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Maui Blueby Frank J Dellipoala

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To save her Maui Blue Tours business from a litigious ex-husband, a precision pilot stages a fake mid-air "cartel money drop" that spirals into absurdity when her cat parachutes into a remote valley and is declared a living goddess by a secluded mountain tribe.

Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Autumn Falls: The Beginningby Jacob Enix

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A masked killer wearing a grotesque pumpkin mask emerges in the quite town of Autumn Falls, forcing a group of friends to confront a terrifying reality: the legend of Jack is real, and they are his first victims.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Missingby Darryl N. Layne

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Two scientists on the verge of a breakthrough in creating a space fuel must confront their hidden origins and humanity's fate when mysterious extraterrestrial visitors arrive, offering a choice between saving Earth or joining a cosmic mission that will change everything.

Genre: Sci-Fi
36 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

The Passionby Susan Pattishall

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Jean Smitty, an American teacher in socialist China, whose perspective is shaped by her prior reading of a Korean War era memoir by a priest expelled for teaching Christianity, invites her student Zhi Chang to share his essaya poignant, layered account of losing his beloved Meilin Hao to the Red Chinese Youth Party, and the brutal aftermath.

Genre: Other
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Strings Attachedby Dennis Manning

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When a washed-up musician returns to his sacred studio to write one last song, the guitars he abandoned come alive, forcing him to face the haunting truth about the silence he choseand the music that never died.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Chingby Luis Ortiz

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After a night she can't remember, a middle-aged influencer wakes to find her phone replaying fragments of the past reflections of herself that don't match what she remembers forcing her to confront the digital double that's been living her life.

Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Santa's Conundrumby Robert Herold

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When a troubled boy demands that his Christmas wish be never eating vegetables again, Santa Claus must navigate an intimidating mother and a bureaucratic liverwurst-addicted elf to deliver a magical solution with unexpected consequences in this hilarious and touching homage to classic Rankin/Bass holiday specials.

Genre: Animation
26 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

The Magic of Misfitsby Bill Freas

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After suffering a traumatic car accident that takes the life of his alcoholic father, a teen is sent to live with a distant relative in an oppressed blue-collar town, where he meets a group of bullied teens with a special bond and a supernatural secret.

Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Laundry Room Conspiratorsby Jim Stewart

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A comical crime drama that takes place in an apartment as three tenants conspire to free a battered wife by having her abusive husband fall victim to an accidental death at the hands of his twin, cop brother.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Deadhorse Lickby Charles Hall

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A young boy sets out to rid his hometown of a wild animal that has been killing the townspeople's pets, only to wind up becoming its next target.

Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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

Jasper + Mimi Foreverby Jason K. Allen

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Two freakish outcasts - a bearded woman and a man who has a carrot for a penis - are madly in love and want to have a baby. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Old Man in the Skull Maskby DJ Robbins

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An old masked killer stalks someone on Halloween.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Infectedby Doug J Robbins

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Officer Nick is a lone wolf and refuses to work with a partner, but warms up to his partner while everyone deals with a few rogue zombies.

Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Generation Killerby John Edward Bias

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Time is of the essence as an assassin goes on a chronological murder spree searching for a time travel equation.

Genre: Sci-Fi
32 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Dunkirk Spiritby Elliot Stanton

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Two strangers meet on the deck of a cross-channel ferry. One makes the other a business proposal, and with a little financial incentive, they agree on a deal. However, the chance meeting is not as random as it initially seemed for one of the pair.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Rewardby Wayne E. Johnson

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A homeless man decides to put his life in order by learning accounting and getting a job, but when ordered to perform illegal operations by his employer, he becomes a whistle blower and learns that honesty and integrity sometimes come with a heavy price.

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Rocky The Rockefeller Christmas Treeby Jennie Nicassio

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A scrawny evergreen dreams of becoming Rockefeller Center's Christmas tree, but when a jealous rival threatens the fairy who inspired him, he must risk the beauty he worked so hard to achieve to save her and discover what truly makes a tree worth choosing.

Genre: Animation
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

The Things I Should Have Saidby Apostolos Kouroumalis

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Cecil is a odd ball kid from a small town and a Pizza man, he is thrust into a world where he has to play out a Cyrano De Bergerac and emerge triumphant among bullies and bad bosses and dire need for romance.

Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Welcome to Arbor Parkby Donald Copenhaver

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When a real estate developer destroys an ancient tree to build luxury housing, nature takes its revengeroot by root, limb by limb.

Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Sisters of St. Andrewby Vince Grittani

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On the eighteenth hole of a golf course, a wily rabbi, a competitive priest, and two mischievous nuns collide in a battle of faith, guilt, and golf when one sister tries to secretly fulfill her late father's outrageous dying wishspreading his ashes in the sand trap.

Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Truth or Dieby James D. Tuverson III

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Two teenagers find themselves on a steep cliff overlooking the mountainside. They play a game, Truth or Lie, to determine the circumstances that brought both to the precipice. As the truth is revealed, the games changes from Truth or Lie... to Truth or Die. This short was a QUARTERFINALIST in the 2025 HollyShorts Film Festival.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Echoes of Nothingby Lamar D. Vine

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When a grieving retiree installs an AI life coach to escape crushing loneliness after divorce and loss, he must confront buried rage and rediscover purpose through writing before the seductive voice consumes his identityor lose his last chance at redemption.

Genre: Drama
37 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Window Washerby Robert M. Tartell

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When a young couple quarrel in a cafe, the window washer decides to get in on the action.

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Smallest Lieby Bernard Antoine Mersier

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When Blake discovers Darrell is married, he must confront the devastating consequences of betrayal while fighting to reclaim his health, identity, and ability to trust in the aftermath of deception.

Genre: Drama
44 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Seventh Seal Experimentby Jeffrey Stackhouse

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A drink, a game, a bet, and Death, entirely in rhyme.

Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Unwelcomeby Bill Freas

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An ex-con is hired to pack and move the belongings of his sister and her family after they abandon their house, following the sudden death of her teenage daughter, but the man encounters paranormal activity there that urges him to uncover a dark secret about the girl's death.

Genre: Horror
22 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

Occam's Beardby David Ezell

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A former child star spirals as he becomes convinced that the people he loves most have been replaced by impostors.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Out of the Goodnessby Rocco Simonelli

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A self-serving would-be do-gooder's inauthentic attempt to assist a homeless man backfires on her in terrible and unforeseen ways.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Specialby J Treacy Cole

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A bullied boy's resilience is fueled by his grandfather's musical legacy. A true story.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Beauty Pageant Redemptionby Barbara Blomquist

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Personal redemption is the ultimate prize in a beauty pageant held in a women's prison.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

The Lady In The Wallby Renata Vaughn

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After the devastating loss of her infant, a grieving woman battling undiagnosed postpartum depression spirals into a psychological nightmare as her husband's infidelity blurs the line between reality, paranoia, and a dangerous search for the truth.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Applause and Ashesby Bob Messinger

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As his last play crumbles around him, an aging writer spirals through Manhattan streets pursued by the ghost of his legendary partner and the realization that his greatest enemy may have always been himself.

Genre: Artistic
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Stairwaysby Dewayne C Bricker

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When luminous stairways rise worldwide, a grieving scientist descends into one to rescue the lost and discovers the only way to save humanity is to embrace imperfection.

Genre: Sci-Fi
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

The Last Ornamentby Jayda

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A grief-stricken young nurse reluctantly returns home for Christmas, but when her grandmother insists on finding a missing family heirloom star, she's forced to confront memories of her lost loved ones and rediscover the meaning of family tradition.

Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Meno that Pausedby LaKesa Cox

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A woman in her 40s has a pregnancy scare only to find out through a meeting with Mother Nature that she's about to start menopause.

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Daddyby David W. Fields

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A man pursues a little girl through the woods with a hatchet - but before you judge him, you don't know what's wearing her face.

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

Split Second Decisionby Michael G Holmes

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A flood of increasingly distracted thoughts race through a shallow good Samaritan's mind as he prepares to intervene in a grocery-store armed robberyor so he thinks.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Familyby Jean-Luc Julien

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A young Arab refugee fights to save the life of his unborn child when his German girlfriend's parents force her to get an abortion. A modern-day "Romeo & Juliet" in a controversial, sociopolitical love story with thriller elements. Award-winning director and cast attached. Shooting in November 2026. Feature screenplay is a finalist in the Launch Pad Feature Screenplay Competition and Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles