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Clusterby  Kevin Dembinsky
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A story of two people meeting on their way to Switzerland before both going to a euthanasia facility.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Thanks, Lucindaby  John Porter
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A family romance in which two thirteen-year-olds try to work up the courage to invite each other to a high school dance.

Genre: Family
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hookmanby  Cassandra Wells
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Based on a famous urban legend. Confined to their dorm during a storm-related blackout, four coeds resort to telling scary stories to amuse themselves, unaware that doing so will give rise to the notorious Hookmanthe hook-for-a-hand maniac of urban legend famewho, it turns out, isn't just a legend after all.

Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Inside the Frameby  Francis F DiClemente
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Three people in a city diner at night discover they are figures trapped in the painting Nighthawks by Edward Hopper.

Genre: Fantasy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Salt Shakerby  Michael J Volpe
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A dinner among longtime Washington, DC friends escalates into conflict as Woke vs MAGA political differences surface, turning a simple request for a salt shaker into a breaking point. When a sudden health crisis follows, the friends are forced to confront the real life cost of division and what it will take to reconcile.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Take My Handby  Jay Hodgkins
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A serial killer seeks a cure for loneliness when he develops a special relationship with the severed hand of one of his victims, only to discover it points him in the direction of true love.

Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
On the Edgeby  John M Grace
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A man's attempt to end his life goes sideways when he discovers the rooftop he chose is already occupied by a woman with the same idea.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Root Causeby  Iris Mangual
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After discovering a mysterious glowing pod beneath the Atlantic Ocean, a young scientist becomes Earth's last hope when ancient celestial forces awaken to destroy the planet.

Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Leaving Berlin (A True Story)by  Ron Brawer
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On her deathbed, a Holocaust survivor recounts her family's harrowing escape from Nazi Germany, and reveals a dark family secret -- encountering shocked disbelief.

Genre: Family
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Age Of Tyrannyby  Apostolos P. Kouroumalis
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When a newly wed couple are invited to two separate bachelor and bachelorette parties, things go awry sparking a perfect union in this drama/comedy.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Yoo-foesby  John Porter
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A young journalist tries to discover whether UFOs and space aliens really do exist.

Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Chocolate, Moose, and Titsby  Larry E. Coleman
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A man who wants to come clean with a secret he's been hiding from his girlfriend, gets advice from three versions of himself from alternative universes.

Genre: Animation
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Have a Hella Christmasby  Lawrence Riggins
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Lucifer crashes the announcer's booth at a Christmas Parade insisting that HIS float from the Netherworld partake in the festivities -- and win a trophy, or else...! Irreverent, wacky, obscene. Three performers.

Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Screwby  Thomas Newman
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In a quiet park, a demon posing as a project manager lures a small-town pastor into what seems like a friendly chat, but as words twist into visions and truths unravel, the line between temptation and entrapment blurs until it's unclear whose soul is truly at risk.

Genre: Horror
40 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Approvalby  Doug J Robbins
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A reporter meets with the controlling perfectionist mayor of a small town and learns the secret as to how the mayor keeps his citizens in line.

Genre: Fantasy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Another Time, Another Placeby  Bob Messinger
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Past and present collide in the world of a young White House staffer.

Genre: Drama
30 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Maybe Tomorrowby  Mary Kay LaBrie
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Set against the gentle rhythms of a Florida retirement community, a daughter learns that waiting for the right moment can mean missing it entirely.

Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Lost Toys of Lester Lakeby  Jason K. Allen
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Bill only wants to catch a few fish for dinner. The old, abandoned toys underneath Lester Lake only want someone to play with. (1 location, 1 actor. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Zaryaby  Jason K. Allen
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Two fishermen visit a secluded lake where they hope to catch the big one. Instead, they encounter a mysterious lake creature known as Zarya. (1 location, 3 actors. Top 20 Horror Short on Coverfly's The Red List. Finalist, Atlanta Film Festival & Nashville Film Festival screenwriting competitions.)

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dead Airby  Dwayne Craig Bricker
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A high-school radio crew hijacks an "unused" emergency frequencythen a calm voice begins broadcasting their deaths for tomorrow.

