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The 3/25 NYC TELL-TALE SCREENING will be LIVE-STREAMING
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” was scheduled to receive its New York City screening premiere next Wednesday, March 25, at the Anthology Theater , sponsored by New Filmmakers NY. Well, we lately hit a little snag in the form … Continue reading
L’AGE D’OR AWARDS
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, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged 2020, Arthouse, Award, Best Actor, festival, film, India, Kolkota, L'Age d'Or, LIAFF, nomination, Outstanding Achievement, Pigeon d'Or, score, short film
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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
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
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…
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Awards, director, Edgar Allan Poe, Maverick, movie, musicabre, nominee, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, Valentine's Day
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The Dunedin Experience
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” at the Dunedin Film Festival Plus an interview and Q&A with yours truly January 10, 2020, my short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” played at the Dunedin Film Festival … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Art Cave, Dunedin, Dunedin TV, Film Festival, Florida, Honeymoon Island, interview, Judy Goldy, Justin Catacchio, Marina, Pas Si Loin, Peggy Nyland, Picasso, Q&A, Robbie Bourgeois, short film, Soggy Bottom, St. Petersburg, Tampa
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TELL-TALE BANNER
The London International Filmmaker Festival 2020 is screening my film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” on February 14th at 1pm. The festival also nominated the film for four awards. I will be attending the festival. Where I, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged 2020, advertisment, Awards, banner, Best Actor, Edgar Allan Poe, festival, Filmmaker, International, Kaoru Kajitani, London, musicabre, musical, score, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, winner, writing
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TELL-TALE in MADRID & MONTANA
“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, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
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
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TELL-TALE COUCH
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, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
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
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TELL-TALE HORROR BOWL
The Horror Bowl Movie Awards, independent horror, thriller and sci-fi movie awards, have given “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” the award for “Best Musical Horror Short”. Yes, I am now the proud recipient of a Horror Bowl! … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged AltFF, Award, film, finalist, Florence, horror, Horror Bowl, musicabre, musical, Oniros, short, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart
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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
A BUCKETFUL OF SFAAF AWARDS
5 “Best” and 2 “Honorable Mentions” The South Film and Arts Academy Festival just announced their November awards. And they bestowed a whole bucketful on “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“. I submitted to the festival … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged Anthony Paul-Cavaretta, art direction, Austin Lepri, Award, Cinefest, cinematography, costumes, feature film, Harry Walker, Honorable Mention, Ja'rel Ivory, Jason Chua, lighting, musicabre, musical, Nicholas Callais, SFAAF, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, Virgin Spring
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L’AGE D’OR AWARDS
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: … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged 2020, Arthouse, Award, Best Actor, festival, film, India, Kolkota, L'Age d'Or, LIAFF, nomination, Outstanding Achievement, Pigeon d'Or, score, short film
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TELL-TALE MERIT
Some more good early news for my film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“. The IndieFEST Awards have given it two Awards of Merit: Award of Merit: Actor: Leading (Danny Ashkenasi as Narrator) Award of Merit: Film … Continue reading
TELL-TALE DELAY
It was June. I was looking forward to finishing my short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre“, based on my musical adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story. I was feeling good. Post production was coming … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia, Notes in the News
Tagged color grading, Edgar Allan Poe, musicabre, musical, production stills, screen shots, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, VFX
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TELL-TALE RINGTONE
Dial M for Macabre Todd Maki, the sound engineer on our short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” surprised me this morning with an email with no subject heading and merely “just for fun” written in the body … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Musicabilia
Tagged Edgar Allan Poe, macabre, musicabre, ringtone, short film, sound, The Tell-Tale Heart, Todd Maki
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