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The Paradeby  William Douglas
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Can a 10-year-old boy steal an unhappy elephant, find him a good home, fall in love and get his first kiss, all in one week?

Genre: Other
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Smoke & Shadowsby  Rochelle Potkar
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In Devda, a Rajasthani Indian village with a history of female infanticide, 40-year-old unmarried JAGAN finds uncanny love in his late marriage to his new, young, poor and purchased (molki) bride, rising against a prejudiced society that looks down on such women.

Genre: Drama
26 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cell Jumperby  Patrick McNamara
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A scrappy rock'n'roller about to report for bail, discovers he can't afford his clothing store purchases and tries to steal them, until his change room cubicle is flooded with blood and he must leave without being noticed.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Clayton Moore 2by  Doug J Robbins
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This takes off where the original ends. Jeff is dead, and Clayton is now after Nick.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Double-Crossed Christmasby  Wendy Toliver
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A surgeon searching for the daughter she gave up for adoption believes she's finally bringing her home for Christmas--unaware the adoption agency receptionist is posing as her daughter.

Genre: Drama
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Tetheredby  James B Barker
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When a struggling screenwriter's horror script is greenlit for production, her screenplay begins rewriting itself, trapping her inside the story she created. As a sinister digital entity known as Unbound forces fiction to become reality, she must outwrite the nightmare before the ending demands the ultimate sacrifice.

Genre: Horror
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Red Light Traffickingby  Gary A. Edwards
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Red Light Traffic - Of three participants in group therapy for juvenile victims of human trafficking, which will be successfully rehabilitated and which will face further tragedy? This is a dark short graphic play about juvenile human trafficking designed to instruct young girls and boys about how to spot and prevent exploitation of children by sexual predators.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Chillby  Bari K. Willerford
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Five people isolated at the Arctic Circle. Three scientists, a meteorologist and a chopper pilot all have to contend with a monster outside the compound wanting to get in, another monster already inside.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
32 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Head Traumaby  Elise Marenson
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Two guys get in big trouble when they find the human head of a Russian mobster buried in the sand.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Once Blue Now Dead Redby  Darryl N. Layne
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Mankind has always wondered what happened to our sister planet Mars or as it once was called "Seti". Dak, Band, and Mika environmental scientists is facing a severe environmental crisis. They work tirelessly to save Seti with help from AI android "Guardian". With time running out for Seti, they build a spaceship to migrate to a blue planet we now call Earth. Their desperate attempt lead to a desperate surprising end leading into part two "Spores ".

Genre: Sci-Fi
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Screens of the Damnedby  Anton Ballard
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The Screens Of The Damned follows Angelica, a mortuary attendant and aspiring screenwriter working the night shift. Her solitude is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious John Doea deceased film producerwho critiques her work and begins a strange, possibly supernatural collaboration with her. As the script progresses, John Doe's involvement appears to influence real-world outcomes, culminating in Angelica's screenplay being greenlit, though his presence remains ambiguous.

Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Paradise Partyby  Steven Burton
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With art, photography, fun, love, family, strangers, and fantasy, a man shares adventures before he dies which propels his spirit forward.

Genre: Fantasy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
4th of Julyby  Katoya S Lowe
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In the dark era of circus slavery, an albino woman forms a bond with a captive elephant to launch a devastating revenge against the cruel owners who murdered her twin brother, executing a bloody reckoning on the 4th of July.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dallianceby  Bernard Mersier
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When wealthy Benjamin poisons his blackmailing wife during a romantic dinner, Claudia survives, forcing him to protect his mistress.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trio in Bby  Bari K. Willerford
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Three couples (20's, 40's & 60's) in the their bedrooms getting dressed or undressed discussing their lives. Witness them in the privacy of their bedrooms.

Genre: Romance
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Violent Natureby  Federica Lonardoni
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After his father's death, Jack finds himself into the woods forced to face the ghosts of his past and his relationship with his dad in order to understand his real nature and embrace his authentic self.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Sundays with Ethelby  Jason K. Allen
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An elderly man and woman cross paths while visiting the graves of their departed spouses. Sparks don't exactly fly, but sometimes a simple connection is enough. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Tangled Rootsby  Deogratias Nyakiki
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In a quaint town, Mia, a botanist grappling with her family's hidden history, partners with Ethan, a free-spirited artist, to restore a neglected community garden. As they navigate their growing bond and unearth long-buried secrets, Mia's quest for identity forces her to confront her fears and embrace vulnerability. Their distinct personalitiesher analytical precision clashing with his creative chaosforge a connection that leads to both personal growth and the revitalization of their community, all against a backdrop of both h

Genre: Drama
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Junkie's Flawby  Jeffrey Stackhouse
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An arrogant heiress's hellish bargain with a demon gives her everything she wants... and takes it all away. -- WINNER Best Short Screenplay

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Father of Thingsby  Chris Fell
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In this award-winning war drama, two enemy soldiers try to brutally kill each other on the battlefield. However, when both become incapacitated, they cooperate to survive. Their dialogue between camaraderie and cynicism highlights the absurd "logic" of war and propaganda, while offering a glimmer of hope to reconcile differences. Just a glimmer.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
My Angel Friendsby  Pelham Mead III
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Tom Sizer is a college student who was driving on Meadowbrook Parkway when he had an accident with his car. When he is about to die the Archangel Michael decides to keep him alive. After Tom recovers, Michael tells him he is to be a human advisor to the angels in special situations and his adventures begin.

