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Doomsday for Dentonby Anthony Cawood
A wannabe street fighter tries to boost his rep by going up against a legendary brawler from the past.
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Gift from Grandmaby Shane R. Nolan
A young woman receives a gift from her late grandmother that bears damning consequences for opening.
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Testby Justin TEST
This is a test logline.
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Secret Boxby Charles Hall
A mechanic finds an unlikely confidant in his annoying Gen Z neighbor as he tries to come to terms with the sudden death of his girlfriend and her young son.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Woodby Jason K. Allen
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
Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Giggedby Joseph B. Atkins
A bullying ex-con taunts his elderly uncle as they wrap up a night of frog gigging, even boasting about having sex with the uncle's young granddaughter. A fugitive arrives on the scene, tries to steal their truck, and inadvertently enables the old manwith his granddaughter's help--to get the revenge he'd planned.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Clown of Sienna Fallsby Doug J Robbins
A crazed clown stalks the people of Sienna Falls.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Antwan: The Christmas Strangerby NG
Feature Length Version Available. On the eve of Christmas, the life of a lonely young boy takes a miraculous turn when he crosses paths with a compassionate woman, unknowingly setting off a battle for his survival, his freedom, and his last chance at hope.
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Vortican Orderby S.C. Smith
Five years after a terrifying encounter with a mysterious figure, high school senior Ethan Thomas is drawn back into a supernatural nightmare when the shadowy entity reappears, threatening to unravel the fragile peace his family has found.
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Viewing the Past with a Modern Perspectiveby Zokora Zokirov
A man was walking around New York, thinking about business, seeing various businesses like McDonald's, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, and others, and thinking, "I wish I could go back in time with these ideas, I was rich." He walks around, falls into a hole, and then wakes up in America, where even people don't know about coffee.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Winds of Kandaharby PAUL BYRNE
Racing the clock on 9/11, a two-fisted female private eye goes head-to-head with a terrorist sleeper cell and risks everything to save the Pentagon on that fateful day.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Spellmarkedby Vanessa M. Chattman
A street thief with a stolen wand accidentally opens a portal into a mirror world and faces her own twisted reflection for control of her destiny.
Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Abby's Cursed Paintingsby Melissa Diane Hudson
In the wake of her parents' violent murder, an eight-year-old girl communicates only through her macabre, otherworldly art- a cryptic language that captivates an unsuspecting audience while hiding secrets that could either save her or doom them all.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The 7th Soldierby Evgeny Kim
After escaping a secret soldier program, a man wired with a deadly implant and his loyal dog must fight their way through gangs and assassins in order to finally disappearand live free of pain.
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Virgin Brideby Perk Perkins
After a drunken, groom-to-be receives a graphic photo of his fiance with another man, he mails the scandalous pic with all the wedding invites, but discovers the picture was a prank from his best man, leading to a blood-soaked chain reaction.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Let Us Preyby James D. Tuverson III
Three very different men confront themselves and each other during a grueling group-therapy session. One man, however, will discover his greatest struggle is within. If he loses the battle between his morals and urges, he may become the Devil himself. This short was a FINALIST at the 2025 HollyShorts Film Festival.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Murder Inkby Edward Chapman
After witnessing her tattooist father murdered, his orphaned daughter uses his dying gift to payback his killers in a uniquely creative way.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Yoo-foesby John Porter
A young journalist tries to discover whether UFOs and space aliens really do exist.
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Stairwaysby Dewayne C Bricker
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
Genre: Sci-Fi
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Autumn Falls: The Beginningby Jacob Enix
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
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Shark Underneathby Ange Fassinou
Limited location. Horror/thriller. A group of outlaws, who recently robbed and killed a lawyer and his wife, become the preys of a smart and dangerous shark living underneath the house they chose as hideout.
Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Teddy Bearby Anthony Cawood
When a mysterious new neighbor moves in under the cover of darkness, a suburban community's paranoia escalatesculminating in a tragic misunderstanding that blurs the line between protection and prejudice.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Christmas at the Orpheumby Todd Bronson
On a snowy Christmas Eve an aging puppeteer performs a festive show for hospitalized children which gifts him with a miraculous memory of his late partner. This leads to a surreal performance in a forgotten and shuttered Orpheum theater which unlocks a life-affirming reconciliation that allows him to honor Clark's memoryand find a renewed sense of purpose.
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Swoliosisby Jim Kowalski
A gym attendant hosts an underground fitness competition to avoid losing his bankrupt gym and his crush.
Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Love to Goby Bernhard Riedhammer
A lonely retiree mourning his late wife tries to find new connections and turns to a dating website called "Love to Go".
Genre: Romance
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Little Red Cellsby Ronald L. Ecker
A boy whose body produces too much blood finds himself held captive by a partying vampire convention, and he must try to escape before their annual Feast of Blood.
Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Echoby Amrita Baines
A lone hiker documenting her journey through a remote wilderness begins hearing an eerie echo leading her to a terrifying discovery about what's following her. At first, the echoes of her voice bouncing off the cliffs seem naturaluntil they start repeating words she never said. As paranoia sets in, her recordings reveal an unsettling truth: something in the wilderness is listening... and answering back.
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dr. Coup De Graceby Sherrie Presson
A disgruntled husband tricks a mercy killer into killing his wife, who is recovering from plastic surgery. Produced screenwriter: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4977524/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_wr
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Girl in the Mistby Victor Jones
A girl finds herself in an alien land. She has to survive from her basic instincts until she meets a fisherman who shares a secret with her of his visits to a misty beach where strange friends abound.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Creepby Dj Robbins
A creepy man follows a young boy into a gas station, where the boy's seventeen-year-old brother confronts the man.
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The City: A Tragedy in Three Actsby Larry Shannon
The story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience.
Genre: Drama
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Jacinta Lodgeby Nik Forster
A bitter nurse. A bad mussel. And a band of elderly conspirators who just want peace and pudding. But when their poison plot backfires, it's every pensioner for themselves in this seafood-flavored farce.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Divorce Storyby Vanessa Wang
After discovering that her husband has been sexually abusing her minor daughter, a troubled mother struggles to figure out what to do next.
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Standoffby Linda Gould
A filmmaker, hauled before a government tribunal and accused of making a subversive film, defends herself with the help of a loyal publicist who protects her boss by rewriting the screenplay's ending on the spot.
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
What Day Is It?by Bill Rutkoski
A struggling actor wakes up each day to find the calendar reshuffledMondays vanish, Fridays repeat, and Saturdays won't let go. But when he witnesses the same murder three times in one looping Saturday, he must stop the crime before time skips away for good.
Genre: Other
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Leaving Berlin (A True Story)by Ron Brawer
On her deathbed, a Holocaust survivor recounts her family's harrowing escape from Nazi Germany, and reveals a dark family secret -- encountering shocked disbelief.
Genre: Family
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Change of a Dressby Elliot Stanton
When two ladies fortuitously meet in a clothes shop fitting room, their taste in clothes is not the only thing they have in common. The discovery that they share something very personal becomes the catalyst for what may become a firm friendship.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Openingby Jon McDonald
At an erotic art opening, the patrons react, amusingly, to the sexy art. The Ice Queen gallery owner, Laura, ignored by her flirting husband, is approached by one of her young and sexy artists. He offers her the gift of exotic perfume, making clear he is seeking more. She evades him, but the perfume and the art open her up to new possibilities.
Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Developingby Steven Burton
After a man develops several old 35mm. rolls of film, he discovers links to the past, present, and future.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Advice Bitesby Conor William Powell
A late-night radio host takes a caller's cheating-girlfriend rant as entertainment until he claims she's locked in his car boot. Checking Find My Phone, Lexi realises the signal is in the station car park and "Dolly" is her wife. Live on air, the caller blames Lexi's past relationship advice for destroying his life and demands she feel the same loss. Lexi must keep him talking long enough to save Ronnie without hiding behind the jokes.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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