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Coilby  Steven Pony Hill
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A brilliant scientist has a theory: an exact amount of energy focused on the exact right space, at the exact right time, can open a portal between multiverses. Will testing this theory cost more than he's willing to sacrifice? A 15-minute short shot in one room with three cast members.

Genre: Sci-Fi
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Black Queen: Birth Of A Queen Warriorby  Ange Fassinou
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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
Kicking Tiresby  Tony Jerris
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When a pragmatic dreamer meets an angelic stranger, he realizes that even the most skeptical hearts sometimes need to kick the tires on love.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
2 Plates @ The Endby  S.C. Smith
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At a Thai restaurant, two mournersone a scarred woman, the other a man who can only communicate through writinggather for a funeral unlike any other, reflecting on the life of an artist whose unfulfilled potential and tragic choices led them all to a brutal conclusion about life's unrelenting cruelty.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Last Broadcastby  Noureddine Hifad
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In a remote Antarctic research station, a lone radio host continues daily broadcasts after a global communications blackout until strange voices begin hijacking her signal, hinting that something nonhuman has already arrived.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Kid nappingby  Kerens
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What could happen when Peter, 25, lost his fiance and son during a miscarriage meets Julian, nepo baby, father businessman, mother surgeon, who never knows the joy of parenthood, because his parents have time for him?

Genre: Family
25 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
Gloss Overby  Steven Blows
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A patient grandmother takes her hobby of writing product reviews to new extremes by watching paint dry, but her family wants her to stop her compulsion and deal with her grief.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Love & Laughterby  Deogratias Nyakiki
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Four best friends explore the hilarity and absurdity of love in a series of three-minute vignettes, revealing that sometimes laughter is the best remedy for heartbreak.

Genre: Drama
27 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. Part 'Source Code', part "Identity"... all WTF Twilight Zone.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Our Lives Are Goodby  John Porter
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A medieval romance in which the father of three sons and the father of a daughter arrange for the sons to compete for the daughter's hand in marriage.

Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Suspectsby  Will Johnson
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A grieving man befriends a mysterious stranger, finding answers to what happened to his deceased wife.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Model Citizenby  Shelly Paino
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Under pressure to find male models, a talent scout recruits a cat-calling construction worker, giving him a taste of what it's like to be objectified.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mario's Songby  Paul Byrne
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When his fisherman dad drowns at sea, a recruited soccer ace hooks up with a charismatic drug dealer to support his family, but eventually, must either roll over on his boss who is like a brother or do hard time in gladiator academy.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Just No Beyondby  Roberta M Roy
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Environmentalist interior designer Alyssa May struggles with the looming question of plastic in her life, taking one small step despite recognizing there is no beyond.

Genre: Family
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Santa Soldierby  David Lee Hooker
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The story follows a secret military unit sworn to protect Christmas. When terrorists target a small-town Santa parade to kidnap children, this elite squad has to go undercover in full holiday gear to save the kids and stop the chaos before Christmas is canceled.

Genre: Action/Adventure
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Doppelgangersby  Paul Weidknecht
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After the death of her mother, nine-year-old Melody begins seeing ghosts that resemble her family members.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Crunch Timeby  Ron Brawer
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When two octogenarian corporate honchos discover a 13-billion-dollar shortfall mere hours before the company's annual Board meeting, the two Old Guys (or Women) must thrust aside their aluminum walkers and mutual hostility, and LEAP into action.

Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Unbelongerby  Brandi Self
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After becoming stranded in the desert, an outcast soldier is attacked by a stranger who looks just like him.

Genre: Sci-Fi
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
From Rat to Bossby  Jed Power
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"From Rat to Boss"Before he became the infamous Mafia kingpin, "Lucky" Luciano made a secret betrayal to save himselfan act that, years later, threatens to destroy his empire and the myth of his loyalty."

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
King Sizeby  Paul Weidknecht
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Four young friends go out on Halloween night in search of a special treat only to discover a twisted trick.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Into The Fogby  Rade Mileusnic
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After years of estrangement from their son, an elderly couple's cross-country drive through a dense, unsettling fog forces them to confront fading memories and a shared tragedy they can no longer outrun.

Genre: Drama
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Coming Aliveby  John Klawitter
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As a result of a possible accident, a computer entity takes over his human inventor's consciousness with unexpected results.

Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Scoutby  Michael Morra
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A guilt-stricken teen responsible for the accidental drowning of her younger sister finds that her life takes an even darker turn when her sister returns from the grave to carry out an otherworldly deadly agenda. LET THE RIGHT ONE IN meets ET.

Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Backflipby  Jessica Taylor
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When The World's Fair comes to town, a gymnast in a side show act must keep her wits about her to escape from H.H. Holmes or else perish in his murder castle alone and afraid.

Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Blind Manby  Simon Parker
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With a dangerous cartel coming after them, two men need to kill a third to save their own skin, now hoping that a blind butcher will do the dirty work for them.

Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
How Do You Get to Margie's House?by  John Porter
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With a lot of love but a very bad sense of direction, a young man tries to get to his lady's house by 5 p.m.

Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ghomeedaby  Aya Mheidly
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In their quest for safety as undocumented refugees, Wissam, Hadi, and Jamil find refuge in an apartment. Wissam uses the game of hide and seek to protect Hadi's innocence while teaching vital evasion skills. But when ICE agents intrude, their bond is tested. Despite the turmoil, they hold onto hope, showing the strength of the human spirit

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Voicelessby  Janice Foster
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A woman, who can dream herself into crimes, becomes involved in the murder of a schizophrenic assassin.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Abel's Returnby  Doug J Robbins
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An eleven-year-old boy kills his sister on Halloween night and returns 17 years later to chase his baby sister.

Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Jim Bridger IIby  Robert Michael Benn
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Mountain man Jim Bridger does it all---saves Hugh Glass from a Grizzly, marries a beautiful Indian, fights with Custer and escapes Little Big Horn, maps Yellowstone, fights with US army, and goes blind cared for by his daughter Virginia.

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 7+ 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
Trappedby  Adrian Milnes
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Three armed robbers and their hostage take refuge in an abandoned house after a failed robbery, but they're not alone.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Noble Deceptionby  Chris Burns
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Charles Noble, a callous man, reluctantly allows an employee to tend to his ailing wife. However, a scheme unfolds that leads to a fatal encounter at a supermarket, altering their lives forever.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Watchersby  S.C. Smith
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A high school senior, once haunted by mysterious events, is thrust back into a nightmarish realm when a dark figure reemerges, leading him on a perilous journey.

Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
We Won't Actby  Hiabu Hassebu
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On a stage actors refuse not to act behind the curtain. Unexpectedly, an unexperienced man from the audience saves the day.

Genre: Fantasy
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Clella (Pathways Of The Heart)by  Diane Yates
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In the Ozark Mountains, a selfless woman of indomitable spirit shoulders the weight of the Great Depression, raising six children and tending the farm while her husband turns to drinking, gambling, and womanizing. When he abandons her, a mysterious guitar player arrives on the scene, and she must choose between loyalty to her past and a possible new future. (Based on a true story.)

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Judge Retiresby  Jonathan Fear
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Nearing retirement, a disgruntled high court judge plans an unconventional farewell while presiding over his final case, providing the court usher doesn't steal his biscuits first.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Northwoodby  John Alexander Fraser
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The commander of a nuclear submarine must come to terms with a developing threat, while protecting his crew and future with his family as the cold war turns hot.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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