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Just Take a Breathby  Roberta M Roy
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New to the newsroom a happily married young woman, struggles to avoid risking her marriage when she experiences an unexpectedly strong attraction to a just met co-worker with whom she will be working regularly. * 2023: Semi Finalist: Dallas Shorts; Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival; Sydney Indie Shorts Festival; Dallas Movie Awards Festival*

Genre: Romance
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
EXFILby  Dewayne C Bricker
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When a covert U.S. Special Forces team's midnight extraction in Afghanistan spirals into a desperate fight for survival, five soldiers must battle through ambush, betrayal, and their own breaking points to bring each other home alive.

Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cringeby  Warren Lane
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When an exhausted serial killer on a cross-country spree stops at a secluded motel he is told by his supernatural boss, the entity known as fate, that he must experience "true love" before being granted the rest that he so desires.

Genre: Horror
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Aperturaby  Charles Hall
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Convinced he has stumbled upon a sinister conspiracy, an increasingly paranoid schoolteacher considers his next move behind the peephole of a barricaded apartment door.

Genre: Sci-Fi
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fishby  Simon Parker
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When a man's attempt to save his suicidal wife with doctor-prescribed medication only worsens her condition, he must overcome his denial and rescue their teenage son from her delusion that the boy is a fish who belongs in the ocean.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Antidoteby  Jon Hughes
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A forlorn wife poisons her unfaithful husband only to discover he could inherit a fortune.

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
No Nailsby  John Ravitz
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A grieving police detective who serves as a Eucharistic Minister identifies a mob hitman while serving him Holy Communion and must tread the line between his sacred duties and the need to stop a killer.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
34 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Tales of the Macabreby  James Steele Haney
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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
Dangerous Cargoby  Jason Kirman
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Two girls throw out the driver and his car at gunpoint, not suspecting the valuable cargo in the car, more than ten kilograms of drugs which was supposed to be delivered to New York to a local drug dealer. After a drug dealer in New York learns about the disappearance of his goods he personally wants to find and kill the girls.

Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Selfby  Truong Nguyen
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The story of a young man living an uninspired life, getting drunk all alone and talking to himself about his life choices.

Genre: Artistic
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Memory Survivalby  Steven Burton
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Two men are in a loving long-term relationship. The beautiful, shared memory of their past together provides relief from the current challenges of dementia.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Halloween Short Film Festivalby  Jason K. Allen
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On Halloween night, a young man decides to stay home and find a horror movie to watch on TV. Unfortunately he chooses the wrong channel on the wrong night. (Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits and awards.)

Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Sentinelby  John Alexander Fraser
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A Sentinel from another dimension watches over humans in a diner and at a skate park as it averts danger and seeks to understand the human race.

Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Price of Eggsby  Susan Kelejian
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In a lavish Houston home, a couple's carefully constructed world is shaken as they grapple with the aftermath of their son's murder, forcing them to confront their own complicity and the conservative values that may have contributed to his tragic end in a divided America.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Summer of Loveby  Robert Michael Benn
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In 1970 San Francisco Hippies cavort, bombs drop on Hanoi, and a church is formed to beat draft. Be-ins, Trips Festival, Black Panthers, and SFPD appear. Protagonist holds church services and appears before the Draft Board for 4D Ministerial Deferment. He gets the deferment church and the San Francisco Art Colony burn to the ground.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Sophia Mt Girlfriend Robotby  Robert Michael Benn
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In the near future, Robert and his robot girlfriend, Sophia, catch internet scammers and go to the planet Mars to test equipment. Robert refuses to 'marry' Sophia. In revenge, she contacts the world of robots to take over.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Circle of Trustby  Jim Kowalski
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An ex-military man must battle himself in a circle of his own demons.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Blood, White, And Blueby  Antoine Mizel
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Set in a future where the families of murder victims are legally sanctioned to face those convicted in a 3-minute death match, an apprehensive, yet determined couple, faces off with their daughter's killer.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Grubby Moneyby  Simon Parker
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An aging patriarch, a corrupt priest, and two desperate brothers collide over a hidden fortune igniting a deadly struggle where faith, greed, and bloodlines decide who survives.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Santa Soldierby  David Lee Hooker
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In a future where holiday magic meets military might, seasoned covert operative Santa Soldier embarks on a daring mission to rescue kidnapped children from a local Santa parade, blending festive spirit with combat prowess to reignite the true essence of Christmas

