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Sweet Punchby Elizabeth Appell
An urchin from the streets and huge fan has a dream that if the champion boxer fights tonight, he will kill his opponent. The champ has had the same dream. The boy fails to convince the Champ not to fight. The fight goes on and a lethal left hook fulfills the dream.
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Peak Waterby John Boal
A tortured environmentalist who has been writing about Eco-solutions for over 20 years dresses as Don Quixote to get an interview on a Nevada Public Radio station in Las Vegas and converts a cynical Gen Z host into a believer on his solution to end the Megadrought.
Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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 Apartmentby Brandi Self
A couple caught up in the whirlwind of technology check into their sublet only to find they can't connect.
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Veronicaby Aranit Alia
VERONICA- A cold, methodical London hitman disguises himself as a high class escort to assassinate an crime boss, but his brutal efficiency hides a secret :the fortune he earns in blood is quietly donated to orphans under the name "Veronica. "
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
One Wordby Amar abdMual
A mother turns her disabled daughter into a hero.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ingwe - the leopard who didn't want spotsby Cilla Lowen
When a leopard cub is confused for a spotted hyena, he decides his spots must go... until he discovers they're the key to his own special superpower.
Genre: Animation
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Beauty Pageant Redemptionby Barbara Blomquist
Personal redemption is the ultimate prize in a beauty pageant held in a women's prison.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Dutchess Greenby Joseph Brown
The quiet invasion began with the old "man" painting barns with alien spawn. The farm girls who figured it out were too late.
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Why Cows Are Contentedby John Porter
A middle-aged cow explains why she and her sisters are contented, even though they end up as hamburger and baseball gloves.
Genre: Animation
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Roadsideby Brian Wallace
A couple's roadside rescue of a mysterious woman spirals into a nightmarish encounter with her vengeful, murderous boyfriend, revealing her own dark past.
Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
16 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
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Genre: Horror
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Junkie's Flawby Jeffrey Stackhouse
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
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Coming Soonby Bari K. Willerford
Affectionate spoof of coming attraction previews. Movie trailers with a wink and a smile. I can smell the popcorn.
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Screens of the Damnedby Anton Ballard
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
Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Tank Topsby Dennis Manning
When a man's dog destroys his Cuban shirt and his closet mysteriously comes alive with bickering clothes, he unknowingly selects a blue tank top for a beach day, igniting a full-scale rebellion among his jealous wardrobe.
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wish You Were Hereby Steffany Sommers
A pair of boardwalk souvenir sunglasses takes a leap of faith to find adventure off the rack.
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Portrait of a Girlby Niagara Ross
A group of teenagers, exploring an abandoned house on the outskirts of town, find an old portrait of a mysterious girl. But the more they learn about her past, the more nightmarish visions and dangerous phenomena begin to haunt them.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Plaidby Brandi Self
A man dressed in a horrible plaid outfit begins to bond with a flashy woman at a party after being ignored by the rest of the guests.
Genre: Fantasy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Kuyiliby KS Punithakumar
When a compassionate village librarian inspires children through the timeless wisdom of books, her quiet acts of kindness plant the seeds of hope that transform an entire community for generations.
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
No Ones to Ownby Iris Mangual
Trapped in a gilded cage of wealth and control, a young wife suffering in silence finds an unlikely ally in his chauffeur and becomes her greatest weapon as she transforms from victim to avengerusing her abuser's greed to destroy him.
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Subject Strictly Off-Limitsby Elliot Stanton
An argument about the TV show Strictly Come Dancing threatens a couple's marriage until they agree never to discuss the show again. However, the ceasefire only lasts until the discussion of what takeaway to order begins.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Adriftby Dewayne C Bricker
After a yacht capsizes during a sudden storm, a lone survivor records her final hours aboard a half-sunken vessel, sending video logs to anyone who might find them. As night falls, she notices distant lights beneath the wavesmoving in patterns too deliberate to be natural. With her oxygen fading and rescue signals unanswered, she realizes she isn't alone on the oceanand that what's watching her is waiting for her to drown.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
You Can Never Go Backby Lamar D. Vine
A lonely divorced introvert rekindles a forbidden affair with his unhappily married first love after 25 years apart, embarking on steamy weekend getaways filled with nostalgia and desire, but as their passionate escapes unravel into betrayal, deceit, and profound heartbreak, he must confront the painful illusion of second chances to ultimately forge a path of solitary freedom, nomadic travel, and self-reinvention abroad as a writer.
Genre: Romance
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Northern Exposureby Larry Shannon
The story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience.
Genre: Biographical
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Biographical
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Conversionby Stephanie Neroes
In 1968, a rebellious teen is abducted to a remote ranch under the guise of salvationonly to uncover a harrowing world of abuse, resistance, and a reckoning long overdue.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Occult Markby Doug J Robbins
Fictional YouTube star Occult Mark buys a haunted doll from eBay and quietly begins to mesh with the doll, not knowing where he ends and the doll begins.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Invisible Terrorby Victor Titimas
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
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Trials and Tribulations of Awkward Peopleby Judah Ray
Two socially awkward misfits find themselves caught in a series of hilarious and embarrassing mishaps at a dinner party, ultimately bringing them closer together in an unexpected way.
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Autumn Falls: The Beginningby Jacob Enix
A masked killer wearing a grotesque pumpkin mask emerges in the quite town of Autumn Falls, forcing a group of friends to confront a terrifying reality: the legend of Jack is real, and they are his first victims.
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mirror Imageby Bill Cornelius
Pete discovers a strange mirror in the back of an antique store that has the power to transport him across time and space... against his will.
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Raven Pointby Jason K. Allen
Hoping to soothe his troubled soul, Lucas embarks on a backpacking trip to a remote wilderness area. But his plans to be alone are thwarted when he encounters a free-spirited girl who's on an unusual mission. (1 location, 2 actors. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Accuser's Pantsby Danny King
Accused of another's faults, a man stays silent, knowing that false blame is loud, temporary, and that real character, and the guilty, always reveal themselves.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mars Landingby Aaron Langvand
A space obsessed teenager who suffers from a terminal illness bonds with a space sciences graphic designer to fulfill the teen's dream of landing on Mars.
Genre: Drama
35 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
35 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Refugeeby Doug J Robbins
A refugee from the world of dreams befriends a young girl in hopes of becoming real.
The girls must hide their relationship or risk having the refugee taken back to the dream institute, where she would have to go back to being imaginary.
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Implantby Dewayne C Bricker
A writer's nightmares of alien implants fuel his horror noveluntil he learns the story is real and ending it will end him.
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Double Takeby Marjory E. Leposky
A stalker is following unaware couple.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Deadly Swampby Chris Chatzikirlis
In the haunted swamps of Louisiana, a disgraced scientist's experiments unleash monstrous leeches, driving a mutated village into madness, murder, and a chilling new religion built on sacrifice.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Screamersby Chris Lewis
A world without fresh water or fruitful soil can lead to demarcation and brute force reality. Over population and stark sad realities.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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