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Same Nameby Steven Burton

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Their same name brings a straight black actor and a gay white actor/writer together to collaborate on a film project that creates more greatness for both.

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

The Preyby John Porter

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Two promiscuous businessmen plan to pick up a beautiful young woman--who plans to pick them up.

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

Invisible Terrorby Victor Titimas

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When terrorized by his wife's vengeful spirit, a man must face the consequences of his actions.

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

Still Waterby John Waring

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A traumatized veteran retreats to a remote lakeside cabin with the woman he loves, but as his combat past resurfaces, the line between memory and reality begins to collapse.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Don't Mess With Babyby Larry E Coleman

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A hitman tracks down the runaway degenerate who got his family member pregnant and can't pull the trigger when he finds out who it is.

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

Not for Saleby Davide Staffiero

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During a business dinner at a luxury hotel, a man who will turn out to be an android dealer negotiates with a wealthy hotelier determined to replace his entire staff.

Genre: Sci-Fi
36 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Alien Invadedby Dexter Williams

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A young lady visits an eccentric New Age hypnotherapist in order to get to the root of her recurring nightmares of being abducted by aliens.

Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Going To The Topby Matthew Belopavlovich

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During the Gay Rights Movement in 1980s California, James and Thomas take a popular theme park to court after experiencing discrimination for dancing together and later, start a LGBT advocacy magazine.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
37 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Bad Nightby Jose Villanueva

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Under pressure from their volatile boss, two enforcers burglarize an aging gambler's secluded house and prepare to pounce when he arrives but never suspect the house hides a nightmarish horror ready to devour them first.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Awfully Wedded Wifeby Elliot Stanton

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Love is... a suspicious mind, making the threat of castration a genuine possibility.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Love Sex Shoesby Ron Brawer

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When an aging Casanova hooks up with a young Louboutins-loving lawyer, past follies surface -- with Fellini-esque consequences.

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

Agence Paradisby Slobodan D. Pesic

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A timid man visits a futuristic government agency where every human desire can be fulfilled. What begins as a simple request for a pair of sneakers spirals into an absurd chain of wishes exposing the fragile machinery of modern happiness and the divine comedy of human ambition.

Genre: Artistic
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

War Gamesby Wayne E. Johnson

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A Vietnam-era GI, toiling away in his personnel office under the scorching Texas sun trying to please his nervous, ineffective lieutenant while keeping a fire-snorting master sergeant at bay, learns the true meaning of "The Lord helps those who help themselves."

Genre: Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Mike The Robot and The Red Wizardby Alexandru Albacan

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A humanoid robot travels in time, lands in a thirteenth-century English village, and saves the villagers from an evil wizard.

Genre: Animation
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

The Violinby Victor Jones

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A poor musician down on his luck, pawns his only means of income, his violin. The pawnbroker discovers it's true value and tries to cheat the owner with a surprising outcome.

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

Padres e Hijosby John Porter

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A young Latino learns to thank his father for having loved him enough to stay alive.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Clownby DJ Robbins

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A weird clown hands Steve a balloon at a campus Halloween carnival, and he and his friends find themselves stalked by the creepy clown.

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

The Rainy Night Killerby Doug J Robbins

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The Rainy Night Killer kidnaps Nick's wife and plays a game of cat and mouse with the wrong cop.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Catharsisby Rochelle Potkar

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Two WOMEN shoplifters brainstorm elaborately with dramatic rehearsal about returning their loot (a pair of stolen earrings), imagining how the SHOPKEEPER would forgive them and how the media would celebrate them for their honesty. Then after feeling satiated with this drill, they end up into inaction and status quo.

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

Passing Trainsby Charles Hall

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A hardened ex-con living a reclusive life in the Caucasus Mountains courts trouble when he rescues a teenage boy fleeing persecution.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

All the News That's Fitby Ian Patrick Williams

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In the near future, a rising young newscaster hired by a corporate-controlled TV station finds to her horror that anyone can be replaced...literally.

Genre: Horror
18 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Breaks That Mendby Lily Sanders

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When a lover's breakup triggers deep introspection and reflection.

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

Truth or Dieby James D. Tuverson III

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Two teenagers find themselves on a steep cliff overlooking the mountainside. They play a game, Truth or Lie, to determine the circumstances that brought both to the precipice. As the truth is revealed, the games changes from Truth or Lie... to Truth or Die. This short was a QUARTERFINALIST in the 2025 HollyShorts Film Festival.

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

Gone With The Gulf Streamby Jack Sherry

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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

Antwan: The Christmas Strangerby NG

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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

The Last Mottoby Dwayne Bricker

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When a young nun's exorcism reveals a hidden system controlling papal succession, a skeptical priest teams with a Vatican archivist to uncover a centuries-old conspiracy rewriting the Church's history. As powerful forces move to contain the truth, he must decide whether exposing it will free the Churchor destroy the very institution billions depend on.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Bargain Storeby Brandi Self

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A disgruntled small-town bargain store worker meets a soldier who encourages her to stand up to her perverted boss.

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

Only the Windby DJ Robbins

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Jack is spending his first Christmas without his father and is given the chance for one last Christmas with him.

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

The Openingby Jon McDonald

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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

Royally Never Afterby Lexie Sullivan

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When a studious Chicago teen loses her only parent, she's unexpectedly invited to a prestigious royal academy in Englandonly to discover secrets about her true identity, a brewing conspiracy within the school's walls, and a destiny that might just change her life forever.

Genre: Fantasy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Trash Dayby Rodney A Myers

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Love Stinks, especially when you find it on Trash Day.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Screwby Thomas Newman

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In a quiet park, a demon posing as a project manager lures a small-town pastor into what seems like a friendly chat, but as words twist into visions and truths unravel, the line between temptation and entrapment blurs until it's unclear whose soul is truly at risk.

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

Rubic's Kubeby Bernard Mersier

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Driven to the edge by his ideological abuse, a woman delivers the ultimate, dehumanizing punishment to the man who thought it was justifiable.

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

Let Us Preyby James D. Tuverson III

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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

Rahab and the Ribbon of Redemptionby Jack Halliday

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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

Aunt Lillian's Lipby John W Welch

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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

Housewarmingby Bill Freas

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For a heartbroken woman starting over in a new home, a mysterious collection of vinyl records left behind connects her to the house's love-scorned former owner, who took his own life there years ago.

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

The Junkie's Flawby Jeffrey Stackhouse

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An arrogant heiress's hellish bargain with a demon gives her everything she wants... and takes it all away. -- WINNER Best Short Screenplay

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

Mirabelby Gregory Gibson

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Her psyche tainted as a child, a young woman plays out her singular form of vengeance with the help of a unique weapon.

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

Screens of the Damnedby Anton Ballard

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The Screens Of The Damned follows Angelica, a mortuary attendant and aspiring screenwriter working the night shift. Her solitude is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious John Doea deceased film producerwho critiques her work and begins a strange, possibly supernatural collaboration with her. As the script progresses, John Doe's involvement appears to influence real-world outcomes, culminating in Angelica's screenplay being greenlit, though his presence remains ambiguous.

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