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A Magical Day at the Dumpby Frank Vespe
Two sisters' inaugural trip to the Town Dump gets interrupted when a visitor appears out of nowhere and offers help, but his help is foreshadowed by an eerie feeling that something's not right.
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sisters of St. Andrewby Vince Grittani
On the eighteenth hole of a golf course, a wily rabbi, a competitive priest, and two mischievous nuns collide in a battle of faith, guilt, and golf when one sister tries to secretly fulfill her late father's outrageous dying wishspreading his ashes in the sand trap.
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cupid'sby DJ Robbins
Cupid pressures his customers to try his Ambrosia, guaranteed to make the consumer fall in love, but the customers resist the dessert.
Genre: Artistic
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
First Dateby Alan Barkley
A widow and a widower meet for the first time in a public park. They must first navigate the choppy waters of compatibility to see if there is a connection". Exterior location. Two characters. *Best short screenplay nominee, 2026 Austin Revolution*
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
We Won't Actby Hiabu Hassebu
On a stage actors refuse not to act behind the curtain. Unexpectedly, an unexperienced man from the audience saves the day.
Genre: Fantasy
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bad Moonshineby Warren Lane
In this Southern gothic noir a moonshine guzzling sheriff is on the case to find his missing wife, but all he finds is the werewolf that plagues his dry little county.
Genre: Horror
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Worst of Timesby Daniel J. Broderick
But I never really said, "Let them eat cake." Everything that's happening is not my fault. Too late. The revolution is here. You and your kind are doomed. Marie Antoinette or Melania Trump? You decide.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Christmas at the Orpheumby Todd Bronson
On a snowy Christmas Eve an aging puppeteer performs a festive show for hospitalized children which gifts him with a miraculous memory of his late partner. This leads to a surreal performance in a forgotten and shuttered Orpheum theater which unlocks a life-affirming reconciliation that allows him to honor Clark's memoryand find a renewed sense of purpose.
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Over Darkby Alicia Renee Norman
After a third of humanity dies, a billionaire tycoon flees a ravaged earth to isolated luxury aboard a self-sustaining capsule staffed only by synthetic companions. (Horror Tech)
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sunnyby Matthew Thompson
A devoted mother leads a precarious double life within the illicit massage industry, battling a predatory debt to ensure the survival of the family she hasn't seen in years.
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Clella (Pathways Of The Heart)by Diane Yates
In the Ozark Mountains, a selfless woman of indomitable spirit shoulders the weight of the Great Depression, raising six children and tending the farm while her husband turns to drinking, gambling, and womanizing. When he abandons her, a mysterious guitar player arrives on the scene, and she must choose between loyalty to her past and a possible new future. (Based on a true story.)
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Cubicle Jockeysby Brandi Self
An anxious employee organizes a strike after a series of stress-related deaths take out his co-workers, and his boss pees on his shoe.
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Almost By Designby Roberta M Roy
A young environmentalist Midwestern interior designer of schools must leave home when her web of reality forces her to risk seeking employment with upper class homeowners as an interior home decor designer in faraway New York City. **2024: Best Drama Screenplay New York Film Awards; Best Short Screen Play - Los Angeles Film Awards; Festigious Los Angeles Monthly Film Competition; Semi Finalist - Palm Springs International Screenplay Contest; Brooklyn International Short Awards; Berlin Shorts Award*
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Please Clean Me!by Steven Blows
A father struggles to work seven days a week in order to make his son's Christmas special.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Selling Oranges on a Median with Charles Bukowskiby Ryan Armstrong
A meeting of two men in an unlikely place as they try to overcome the challenge of understanding and communicating with the other.
Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Genre: Drama
34 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Implantby Dewayne C Bricker
A programmer's digital world turns sentient and steals his consciousnessforcing him to battle his own creation before the simulation takes his place.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Break Inby Jane Tumminello
Two teenage guys set out to break into a house, but just as they're about to go inside, they come upon something horrific they never expected.
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Coming Aliveby John Klawitter
As a result of a possible accident, a computer entity takes over his human inventor's consciousness with unexpected results.
Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Bridgeby Anthony Cawood
Two agents travel back in time to alter history, but their mission misfires, unleashing unintended consequences they can't undo.
Genre: Sci-Fi
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fall In Loveby M SHAHZAIN USMAN SHAMSI
A business man fall in love with poor girl whose life is full of problems and always facing huddles in her life. One upon a time she saw a business man who is looking handsome and a business man who also see this poor girl who is looking a beauty of his heart and he started fall in love with this poor girl and one day he proposed her and she accepted her proposal.
Genre: Romance
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Child Starby Simon
When James discovers that his parents secretly uploaded every moment of his childhood to YouTube, amassing a fortune without his knowledge, he embarks on a journey to reclaim his money.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Clusterby Kevin Dembinsky
A story of two people meeting on their way to Switzerland before both going to a euthanasia facility.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Woodcutterby Raymond Reboulet
A young man believes and an old man remembers the reasons behind the ways of old which the village has forgotten. A child in danger awakens the town and renews its purpose.
Genre: Family
29 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
29 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cop Killerby D J Robbins
A vengeful spirit hunts down the cops who gunned him down a decade ago.
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
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
On The Subject of Loveby Patricia Bruce
Talk about self sabotage -- these 2 gals are the best! When searching for love and relationships, they lack caring and empathy. It takes a humorous, over-the-hill, overweight Mom who outsmarts her attractive, millennial daughters to successfully find romance.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Beyond Avalonby Edward Ybarra
Dedicated to living in the Now; Robert is incapable of commitment. With Rachael, he had it all but the Now allowed him to lose her. An all-too familiar drunken weekend goes too far.
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
In the Bloodby Jack Halliday
A P.I. resorts to supernatural means to solve a case where the suspect in three murders is an older man bedfast in hospital, despite the man's DNA & fingerprints being found at three crime scenes. 1st place award-winner, Indie Gathering Film Festival.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
You Deadass?by Ricky Lamar Jackson
A family is in for a surprise when their loverboy family member brings a different type of meat to the cookout.
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Tangled Rootsby Deogratias Nyakiki
In a quaint town, Mia, a botanist grappling with her family's hidden history, partners with Ethan, a free-spirited artist, to restore a neglected community garden. As they navigate their growing bond and unearth long-buried secrets, Mia's quest for identity forces her to confront her fears and embrace vulnerability. Their distinct personalitiesher analytical precision clashing with his creative chaosforge a connection that leads to both personal growth and the revitalization of their community, all against a backdrop of both h
Genre: Drama
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Dream Come Trueby Frank Charles Scott
A thrilling suspenseful story filled with deception and betrayal as Michael gets entangled in a web of deceit while gaslighting his wife and daughter to run off with her money to skip the light fantastic with his Mistress.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Terrible Tillyby Frank J Dellipoala
When three friends trespass on a legendary abandoned lighthouse, "Terrible Tilly," they uncover a cargo of genetically modified "Asian Murder Hornets" intended to cripple the nation's food supply. With a tsunami closing in and the swarm released, they must survive the night to sound the alarm.
Genre: Action/Adventure
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Beachby William Walkerley
In the near future, euthanasia is legal, and the elderly who continue to clog up the healthcare system are offered a cash incentive to end their lives; one senior takes the cash, has a sudden change of heart, but finds out that that is not an option.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
SATNAVby Anthony Cawood
A woman's infidelity takes her on an unexpected journey when her scorned husband hacks her car's navigation system.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Baby Farts A Lot 2by Doug J Robbins
Emily take Baby Farts A Lot to show and tell and it creates quite a stink in the classroom.
Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Red Pumpkinby Doug J Robbins
The spirit of Zozo, the Ouija board demon, possesses whoever carves the pumpkin from Mr. Jenkins' pumpkin patch.
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Missingby Darryl N. Layne
Two scientists on the verge of a breakthrough in creating a space fuel must confront their hidden origins and humanity's fate when mysterious extraterrestrial visitors arrive, offering a choice between saving Earth or joining a cosmic mission that will change everything.
Genre: Sci-Fi
36 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
36 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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