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P&P’s ART is ALIVE & ALIBAG WEEKEND
TWO CHANCES TO CATCH “THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM – A MUSICABRE” ON LINE and in INDIA FEB 4 & FEB 5 1st Chance! “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” will screen on-line – in other words accessible … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Action Adventure, adaptation, Alibag, Art is Alive, Award, Edgar Allan Poe, Edward Elder, Film Festival, Henry Borriello, India, International, musicabre, musical, Nominations, Q&A, short film, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, 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
Honor the Editor!
Stolis Hadjicharalambous won Best Editor at The NEXT International Short Film Festival for his work on The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre Congratulations, Stolis!
5 Awards for P&P at The Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image
Juror’s Award Best Dark Themed Short Best Director Best Actor Best Editing Plus nominations for Best Cinematography Best Sound Design Last night “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” won 5 of the 7 awards it was nominated for … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged adaptation, Amos White V, Artists Forum, Awards, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Editing, cinematography, Dolby, Edgar Allan Poe, festival, Jason Chua, Juror's Award, Kaitlin Leslie, Manhattan, Moving Image, musicabre, musical, Sara Shelton, Screening Room, short film, Sound Design, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, Teddy Bear, The Pit and the Pendulum, Todd Maki
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P&P wins 3 AWARDS at AUTUMN’S DAWN FILM FESTIVAL
Yesterday “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” was the final film in the Autumn’s Dawn Film Festival four hour screening of shorts at the Film Noir Cinema in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This was quickly followed by the Edgar Allan … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged adaptation, Autumn's Dawn, brooklyn, Cinema, cinematography, Edgar Allan Poe, Editing, Film Festival, Film Noir, Greenpoint, Jason Chua, musicabre, musical, sound, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, The Pit and the Pendulum, Todd Maki, Tom Walsh, whiskey
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P&P’s INDEPENDENT HORROR MOVIE AWARD
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” won a Best Actor Award and was nominated for Editing, Special Effects and Music by the Independent Horror Movie Awards
The FILM FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE at INDIE GATHERING, CHAIN NYC and NYACK
Over the course of five days this past week “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” screened in film festivals in Cleveland, New York City and Nyack. This blog post is about all three. I was in New York … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Award, Chain NYC, cinematography, Cleveland, Covid, Craig Bettendorf, Edgar Allan Poe, Editing, Edward Elder, Eric William, Experimental Short, Film Festival, Independent Film, Indie Gathering, International, Jackie Chin, Jason Chua, John Boswell, Kai Morgan, L. E. Salas, Munenori Kishi, musicabre, Not a Tame Lion, Nyack, NYC, Richard Quinn, Ruan Szuch, Saturday Night Theater, short film, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, tailgating party, The Pit and the Pendulum, Zombiepalooza
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The SOFIE Trophy
A big Fed Ex box got delivered today, and inside, carefully packaged, was our SOFIE Trophy, the award “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” won from The Short Film Awards last November. It’s rather big and has weight. And shines … Continue reading
TELL-TALE SOFIE AWARD
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” wins a SOFIE Award The Short Film Awards, AKA the SOFIE Awards, were held last night. Here’s the YouTube video of the complete event: It was an elaborately produced virtual event full of filmmaker … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged Austin Lepri, Awards, Edward Elder, Henry Borriello, Jason Chua, Long Short Film, musicabre, nomination, Rico E. Anderson, Short Film Awards, SOFIE, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, Styling, Technical Work, The Tell-Tale Heart, Todd Maki, Zoom
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RIVETING AND REMARKABLE
Tell-Tale Review in The Art is Alive Magazine “What sounds like a recipe for disaster turns out to be an artistic delight.” The Art is Alive Magazine has published a review of my short film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a … Continue reading
TRIPLE SOFIE AWARD NOMINEE
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” receives three SOFIE Award nominations from The Short Film Awards At 37 minutes, “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” falls within the 40 minute maximum length for short films as established by major film … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged Anthony Paul-Cavaretta, Austin Lepri, Award, feature length, Henry Borriello, Jason Chua, Long Short Film, mid-length, musicabre, Nicholas Callais, Nominations, outstanding, short film, Short Film Awards, SOFIE, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, Styling, Technical Work, The Tell-Tale Heart, Todd Maki
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INDEPENDENT HORROR MOVIE AWARD
Email received 4:39 pm, January 15, 2020 From: Independent Horror Movie Awards To: me Congratulations, your film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” won Best Actor (Danny Ashkenasi) at the 2019 Independent Horror Movie Awards (Winter Edition)! It was also nominated for Best Short, Best … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Awards, Best Actor, Best Short, director, Editing, film short, horror, Independent, movie, nomination, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, winner
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TELL-TALE TRAILER
It’s here! The trailer for “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre”! A big thank you to Stolis Hadjicharamboulas, Tell-Tale‘s editor, for putting that together with me. Hope you enjoy it! Meanwhile, several more festivals have made us … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Accolade, Beveren, CIFF, Competition, creation, Directors Circle, Film Awards, Film Festival, Genre Celebration, Global Film Festival Awards, International, musicabre, Official Selection, Oniros, Red Wood, SFAAF, Short Tight & Loose, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, The Tell-Tale Heart, Top Shorts, trailer, Virgin Spring, WRPN.TV
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SPEAKEASY CAMPAIGN VIDEO PREVIEW – plus Audition and Facebook News!
Speakeasy Kickstarter Fundraising Campaign Video: Above is a sneak peek at the video we created for our upcoming Kickstarter fundraising campaign for Speakeasy. Look forward to the fundraiser being launched in a little over a week. Meanwhile you can now … Continue reading
SPEAKEASY Campaign Video Update
Stolis Hadjicharalambous has completed the final edit of the Speakeasy fundraiser campaign video. The Kickstarter fundraising campaign will launch in about two weeks. Meanwhile, here are stills of some the images and tracks of some of the music that will … Continue reading
WE’RE READY FOR YOUR CLOSE-UP, MR. ELDER – Video Shoot for Speakeasy Fundraising Campaign
Wednesday we had a mini film crew in the house. Henry Borriello and Stolis Hadjicharalambous (try typing that out real fast) agreed to help us out filming the promo video not required but very much encouraged if you are planning … Continue reading
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