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The Tell-Tale Heart

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Short stop-motion adaptafion of Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". Produced, adapted, directed, shot, and animated by Fred Pugh as a dissertation project at university. Original score written and performed by James Morrigan. Set designed and built by Bronwen Herdman.

Submitted 12 November 2026 by Fred Pugh. Rights and music declared.

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  • Competitioncloses tomorrow · 13 November 2026

    Young Scottish Filmmaker Prize (Glasgow Short Film Festival)

    Glasgow, Scotland · not stated on this page; apply through the Glasgow Film website

    checked 28 Oct 2026 · source
  • Festivalcloses in 12 days · 24 November 2026

    Manchester Film Festival

    Manchester · Shorts US$70 until 27 October then US$75 (North West shorts US$65 then US$70); features US$97.50 then US$99.50 · premiere required

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
  • Festivalcloses in 15 days · 27 November 2026

    Open City Documentary Festival

    London · Entry fee via FilmFreeway; selected works under 40 minutes get a £70 screening fee

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
  • CompetitionFree to entercloses in 33 days · 15 December 2026

    Sony Future Filmmaker Awards

    International; shortlist flown to Sony Pictures Studios, California · Free to enter · up to 20 min

    checked 27 Sept 2026 · source

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The scorecard

A stop-motion take on Poe's tale, with a clay duck, a sack of eyes and two uneasy figures at a table, but the frames alone cannot confirm how the story turns.

2.7of 5
  • Storynot read

    Not read: no synopsis and no transcript, so there is no account of what anyone wants or how it ends.

  • Pictureworks

    The eyes-in-a-sack frame uses hard side light and a red backdrop to good effect; the table scene has flatter, more even lighting.

  • Wordsnot read

    Not read: no caption track, so no dialogue or narration was seen.

  • Worldworks

    Clay models (the duck, the two seated figures, the textured sack) show real handmade craft, with a convincing period room in the third frame.

  • Voicegetting there

    The sack-of-eyes image has a distinct charge, but with no title cards or synopsis context it is hard to see a sustained point of view across the film.

I read three published frames and the title only; there was no synopsis and no caption transcript, so story and words could not be assessed. Read 12 November 2026. How the scorecard works