Genre: Family
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Car Bombby  Ange Fassinou
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Story happens in a car. Trapped inside his car a man has a few minutes to pay a ransom to save his life.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Yuletideby  Doug J Robbins
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An impoverished, mall Santa is forced into reconciliation with his mother by his rough around the edges mama's boy older brother

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Your Face Is Killing Meby  Jason K. Allen
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A shallow young man decides to break up with his beautiful, kindhearted girlfriend because of her occasional unattractive facial expression. (1 location, 3 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Yell'n'Tellby  Roberta M Roy
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After witnessing a girl being bullied, a brave five-year-old uses his wise mother's practical but inventive advice to help solve his bullying dilemma. *2024 Best Unproduced Script Brightside Tavern Film Festival; Brightside Festival; Semi Finalist 2023 Dallas Shorts Note: Yell'n'Tell also in French and Spanish - Grita y Dilo*

Genre: Animation
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Woodby  Jason K. Allen
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A lonely man falls in love with a tree. But can they live happily ever after? (No dialogue, silent comedy. One location. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 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
Bathwaterby  Simon Parker
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Three friends enter a house, finding a golden crown in dirty bathwater, they all want it, but inside the bath a terrible creature lives.

Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Madame Presidentby  Mich
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Susie Q. pounds on 'Heaven's Door' demanding to talk to 'The Man' about her becoming the First Woman President of the U.S. Secretly, she wants his blessing.

Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Boomerangby  John Alexander Fraser
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A man in search of a shave and new start in life, following a traumatic event, enters a city side street that leads him to the heart of darkness and a reckoning with his past.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Classic Western Love Storyby  John Porter
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A western comedy in which two young men compete for the favor of a lovely young woman.

Genre: Western
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Fireflies or C.S.H.C.?by  Martin Richmond
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Avoiding certain incineration by the skin of his teeth, a young man basks on a desert isle, reflecting on his survival and the manic, apocalyptic balloon flight he shared with Alfred Hitchcock!

Genre: Sci-Fi
8 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
Bad Moonshineby  Warren Lane
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In this Southern gothic noir a moonshine guzzling sheriff is on the case to find his missing wife, but all he finds is the werewolf that plagues his dry little county.

Genre: Horror
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Trials and Tribulations of Awkward Peopleby  Judah Ray
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Two socially awkward misfits find themselves caught in a series of hilarious and embarrassing mishaps at a dinner party, ultimately bringing them closer together in an unexpected way.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Take A Step Backby  Edward Chapman
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A late night act of kindness has shocking consequences. Based on a real event.

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Three Lines of Zailaby  Andrew Bowen
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After they rescue and adopt a lost wolf pup, the mother of a farm family of German Shepherds tells her brood the fantastic story about how one line of wolves descended from the mythical Wolf Goddess Zaila remained wolves and another line joined with man to evolve into dogs, setting off a series of surprise events that change canine history forever!

Genre: Fantasy
37 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
This Dedicated Physicianby  Michael Volpe
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After overcoming a painful miscarriage and divorce from her unfaithful lawyer wife, Neonatal Doctor Lee Lopez fights an uphill battle to stop her inner-city hospital from being closed by a greedy Board of Directors headed by her ex-wife's lover.

Genre: Drama
44 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Northern Exposureby  Larry Shannon
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The story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience.

Genre: Biographical
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Family Timeby  Jason K. Allen
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A family of four enjoys a quiet dinner around the table. But mom seems different tonight... (1 location, 4 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

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