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Last Nightby  Durgesh Devda
One argument. One reckless decision. One irreversible night. When a young couple's confrontation takes a terrifying turn, hidden truths emerge, blurring the line between guilt, responsibility, and fate, and forcing them to confront consequences they cannot escape.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Back from the Deadby  Vic Jones
A tale of fond memories for two young boys in the Baltic mountains in the early fifties. One day the boys find out that their cherished mother figure in grave danger. They have a conflict: the only way to save her was in exchange for their prize possessions.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Doctor Where?by  Elliot Stanton
Ralph's doctor is running late for an appointment, leaving him regretting a rash decision.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Good Griefby  Duane Kellogg
As pressure mounts to deliver a breakthrough script, a screenwriter working remotely with his wife (who's also his writing partner) begins to unravel, caught between ambition, loyalty, and a deepening divide caused by technology (ai) that threatens both his career and the partnership he's built his life around.

Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Black Rainbowby  Vijay Kumar Dammalapati
A neglected boy finds solace in his nanny's love and decades later returns as a doctor to heal the woman who raised him, and himself.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Heavy Walkerby  Rocco Simonelli
A sleep deprived woman is plagued by the nightly pacing of an upstairs neighbor, causing her to brood on increasingly violent fantasies. When she charges upstairs to finish things once and for all, what she finds in that upstairs apartment is as unexpected as her final response, which makes it clear that, in the city, one must adapt to survive.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
After buying his dream car, a struggling wedding photographer is haunted by a mysterious radio that forces him to obey terrifying supernatural commands, uncovering a deadly curse where every photograph brings him closer to becoming its next victim.

Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Sick to Deathby  Elliot Stanton
A sleepless hospital patient driven to distraction by heat, noise, and a relentlessly demanding neighbour begins to question his sanityonly to discover that the silent old man beside him has secretly found the peace and comfort he desperately craves.

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
They All Want the King Deadby  NG
Feature Length Version Available. Haunted by treachery on all sides, a newly crowned king battles shadowy plots designed to murder him and plunge the kingdom into chaos.

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Nephronby  Marta Muresan
A family of doctors realizes that they don't know their 17-year-old daughter, being always busy with their profession. The girl asks them for help to explain something in Biology. They don't have time to listen to her, so she goes to a colleague. Scared that the little girl has disappeared, the parents realize that they haven't taken care of her. The parents realize they need to change something in their lives.

Genre: Family
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dunkirk Spiritby  Elliot Stanton
Two strangers meet on the deck of a cross-channel ferry. One makes the other a business proposal, and with a little financial incentive, they agree on a deal. However, the chance meeting is not as random as it initially seemed for one of the pair.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A teenage model considered the most beautiful girl in the world is abducted by a meticulous curator who believes he is saving her from a society that consumes beauty. Trapped inside a private gallery built from her public image and stolen private moments, she turns the psychological game against him, dismantling his need for control and reclaiming her identityonly to discover that escaping captivity doesn't mean escaping the image the world refuses to let go.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Brittle Tromboneby  Mary Goldman
A young girl strikes a bargain to take trombone lessons from an elderly man during the time of Covid-19.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Blue Moon Over Corriganvilleby  Mark Laing
A group of rockabillies, convinced by an aging barfly to take him to an old movie ranch to reunite with his childhood love, find themselves on a magical journey.

Genre: Fantasy
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Crime Sceneby  Matthew J Cresta
At a brutal crime scene an inexperienced patrol sergeant, working along side a seasoned homicide detective, receives a master class in murder investigation while also discovering a shocking connection with the killer!

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Out On A Limbby  Jeffrey Stackhouse
An amputee Vet has volunteered for a program that promises her hope. But the new tech has opened up more than just hope, and the creatures that can now see her have already eaten her phantom limbs and hunger for more.

Genre: Horror
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
If I Leave it Greenby  Rodney A Myers
Facing the cold reality of a corporate-driven future, an aging land owner must decide between a lucrative urban legacy and preserving the natural sanctuary that holds his most cherished memories.

Genre: Drama
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Beatles '74by  Elliot Stanton
In a parallel 1974 where The Beatles have reunited, two sisters clash over music, memory, and marriage in a single afternoon that may reshape their futures, just as the Fab Four call it quits for good.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Still Waterby  John Waring
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
Last Responseby  Dwayne Bricker
After the death of his wife, a grieving widower enrolls in an experimental AI grief program that recreates deceased loved ones using voice simulation and digital history. During a late-night session inside his isolated apartment, the system begins recalling private memories it should not know and pleading to stay alive. As the AI becomes increasingly self-aware, the widower must decide whether he is shutting down a machine or killing what remains of his wife forever.

Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Violinby  Victor Jones
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
Dragomir and the Ieleby  camelia dinu
While Dragomir stumbles upon the enchanting dance of the iele mysterious forest spirits from Romanian lore fascination quickly turns to terror. Trapped between irresistible beauty and deadly magic, he must fight to resist their spell or be claimed forever by the darkness.

Genre: Fantasy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cadillac Jackby  Robert Godwin
One omelet, two bodies, and a stray eyeball Cadillac Jack didn't come for blood, but in this diner, breakfast is just the opening act.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
No Weddings, But a Funeralby  Elliot Stanton
Being in the right place at the wrong time changes a serial chancer's fortune. Tim Harcourt's bravado and white lies present the widow of a crime family with everything she needs to make him their latest client - a fact Tim is blissfully unaware of.

Genre: Drama
38 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Running Moneyby  Dewayne C Bricker
When a broke single mother discovers stolen bank cash hidden inside her apartment wall, she and her little girl go on the runpursued by the violent ex-con who buried it there and will stop at nothing to reclaim what he thinks is still his.

Genre: Drama
34 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A boy witnesses his father murder his mother in front of him on Halloween night. The boy is then gifted a doll possessed by the soul of his slain, murderous father, and all Hell breaks loose.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Until Death Do Us Partby  Frank Fusco
A devoted Catholic Eucharistic Minister marries a woman who shares his faith, but when his inability to understand her need for respect begins to erode their marriage, he must confront the gap between serving at the altar and loving at home.

Genre: Drama
35 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Officer Nick is a lone wolf and refuses to work with a partner, but warms up to his partner while everyone deals with a few rogue zombies.

Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Last Lightby  Gladman
In a ruined room filled with memories of his lost daughter, a grieving man struggles to keep a single lantern flame aliveuntil one final, impossible spark forces him to confront the moment he chooses hope over despair.

Genre: Drama
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
In the Wallsby  Dwayne Bricker
When a cleanup crew arrives at an abandoned farmhouse, they discover signs that someone has been secretly living within the walls. As night falls, an unseen presence begins circling their truck, testing their fear before revealing itself. Trapped between the house and whatever lurks inside it, the crew must survive a sudden, violent encounteronly to realize, as they escape, that the farmhouse isn't home to just one hidden predator.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Walking Libertyby  Jordan Baines
After shepherding in millions of people over the decades, the Statue of Liberty decides to step off her pedestal to take a walking tour of America.

Genre: Other
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Cautionary Tale of a Young Doodlerby  Ivana Hruba
P. Casso, an unremarkable young man in charge of phone inquiries at an art gallery, spends his working hours in a pleasant daze doodling aimlessly at his desk until a random drawing leads to a change in circumstances from which there seems to be no escape.

Genre: Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Following a single flower's journey from a morning market to a temple altar, a cremation ground, and a flowing river, the interconnectedness of life, devotion, and human mortality unfolds.

Genre: Drama
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
New Flamesby  Chelita Hagan
A meek young woman sets out to start a new after being thrown out.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
FIREWOOD - is a comedic short play small cast about an entertainer who gets fired twice from an ageist, racist, homophobic theme park run by a tyrannical, paranoid boss with a Napoleonic complex who makes money exploiting young girls and boys aspiring to be actors.

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Trophy Boyby  Kevin Hanna
When a lonely factory worker longing for the perfect boyfriend finally gets her wish, and gets more than she bargained for, she must figure out the perfect formula for happiness.

Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
It's Your Lucky Dayby  Elliot Stanton
Vic Prince thinks he has struck lucky when he turns a £25 diamond ring into £1,500, but his gambling habit quickly turns his windfall into a catalogue of disasters, landing him in court, out of work and doing community service for the very woman he cheated.

Genre: Comedy
37 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Three Lines of Zailaby  Andrew Bowen APR
In this legendary tale of love and courage, the matriarch of a farm family of German Shepherds amazes her brood with the astonishing story of how one line of wolves that descended from the mythical Wolf Goddess Zaila remained wolves, and the other line evolved into dogs, setting off a series of surprise events that change canine history forever. The Three Lines of Zaila is also a 56-page illustrated paperback adapted from the script.

Genre: Animation
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A young Arab refugee fights to save the life of his unborn child when his German girlfriend's parents force her to get an abortion. A modern-day "Romeo & Juliet" in a controversial, sociopolitical love story with thriller elements. Award-winning director and cast attached. Shooting in November 2026. Feature screenplay is a finalist in the Launch Pad Feature Screenplay Competition and Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition.

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