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A War Storyby  Ron Brawer
When a dying Holocaust survivor describes her harrowing escape from Nazi Germany, she reveals a dark family secret to her two adult sons--and encounters angry disbelief.

Genre: Biographical
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
I Have No Wordsby  Shelly Paino
As a couple debates the fact that women use more words in a day than men, the husband hits his daily word limit and loses the ability to speak, sparking a feud with his wife.

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Amish Countryby  Bill Freas
After a young Amish man leaves his aggressive order, the menacing clan hunts him down at an abandoned farm property, along with two innocent bystanders caught in the middle.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Widows, young and old, gather for a potluck and healing, aided by a mysterious bottle of olive oil.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Synchronicityby  Stephanie Neroes
When a musician aching for connection meets a soft-spoken neighbor with a spiritual heart, their mirrored lives begin to alignproving that sometimes, the universe writes the love story for you.

Genre: Romance
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
I Won't Takeby  Hiabu Hassebu
Saba battles against herself, not to miss her childhood friend, who died of menengites.

Genre: Family
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Best Manby  Jim Kowalski
Is there a spinster rule when neither your fianc nor his newly found brother is the Best Man?

Genre: Romantic Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Bus Driver with insomnia is stalked by an eerie man that only she could see, but he may be her only way to survive when she gets to the last stop.

Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Shopping Cartby  Steven Burton
A woman searches to find a stranger man for the return of his fold-able shopping cart, along with the futile search for her long-lost son.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Real Page Turnerby  Phyllis C. Corley
A Hispanic horror novelist hunkers down in her manager's secluded getaway cottage to finish her manuscript and experiences some of the same perils as the story's heroine with a charming local.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Now and Thenby  Edward Chapman
Split screen of one day in the life of two people who never meet and yet are forever entwined in death and grief.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
I Heart Jodyby  Doug J Robbins
A serial killer gets distracted by his favorite sitcom when about to enter a potential victim's home.

Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bloody Vacationby  Tinashe Mudzinge
A group of friends faces their worst nightmares in the hands of an old lady and her beast master on what was supposed to be a great vacation.

Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Tide Flashby  Steven Burton
A man has writer's block, a rip tide threatens his life, and then he discovers inspiration from a teen who shares a story.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bloody Christmasby  Ange Fassinou
Three couples have decided to spend Christmas holidays with their children in a house in the woods; but the vacation becomes bloody.

Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Standing in front of a mirror, a young boy tries to understand why his reflection is a dog.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
One Last Drinkby  Madison Smith
Chris becomes overwhelmed with problems in life. His addiction to alcohol finally catches up to him. He decides to join Rehab to face his demons and get his life back.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Padres e Hijosby  John Porter
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
Distractionsby  Bob Messinger
Similar backgrounds, different visions. David's and Hannah's lives are about to be upended as he gets in her cab on a Friday evening.

Genre: Drama
39 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Salvationby  Anthony Toni
The World is on the verge of Nuclear War. This is the story of two men who will fight to the death for their way of life to endure.

Genre: Action/Adventure
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Clown 2by  DJ Robbins
The clown is back, and he is after Steve.

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Christmas from the Crapperby  Wendy Appelbaum
When IBS threatens to derail a Christmas-obsessed man's quest to host his annual public access Holiday Show, he must fight against the "natural forces" to ensure that the show goes on.

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Deadline to Deathby  Elliot Stanton
Life imitates art, imitates life, fatally blurring the lines between reality and make-believe. A crime writer struggles to complete a manuscript until he visits the venue of the story's finale. There, he meets an elderly but mysterious female fan who he later finds out knows him much better than he could imagine.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
31 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Late Night Stayby  DJ Robbins
A weary businessman checks into a hotel with a history of violence, and said hotel is supposed to be extremely haunted.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Four elite Desert Storm pilots are assigned to a wasteland to find and destroy an Iraqi "Red Baron" that's halted the U.S. campaign, but instead find something worse.

Genre: Action/Adventure
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Escortsby  Kami sadraei
Struggling to pay for his mother's hospice care, a down on his luck actor gets dragged into the violent criminal underworld of Los Angeles by getting a job driving 2 escorts.

Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mourning the loss of their friend, a group goes live expressing their emotions towards the people who killed him, having no idea something more sinister is at hand.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Glass Signalby  Gladman
After witnessing her own future emergency call, a woman realizes the horrific car crash she described hasn't happened yetforcing her to decide whether the warning she just heard from herself can be trusted.

Genre: Sci-Fi
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Patent Applicationby  Stephen Delos Treacy
This 5-page Vaudeville skit shows what happens when a retired Professor (with an atrocious German accent) from Jefferson County, Washington presents his cross-species invention to an area US Patent Office.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Behind the 8 Ballby  John Porter
A young man must either make a billiard shot or lose his beautiful young wife to an evil old man.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Delivery Manby  Susan Adair Harris
An inept aging delivery man tries to charm his equally mature customer, but first they must cope with the local serial killer.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
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
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
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
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
Look! It's Joe Pesci!by  Larry E Coleman
A Joe Pesci fan gets taught a powerful lesson when she tries to impress him by doing his lines from the movie "Goodfellas."

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Chocolate, Moose, and Titsby  Larry E. Coleman
A man who wants to come clean with a secret he's been hiding from his girlfriend, gets advice from three versions of himself from alternative universes.

Genre: Animation
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Luck Be a Ladyby  Elliot Stanton
The gambling bug bites, and the infection spreads. A naïve young Englishman bites off more than he can chew when he attempts to double-cross a brash Texan at a Vegas roulette table.

Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Something Wrong with Chuckby  Doug J Robbins
Chuck falls into a grave and gets back at his classmates after being possessed by the spirit inhabiting the grave he fell into.

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