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A Fine Dayby  Dempsey Samways
A relaxing day-off for stoner Danny quickly goes sideways when a mysterious agency of 'Enforcement Officers' begin fining him for increasingly nonsensical offences.

Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Ringby  Daniel Yanev
A man has seemingly lost everything, including his will to live.

Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Marilyn Comes To Niagara Fallsby  Alan Barkley
A WWII war bride, about to leave her GI husband has a life-changing encounter with Marilyn Monroe filming on location.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
During her lunch break, an uptight business woman who's having a bad day decides to go for a frolic in a field. Unfortunately, she has never frolicked before and can't quite get the hang of it. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Pair of Silk Stockingsby  John Porter
A silent fantasy based on Kate Chopin's short story (published in 1897, now in the public domain) about a mother who takes care of her children and herself, too.

Genre: Fantasy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
While backpacking alone in the wilderness, a young man encounters a mysterious girl who has a unique relationship with the forest. (One location, two characters. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lucky Strikeby  Chris Fell
The most fortunate event will take down your relationship in an instant.

Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A short film exploring mental health from the main character's POV. Main character descends into a fantasy world. Explores his invented world. Kills someone at the end. Ends up in a police cell. Multiple scenes, multiple locations, all adaptable to whatever circumstances you find yourself in. Modest length, flexible set up, few locations, relatively easy to stage. 10-15 mins duration.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Another Blondeby  Kudzai Zigarwi
When a fearless ex-military environmental activist is abducted just days before exposing a corrupt billion-dollar energy deal, she must escape captivity, outwit her deranged captor, and stop the agreement before it silences herand the planetforever.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Tequila Slammerby  Ray Smith
When a betrayed husband wakes up from a tequila-fueled car crash with no memory of who he is, he must unravel his identity while evading vengeful gangsters, Russian mobsters, and a relentless hitmanor else become collateral damage in a twisted web of stolen cash and deadly secrets.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
An imaginative little girl won't speak, but she does have a plan, and in the course of a day shows her exhausted mum and neurotic friend what's important in the world: simple living, being themselves, and chocolate.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bud Burkett Was All Set to Dieby  Jeff Reese
Old-timer Bud, a failed artist chooses to end his life in his sunflower field. BUT before he does the deed, he decides to let God know he's coming. A threat more than a promise.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ghost Houseby  Kudzai Zigarwi
When two amateur ghost hunters vanish during their first investigation inside a notoriously haunted house, a fearless psychic must face a vengeful spirit and the horrors that lie within to bring them backbefore the house claims more souls.

Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Peeping Tom witnesses a woman's murder and it is up to him to decide on whether he will save the new occupant or just watch.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Return of Hopeby  Ershov Konstantin
Three characters "don't see, don't hear, don't speak" receive a mysterious box that could change their lives.

Genre: Fantasy
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Devious Desiresby  Melissa Diane Hudson
An unhappy married man wants out of his boring marriage and craves excitement in his life, so he begins online dating and meets a beautiful, but mysterious woman who only desires to rob and kill him.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Tale of Two Sistersby  Robert Evans
Twin sisters both adopted at birth by different families meet for the first time in their early 70's, one inherits a British title and the other becomes president, both are a bit nutty.

Genre: Comedy
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Tinsel and Teaby  Kudzai Zigarwi
On a lonely Christmas Eve, a grieving widower and a hopeful neighbor forge an unexpected bond that helps them heal old wounds and rediscover the true meaning of hope, connection, and the holiday spirit.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A quirky and neurotic art student, confined to her apartment, must overcome her condition to be with the love of her life.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
No Nailsby  John Ravitz
A grieving police detective who serves as a Eucharist Minister identifies a mob hitman while serving Holy Communion and must tread the line between the sacred and the need to stop a killer before he kills again.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
36 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A burned-out young man sent to a retreat to "reset his mind" begins to unravel when fellow patients vanish, forcing him into a chilling confrontation with his own darker self.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Perennialsby  Donald Lewis
Paranoia takes root when a White suburban woman repeatedly receives business cards from a Mexican landscaper through her front door mail slot, sending her on a frantic mission to stop the invasion of her home.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mirrors of Betrayalby  Melissa Diane Hudson
A determined mother uncovers disturbing secrets about her daughter's new husband, igniting a dangerous game of deception and betrayal that threatens to destroy their family and reveals that evil never truly dies.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 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
Deciding to bury the hatchet, Rosa invites her mother over for dinner so she can explain why her father wasn't in her life. The answers Rosa receives are nothing compared to the ones she gives Giselle, exposing the true reason why.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Only the Windby  DJ Robbins
Jack is spending his first Christmas without his father and is given the chance for one last Christmas with him.

Genre: Family
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Nuptualsby  Barry Staff
Wanting to consummate her marriage to a much older man, a virginal bride pushing 40 needs to cope when things go disastrously wrong.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
When an aging maintenance worker goes on a killing rampage in an apartment complex, an unsuspecting man looking for an apartment takes the fall. Produced screenwriter: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4977524/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_wr

Genre: Horror
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
DB jumps from a 727 with $500K, falls in love with Andrea, organizes a gang to rob Brinks warehouse. In the meantime: visits Alaska, Seattle, Avalon and Highway 1. Meets Ron Kovich at VA hospital where Viet Nam war is disputed. The gang fights during the split-up meeting. The Viet Nam war ends. DB and Andrea fly to Rome, buy a condo and vow to never return to the US.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The commander of a nuclear submarine must come to terms with a developing threat, while protecting his crew and future with his family as the cold war turns hot.

Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Eternal Optimistby  John Porter
A dark comedy in which a young man breaks a lamp, plugs up the toilet, gets jilted, gets fired, and so on. But, hey, tomorrow's another day, right?

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Best of Timesby  Jim Norman
Four Vietnam veterans in a retirement home play their own version of Blackjack until a strange, new, entertainment employee changes the rules of the game and one veteran's life.

Genre: Fantasy
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The barrier guards at the Large Hadron Collider stumble upon a mysterious discovery that forces them to pauseand question everything they thought they knew, if only for a moment.

Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
A young girl, convinced her housekeeper is a witch, delves into a world where dreams and reality merge into dark magical revelations.

Genre: Fantasy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
How The Pimp Saved Christmasby  Doug J Robbins
A pimp and his three prostitutes sub in for Santa Claus when the big man has a cold one Christmas Eve.

Genre: Animation
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
John Wick is a Dickby  Christopher Harmon
A prison-hardened grief counselor is confronted with a group therapy session where all the patients suffer because of the violent actions of one man...John Wick. She organizes a protest, in order to provoke him to move away - but it does not work out as planned.

Genre: Comedy
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Summer of Loveby  Robert Michael Benn
In 1970 San Francisco Hippies cavort, bombs drop on Hanoi, and a church is formed to beat draft. Be-ins, Trips Festival, Black Panthers, and SFPD appear. Protagonist holds church services and appears before the Draft Board for 4D Ministerial Deferment. He gets the deferment church and the San Francisco Art Colony burn to the ground.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
 
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