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Landminesby Gordon Virtue
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2024
A young volunteer at a VA hospital gives perspective to a disabled veteran's life. Mack (38), a bilateral (BK) amputee meets Candy (16), a bubbly hospital volunteer with Down syndrome. The two foster a unique relationship during the holiday season. It's a heart-warming tale with O. Henry-like twists and a surprise ending.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pity the Poor Cowboyby John Porter
Date Posted: 06 May 2025
A Western musical in which two cowboys mourn the passing of one of their own
Genre: Western
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Western
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sometimes it Stares Backby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 19 Dec 2024
An obsessive codebreaker solving Cicada 3301 uncovers a forgotten Mayan god’s secret, risking the release of an ancient evil.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Poet Dancerby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2025
A female choreographer is inspired by a disabled musician which creates more greatness for both of them.
Genre: Artistic
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Black Queen: Birth Of A Queen Warriorby Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2024
In a land of witches and beasts, a young woman, kidnapped for an Amazon Army, battles to get back to her tribe and lead her warrior sisters to the truth.
Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Giftby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 01 Jan 2025
In 1977, a young man receives a camera that takes disturbing pictures. (1 location, 1 actor. Produced writer, see IMDB for credits.)
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mona Lisaby Keith Moody
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2025
A museum maintenance worker risks everything by confronting the malevolent spirit residing within Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, The Mona Lisa.
Genre: Horror
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ghoul Partyby Edward Chapman
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2024
When his ultra-strict parents' home is invaded by so-called admirers a shy class genius summons a supernatural troupe of deadly bouncers to show the gate-crashers the fatal way home….
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Definition of Loveby Carlos Galinho Pires
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2023
A boy and a girl, both unconventional and counter-stereotypical, meet while searching for love, but insecurities and past traumas break them apart leading them to a fight for their own definition of love.
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Farther’s Debtby Fahad Joyfield
Date Posted: 12 May 2024
When a former hitman's daughter is kidnapped, he must confront his past and make an impossible choice: protect the girl he loves or make amends for his sins by giving her back to her rightful family.
Genre: Action/Adventure
34 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
34 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
On Lineby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
Various people blindly line up behind realistic human sculptures to wait for a bus to arrive. When the bus arrives, the sculptures come alive to board the bus. They leave behind all the former live people who have become sculptures.
Genre: Sci-Fi
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Painted Vengeanceby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 25 May 2025
Painted Vengeance - A talented face painted is attacked by a gang of thugs, but when the devil gives him the chance to take revenge, it's an offer he can't refuse.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Guns of Septemberby Anselmo Garcia
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2025
As a mob war rages in New York City, a killer hit squad holds a main enforcer of the opposing faction hostage.
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Medium of Exchangeby Steven Blows
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
When money begins to talk to a frugal cashier, he discovers with extraordinary consequences that he has the power to bend its controlling influence to his will.
Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
How a Man of Vision Learns to Seeby John Porter
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
An elderly, extremely successful man shows how he has become a man of vision: he’s looked through the eyes of others, thanked them for their vision, and enjoyed it with them
Genre: Artistic
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Quandaryby Brandi Self
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2025
A thirty-year-old slacker wakes up in an unfamiliar house and assumes it’s another drunken one-night stand until he discovers that the others trapped in the house don’t know how they got there either.
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Facing Northby Mark Konik
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2025
Facing North is a contemplative road drama about estranged siblings Hayley and Ben, forced together on a journey to a funeral they’d rather avoid. As old wounds resurface and truths unravel, a flat tire and shared vulnerability steer them toward healing. Amidst tension and bittersweet humor, they rediscover connection.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Tales of the Macabreby James Steele Haney
Date Posted: 01 Jan 2025
On Halloween night, a late-night radio host shares the legend of the Crimson Witch with his listeners, unintentionally summoning her once again.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Reality Checkby Ed Tasca
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2025
Guy painfully caught between former "love of his life" who is sending him a final goodbye via live video and his new "rebound girlfriend," whom he's promised to engage in a serious relationship and is waiting for him at her flat.
(Both women are played by the same actress.)