Genre: Sci-Fi
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Small Talkby  Larry Shannon
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20 year old college student Clark Cleland opens a door he should not have opened, and the devil comes in through that door and thrashes him.

Genre: Biographical
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Beyond the Laws of Sin and Deathby  Robert Drusetta
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A wanted serial killer of high-profile criminals sets out to complete one last major hit, the head of an international human trafficking ring.

Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Stayby  Sean Nash
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Unable to cope with the prospect of his two sons watching him succumb to cancer as his wife did, a young surfer paddles out alone at night to suicide. As he sinks beneath the waves his connection with his late beloved becomes more focused, allowing him to re-evaluate not only the gifts inherent in her passing, but the importance of his boys sharing similar gifts from himself.

Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Affirmative Actionby  Michael Celender
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After alienating his family and the love of his life, a celebrity-look-a-like YouTube prankster fakes his ethnicity and experience to climb South Africa's corporate ladder. But the job he lands comes with surprises nobody planned for. A proof of concept-style short.

Genre: Comedy
32 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Resurrection Fernby  Paul Weidknecht
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A divorced couple hike into the mountains of western North Carolina, retracing the route their daughter took seven years prior when she disappeared.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Taking Care of Businessby  William Walkerley
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Ray meets up with his old pal Mark, who turns out to be looking for someone to take the blame for murdering his benefactress.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Calling Clementeby  Jim B Marcus
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In 1960, two young brothers forge an unlikely relationship with baseball great Roberto Clemente. Now, as adults, they rediscover the bond that shaped their lives long after the final out at Forbes Field.

Genre: Biographical
2 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Elevatorby  Lily Sanders
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A helicopter parent is finally forced to listen.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Eloiseby  Michael Celender
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After a one-night-stand with an exotic girl in the middle of a future pandemic, a young man wakes to find no trace of her, no contact details on his phone, and can barely remember her name.

Genre: Sci-Fi
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Third Knockby  Dewayne
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After his young daughter's death, a guilt-ridden father begins hearing three knocks at his door every night at 2:12 AM. When the voice outside belongs to the child he left to die, he realizes something supernatural has learned her voiceand it won't stop knocking until he lets it inside.

Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Herbert the Clownby  Doug J Robbins
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A killer stalks a couple during a romantic Halloween weekend getaway

Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Moment In Timeby  PAUL BYRNE
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A bounty on their heads, a middle eastern woman in D.C. must trust a psychotic D.E.A. agent to save her family from an arms dealer's vendetta despite his claims of loving her in a past life... and he can prove it.

Genre: Action/Adventure
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Why Cows Are Contentedby  John Porter
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A middle-aged cow explains why she and her sisters are contented, even though they end up as hamburger and baseball gloves.

Genre: Animation
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Perennialsby  Donald Lewis
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Paranoia takes root when a White suburban woman repeatedly receives business cards from a Mexican landscaper through her front door mail slot, sending her on a frantic mission to stop the invasion of her home.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Baby Farts A Lotby  Doug J Robbins
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A babydoll that farts creates an awkward moment when Dan blames the doll when someone breaks wind at dinner. Update

Genre: Comedy
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Doppelgangerby  John M Grace
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A chance subway encounter with the twin of a woman from his past turns a brief commute into an emotional reckoning.

Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Lost Pianistby  Frank J Dellipoala
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A haunted pianist must survive a night of terror when genetically enhanced predatorstriggered by the frequencies of his musicescape into a locked-down concert hall, forcing him to confront the childhood monsters he can no longer outrun.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Aunt Lillian's Lipby  John W Welch
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What happens when what we thought were true turns out to be an incorrect memory.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Last Debateby  Gladman
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During a final interrogation over a broken simulation, a defiant subject turns the tables on his examiner forcing him to question whether he, too, is trapped inside the very system he believes he controls.

Genre: Sci-Fi
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Vampire Experimentby  Brian Daunter
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Genetic transfer and IVF research creates Vampire flying foxes with talon thumbs. They escape and terrorize the countryside attacking people, domestic and farm animals. A mix-up in the IVF laboratory leads to the birth of human neonate vampires that attack other neonates. These two new species qualify for listing as endangered. One species survives in a disused railway tunnel.

Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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