Genre: Drama
44 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Hunter Withinby  Lamar D. Vine
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When a 12-year-old boy in 1977 rural Ohio discovers his mother's secret affair, he must confront the shattering of his family and his own innocence or embrace the hunter awakening inside him.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Professionals (Ali Guli Mane)by  Rochelle Potkar
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A man who works professionally as a false witness in court cases hired by police, goons, or lawyers, agrees to help a grieving mother, who has just lost her son in a train accident, by being a false witness for a percentage of her compensation. But she too is no straight line.

Genre: Drama
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Late Night Stayby  DJ Robbins
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A weary businessman checks into a hotel with a history of violence, and said hotel is supposed to be extremely haunted.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Don't Mess With Babyby  Larry E Coleman
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A hitman tracks down the runaway degenerate who got his family member pregnant and can't pull the trigger when he finds out who it is.

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Deadly Swampby  Chris Chatzikirlis
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In the haunted swamps of Louisiana, a disgraced scientist's experiments unleash monstrous leeches, driving a mutated village into madness, murder, and a chilling new religion built on sacrifice.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Her Faceby  Marc Prey
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Set in an alternative reality in which no one is permitted to show their face (masks are required from birth), one teenage boy begins to question the way things are after meeting a rebellious teenage girl.

Genre: Fantasy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Late Doorsby  Barry Staff
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Three 'remainers' congregate in a deserted pub and there contemplate whether the news that a meteorite will shortly destroy Earth is a hoax, but also to undertake their final acts in case it's true.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Kuyiliby  KS Punithakumar
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When a compassionate village librarian inspires children through the timeless wisdom of books, her quiet acts of kindness plant the seeds of hope that transform an entire community for generations.

Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Comeuppanceby  Martin Train Bartlett
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After committing a heinous crime, a violent man is cursed to relive the horrific moment through the eyes of the victim. It's Source Code meets Stephen King.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Partnersby  Nicholas Joseph
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Years after their partnership ended in betrayal, a detective interrogates his former best friend, now a murder suspect, only to uncover a dark, twisted truth rooted in a forbidden love that shattered their lives.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Portrait of a Girlby  Niagara Ross
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A group of teenagers, exploring an abandoned house on the outskirts of town, find an old portrait of a mysterious girl. But the more they learn about her past, the more nightmarish visions and dangerous phenomena begin to haunt them.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Probeby  Doug J Robbins
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An alien son asks his alien father why his people probe people with humorous and thought-provoking results.

Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cross Wiresby  Gregory Stallworth
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Cross Wires is a suspenseful story of corporate executive who receives voice messages on his office phone of an international drug trafficking operation within the corporation where he is employed. Faced with a decision of staying silent to what he knows or becoming a Corporate Whistleblower and not only risk his career, however his life.

Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
If I Were a Womanby  Jack A Bennett
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When a woman relives a simple trip to the liquor store, the outcome turns from bad to worse.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Flute Named Desireby  Steven D. Gullion
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A famous flautist must choose whether to undergo a dangerous operation that will make it possible for him to have a family, but end his career.

Genre: Animation
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Santa Soldier: Operation Christmas Rescueby  David Lee Hooker
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When terrorists threaten a beloved holiday parade, an elite team of North Pole commandos led by Captain Dan Hero springs into action to save Christmas and deliver festive justice, military-style.

Genre: Family
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Sunny Side Upby  Bob Hiltermann
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A set-in-his-ways greeting card writer goes to his usual caf for his usual scrambled eggs, but his usual quick-witted waitress brings him sunny side up by mistake... and everything changes.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Willpowerby  John Porter
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A young black woman and a middle-aged white man love each other, but their friends tell them they must separate--and they can if they only fight with their willpower.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Lurve and Other Five-Letter Wordsby  Elliot Stanton
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In the lobby of a New Orleans hotel, a Brooklyn-born businessman inadvertently offends a local woman. Instead of apologising, he compounds his error, which causes the woman to return insults. However, peace soon breaks out, and tension releases as the two begin to enjoy each other's company significantly more than seemed possible.

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