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Hellavisionby Jason Allen
On Halloween night, a young man decides to stay home and watch a horror movie on television. Unfortunately he chooses the wrong channel on the wrong night. (Mostly 1 actor, limited dialogue, inspired by 70's horror. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Genre: Romance
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Blood Feudby Doug J Robbins
A wrestler must choose between his family and the ring.
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Brotherley Hateby Elliot Stanton
Timing Is Everything... Or Nothing. The responsible brother sees his younger, carefree sibling as a threat to him taking over the family business until fate steps in and changes the future for everyone.
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
16 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
Isle of Plasticaby Drina Connors Kay
A CEO of a plastics company is kidnapped and dumped on a platform in the middle of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch where he must remain until he promises to clean up the mess.
Genre: Other
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Last Tenantby Carl
A young couple moves into a cheap suburban rental and discovers the former tenant is still inside the wallsalong with a stolen child's identityforcing them into a terrifying "lease" of rules, confessions, and sacrifice as they race to outsmart the house's contract before it claims one of them as the next permanent occupant.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Hopeby Paolo Galli
In a world where losing hope means losing the ability to see color, a young woman resigned to a life in black and white makes a simple, desperate gesture. And from the wound on her hand, she will see a drop of vivid red blood fall.
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
The Pixie Detectiveby Larry A. Jaggard
A little tomboy pixie detective discovers that her black cat possesses some unusual qualities after she accidentally uncovers an illicit operation taking place at the abandoned shipyard adjacent to her home.
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Relativityby Michael G Holmes
A wife intends to surprise her husband, orphaned as a child, with a DNA test for his 50th birthday, only to discover that he is her half brother.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Babbleby Kevin Pacey
Anonymous online abuse invades the real world and a vulnerable woman suffers a deadly attack.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
American Comedianby Gary Lynn Nowell
Jerry Sternfeld (50s) had a successful television show but critics hated the final episode with the four of the main characters going to prison. Years later, Sternfeld tells his co-star how the final episode should have ended as the alternate version of the show plays out on screen. The story is an obvious satire of the final episode of Seinfeld.
Genre: Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mulligan'sby John LaVine
A man sacrifices everything to go back in time to correct a life altering mistake, but his new life presents another obstacle he must overcome.
Genre: Fantasy
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
No Nailsby John Ravitz
A grieving police detective who serves as a Eucharistic Minister identifies a mob hitman while serving him Holy Communion and must tread the line between his sacred duties and the need to stop a killer.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
34 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
34 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Something in the Waterby Brandon Rhiness
When a group of hungover friends wakes up to a city-wide emergency alert warning of contaminated water, they must survive a descent into animalistic madness as the thirst for water turns into a hunger for flesh.
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Arroz Y Habichuelas (Rice & Beans)by Iris Mangual
Two families that could put the Hatfields and McCoys to shame. A Dominican family and Puerto Rican family are forced to share a wedding weekend; old grudges and new chaos threaten to ruin the nuptials unless love and a little salsa can bridge the Caribbean divide.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Truth or Dieby James D. Tuverson III
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
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Andrea's Worldby Christopher Andre
When a troubled teenage girl moves with her family to a mysterious treatment facility in Boulder, Colorado, disturbing insect-like changes begin surfacing inside her. At the same time, a watching doctor quietly pushes her mind toward something far more dangerous.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
High Concept Harryby Ronald V. Micci
Hollywood talent agent Harry Fleck's development exec girlfriend is in the habit of sending purple passionate love letters to him stuck in with the contracts she sends, letters that should they fall into the hands of Harry's tough-as-nails wife, would spell disaster. He is able to intercept one such letter to keep his wife from seeing it.
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Erection Night - 2028by John Boal
On a girls' night out at the St. Christopher Tavern in Columbus, OH, three women dish on men and the polarization that's fracturing our society as we head into the 2028 Presidential Election. Mollie McGuire, a 40s divorcee, devises a strategy to end the divisiveness by placing an ad on an AI dating app called "The Hack" where she entices a US Senator to break from the herd for two months of epic bliss.
Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Age Of Tyrannyby Apostolos P. Kouroumalis
When a newly wed couple are invited to two separate bachelor and bachelorette parties, things go awry sparking a perfect union in this drama/comedy.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Frank Sinatra's Hatby John McWilliams
A war-wounded janitor finds Frank Sinatra's favorite fedora and must decide whether to return it or use it to pay off a bookie threatening his life.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Underachieverby Michael G Holmes
A brilliant, nihilistic teen gets sent to the principal for a crude remark on the same day a rumored gunman arrives at school, forcing him into the first meaningful choice of his life.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Partnersby Nicholas Joseph
Years after their partnership ended in betrayal, a detective interrogates his former best friend, now a murder suspect, only to uncover a dark, twisted truth rooted in a forbidden love that shattered their lives.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Quandaryby Brandi Self
A thirty-year-old slacker wakes up in an unfamiliar house and assumes it's another drunken one-night stand until he discovers that the others trapped in the house don't know how they got there either.
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Pilotby Jay Loish
Four friends become enmeshed in a heist, kidnapping, and escape plot, saving each other from death. The protagonist[s], and the antagonists[s] are introduced with each character's role clarified while enhancing three sexier feminine characters and the Federal Agent [foil] in an intense office situation before the heist, kidnapping and chase unfold later that day. The audience has invested in a veiled story line.
Genre: Other
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
War Gamesby Wayne E. Johnson
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
Genre: Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Artificial Lightby Cephra Stuart
An AI Humanoid joins a tech startup as the new HR lead, but as it begins to assess the team, unsettling truths bubble to the surface, threatening to unravel the company from within.
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Solitude in Well-beingby Daniel Gaina
When an old colleague forces a grieving, agoraphobic physicist out of his automated smart-home, he discovers too late that the outside world he feared has already ended.
Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Macyby Larry E. Coleman
A little girl channels the spirit of a murdered woman to exact revenge on the person who killed her.
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Happy Endingsby Ronald V. Micci
A pair of financially strapped old-timers on a farm in the Midwest, Eleanor and Bertrand Cornweevil, receive a surprise visit from a man trying to entice them into selling the oil drilling rights to their land. But it's really their souls he's after.
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Only If You Dareby Philip C. Sedgwick
When a journalist and a consultant for brothels meet to discuss upcoming sex worker legislation, the world around them challenges their sensibilities and desires.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Passionby Susan Pattishall
Jean Smitty, an American teacher in socialist China, whose perspective is shaped by her prior reading of a Korean War era memoir by a priest expelled for teaching Christianity, invites her student Zhi Chang to share his essaya poignant, layered account of losing his beloved Meilin Hao to the Red Chinese Youth Party, and the brutal aftermath.
Genre: Other
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
4th of Julyby Katoya S Lowe
In the dark era of circus slavery, an albino woman forms a bond with a captive elephant to launch a devastating revenge against the cruel owners who murdered her twin brother, executing a bloody reckoning on the 4th of July.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Have a Hella Christmasby Lawrence Riggins
Lucifer crashes the announcer's booth at a Christmas Parade insisting that HIS float from the Netherworld partake in the festivities -- and win a trophy, or else...! Irreverent, wacky, obscene. Three performers.
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sentinelby John Alexander Fraser
A Sentinel from another dimension watches over humans in a diner and at a skate park as it averts danger and seeks to understand the human race.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Cycleby Stephanie Neroes
Haunted by the violence of his upbringing, a boy's fateful act forces a reckoning with the ghosts of his family's pastand the chilling truth that some wounds are born, not made.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Report Just In...by Elliot Stanton
A schoolboy's ill-thought-out plan backfires when his mother uncovers his subterfuge when his school report is received by post. However, his fears of a damning report appear unfounded - for a time, anyway.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Thirteen Coilsby John Porter
A young outlaw prepares for his execution.
Genre: Western
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Western
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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