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A Beautiful Suicideby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Obsession is a cute word in Mimi's eyes, until Ja'mere applies what the word really means.
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Shrouded by Shadowby Hutira Gábor
Ryu Hayashi, a skilled ninja of the Shadow Syndicate, one day he is tasked with a mission to eliminate a thief, only to discover that the thief is just a poor man who stole vegetables to feed his starving family. Rejecting the mission, Ryu is marked as a rogue and must fight for his life against his former allies, facing the consequences of his decision.
Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Vacuumby Barry Staff
Wanting sex again after an op leaves erectile dysfunction, a man needs a specialist nurse coming to his aid.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Old Schoolby Bernhard Riedhammer
An obsolete radio escapes into a world of drugs to find solace from a fast moving society he cannot keep up with.
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Girl In The Subwayby Jason Kirman
Two policemen on patrol see a 12-year-old girl sleeping in the subway, when the policemen approached her to ask about her parents, they realized that she could not speak.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnsonby John Porter
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
Candy Corn and Peppermintby Doug J Robbins
A killer's MO while dressed as Santa Claus is to pass out a pouch full of candy corn and peppermint.
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pol Pot & the Khmer Rougeby Robert Michael Benn
Pol Pot is tutored by Mao. He forms the Khmer rouge & Overruns Cambodia. He kills 2 million countrymen by pickaxe & starvation. The US invades during the Viet Nam war, then the North Vietnamese take over the country. Pol Pot retires to the countryside & dies a natural death.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Unbelongerby Brandi Self
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
Genre: Sci-Fi
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Long Momentsby S.C. Smith
An alcoholic living in a small town stubbornly refuses to change, even when his high school sweetheart returns for their reunion, stirring memories of the life he left behind and the man he used to be.
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The 12 Dates of Christmasby Kudzai Zigarwi
On Christmas Eve, a cynical woman finds herself trapped in a time loop, forced to relive the same day and the same awkward first date over and over again, until she learns to let go of the past, open her heart, and discover that love might be her way out.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Night Killerby Ange Fassinou
A woman and her son have to survive a dangerous man who comes to kill them.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Abandoned Morgueby Gladman
When an arrogant online fear-challenge champion enters an infamous abandoned morgue to prove his dominance, he's confronted by vengeful spirits and forced to face the ghosts of his own toxic past turning a night of clout-chasing into a harrowing reckoning for survival.
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Beyond the Doorsby Bar Mandalevy
Traveling through the unfamiliar, a man struggles to hold on to reality as the world around him becomes surreal.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Orphan Floodby Anthony Piazza
During a flood, a young girl must retrieve her brother's rare medicine, with the help of a self-isolated helmsman.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Murder By Chairliftby Ken Hauser
When a young woman is left on a chairlift overnight in a minus 60 windchill, a Deputy must shovel through the bullshit from four suspects to find the killer.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
W.I.N.N.E.R Spells Loserby Elliot Stanton
The prize for winning is the realisation of what losing is all about. Two elderly care home residents play Scrabble, but the value of their words doesn't just score points on the board.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Postmanby Ange Fassinou
Victim of a murder, a postman is brought back to life by a cursed Indian Talisman who gives him the power to fight criminals.
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hearts & Algorithmsby Dewayne C Bricker
When an obsessive AI engineer builds two comic digital souls inspired by history's greatest comedians, their mischief forces him out of isolationand into an unexpected romance with the neighbor who's been trying to reach his heart all along.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
35 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
35 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rahab and the Ribbon of Redemptionby Jack Halliday
An innkeeper's resourcefulness saves herself, and her family, from destruction, through her audacious act of faith in this Bible based script. 1st place award-winner, Indie Gathering Film Festival.
Genre: Family
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
DB Cooperby Robert Michael Benn
DB jumps from a 727 with $500K, falls in love with Andrea, organizes a gang to rob Brinks warehouse. In the meantime: visits Alaska, Seattle, Avalon and Highway 1. Meets Ron Kovich at VA hospital where Viet Nam war is disputed. The gang fights during the split-up meeting. The Viet Nam war ends. DB and Andrea fly to Rome, buy a condo and vow to never return to the US.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ 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: Other
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cimpleby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Darryl and his right hand man Ryan's lavish lifestyle from drug dealing comes apart when Darryl's girlfriend Sharice unveils something sinister neither one of them saw coming.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Toilet Whispererby John Alexander Fraser
An airport handyman is put in a position of unthinkable jeopardy as a blocked W.C. threatens, 'blowback'
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Mismatchby Bernhard Riedhammer
A quirky and neurotic art student, confined to her apartment, must overcome her condition to be with the love of her life.
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Bathwaterby Simon Parker
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
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Anonymous Heroby Jose Luis Azcarreta
"Anonymous hero" is a 4-page short script with no dialogue in which a nobody is the laughing stock of his office mates despite saving humanity from an alien attack.
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Conversionby Stephanie Neroes
In 1968, a rebellious teen is abducted to a remote ranch under the guise of salvationonly to uncover a harrowing world of abuse, resistance, and a reckoning long overdue.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Candleby John Francis Daly
A sick girl on her death bed receives a candle that, when lit, brings forth new vitality, along with a being who holds secrets of the Universe.
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Ragnar's Vikingsby Robert Michael Benn
Ragnar conquers Britain. Kiev and Sweden. Lagertha is his beautiful wife. His son lands at Vinland and discovers America.
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Christmas Presentsby Simon Parker
A father determined to give his kids a perfect Christmas struggles to maintain his composure as every gift they open triggers a memory of the violent crime it took to acquire it, just as the police arrive at his front door.
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rise of Tony Rainesby Doug J Robbins
An escaped convict confronts a guy he plans on murdering and stealing his Halloween costume.
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ghost Houseby Kudzai Zigarwi
When two amateur ghost hunters vanish during their first investigation inside a notoriously haunted house, a fearless psychic must face a vengeful spirit and the horrors that lie within to bring them backbefore the house claims more souls.
Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
EXFILby Dewayne C Bricker
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
Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Car Bombby Ange Fassinou
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
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
When I Fallby Simon Parker
James returns to his family home in a wheelchair with his fiance, determined to undergo a risky operation that could help him walk again
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Have A Little Faithby Lloyd Muchenje
Having struggled to conceive for years,a praying woman finally gets pregnant only to lose her unborn child and uterus during a premature delivery. Years later, she miraculously conceives through an ectopic pregnancy and goes to give birth to a healthy baby without medical complications.
Genre: Family
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Gone With The Gulf Streamby Jack Sherry
A military chemical dump in Florida's Panhandle is more than just an environmental disaster. When a deadly bacterial outbreak kills marine life and divers in the Gulf of Mexico, a young woman must escape government cover-ups and corporate corruption after losing her boyfriend and father figure to the contaminated waters.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Aunt Lillian's Lipby John W Welch
What happens when what we thought were true turns out to be an incorrect memory.
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Greatest Story Never Toldby Matthew J Cresta
After the crucifixion of Jesus, the apostles question their future and even the truth. Due to their lack of faith the disciples hatch a crazy plan to steal Jesus body and stage his resurrection. When things go wrong and the plan fails the team is forced to face their new reality.
Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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