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Black Egoby Ali noun
Date Posted: 28 May 2025
A former investigator, shattered by the death of his family, hunts their killer - to discover that the chasing has been himself all along.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
If Only I Didn't Have to Look at Your Faceby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2025
A shallow young man decides to break up with his beautiful, kindhearted girlfriend because of her occasional unattractive facial expression. (1 location, 3 actors.)
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Gnome Sweet Gnomeby Diana Kemp
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2023
Teenaged Maddie Gaynor has broken curfew. But this time, sneaking home isn't going to be so easy.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pain & Sympathyby Dale Easterling
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2024
A dysfunctional married couple seeks therapy, where the psychiatrist hypnotizes them into feeling each other's pleasure and pain - literally.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Justifiable Beatingby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2024
Love will make you believe your enemy truly loves you. That's the bitter truth Monica has to swallow dealing with her husband Craig.
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Human Experienceby Judah Ray
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2025
A grieving father struggles to guide his reluctant son through a funeral as they confront their fears, grapple with their complicated family dynamics, and discover the power of love and imagination in the face of loss.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnsonby John Porter
Date Posted: 07 May 2025
A western romance based on O. Henry’s short story (first published in 1881, now in the public domain) about a grizzled middle-aged shepherd who falls in love with a beautiful young Mexican girl.
Genre: Western
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Western
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Please Clean Me!by Steven Blows
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
A father struggles to work seven days a week in order to make his son’s Christmas special.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
He Came From The Lakeby DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 13 Jul 2024
A couple, Jeff and Darla, go on a weekend camping trip and encounters the urban legend/ ghost/ zombie murderer known as Travis Kramer.
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Thesisby Linda Gould
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2024
Imogene, a senior English major at Glendary College, is late deciding on a topic for her honors thesis. She proposes to her skeptical academic advisor an innovative subject ... but it will require her to go on a road trip in search of a volatile rock band.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Beat of Your Own Drumby Judah Ray
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2025
In a black-and-white world, Iris, a struggling singer, and David, an eccentric drummer, find solace in their own musical pursuits until their paths cross, igniting a harmonious connection that brings color to their lives.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Straight Talk with Sadie & Santaby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
On Christmas Eve, a little girl wakes to find Santa rummaging through her fridge. After scolding him about his diet, she proceeds to grill him about reindeer, elves, bad gifts and other curiosities, and soon develops a new understanding about Christmas. Santa, meanwhile, gets a dose of reality himself – and perhaps a new friend.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Happby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2024
Rejoicing his eight years of sobriety, Justin loves the new life he's embarking on, so he thinks.
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Monster Mansionby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2025
On the last day of the carnival, young Billy Slater enters a haunted house and never returns.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fedora - A Tale or the Unseenby Adham Ossama Adham
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2024
Left behind at a concert, a Fedora embarks on a vengeance-fueled odyssey.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Blessed by the Heavensby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2025
When a gifted singer, Laura, captures the attention of a music producer while singing for church donations in the park, Father Dan, desperate to keep her voice for the church, takes drastic measures to prevent her from leaving, leading to an intense struggle between faith and ambition.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Gambling with Bulletsby Carl
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2024
When contract killer and compulsive gambler Alex Viper Cooper" wins 3 million dollars from Mexican Mafia leader Ricardo, he sends his top female assassins to collect, only to discover they've been duped into a deadly plot. As Alex races against time to clear his name, he unveils a web of deception, leading to a final confrontation where debts are settled in blood.
Genre: Action/Adventure
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
She Confused The Tableby Kline Fishborn
Date Posted: 07 May 2025
During a date Angie confuses the table in a restaurant and sits down with another man. But the man does not admit that he is not the one with whom she is on a date because he liked from the beginning.
Genre: Romance
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Truthby Michael Hayden
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2024
Play by the rules, or pay with your life.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Screamby STEVEN BLOWS
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2025
On a cold night, a woman goes to an abandoned field to release her emotions in a primal scream. On a cold night, her scream comes back to haunt her.
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Faceby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2024
A woman sacrifices everything for the perfect face, only to become a target of uncontrollable desire. Forced into hiding, she is pursued by a detective whose accidental glimpse of her face turns him into her next victim.
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
