film musical … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Literary Lyricism, Musicabilia, Notes in the News, The Speakeasy Chronicles
Tagged Award, beTwixt beTween & beTWAIN, Blog Talk Radio, china, Cindy Mich, Cins Chat Corner, Danny Ashkenasi, I Too Sing America, IMDb, interview, Judy Garland, Red Sorghum, short film, Speakeasy, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, Zhang Yimou
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TELL-TALE on SOFIE TV
Another way you can see “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“: For free on SOFIE TV! SOFIE TV is run by The Short Film Awards AKA The SOFIE Awards. They are showing all nominated films between now and Monday in … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged Awards, Long Short Film, musicabre, short film, Short Film Awards, SOFIE, Styling, Technical Work, The Tell-Tale Heart, TV
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CONCEPT 2 REEL SCREENS TELL-TALE FOR FREE TODAY
The Concept 2 Reel Film Festival is screening “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” free of charge today. Watch my musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation until midnight EST via this link. Scroll down to the Nov 6 collection of films … Continue reading
FANtastic TELL-TALE
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” premieres Sunday 5pm via the FANtastic Horror Film Festival where it plays through Nov 29 The FANtastic Horror Film Festival is up and running this weekend. You can catch horror features and shorts through … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, FANtastic, festival, film, horror, musicabre, November 1, San Diego, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart
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