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Out With The Oldby  Sarah Kennedy
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An older woman's transition to assisted living exposes the callous nature of her son whose obsession with finding a large sum of hidden cash threatens not only his marriage but also his sanity. TOP 10 FINALIST: CinemaStreet Women's Short Screenplay Festival 2023

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
No Job for Tenderfootsby  Jason K. Allen
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Four notorious hit men show up at the same place, brought together by a mysterious cowboy who gives them an unusual mission. (Drama/Comedy/Crime. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Badlandsby  Pamela Schott
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When a woman who sleepwalks through her entire life to being the "perfect" everything daughter, wife, mother, career professional, member of society loses her young son in a drowning accident, she must confront the truth about a brief but liberating affair that calls into question who the real father is and forces her to face an impossible decision.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rubic's Kubeby  Bernard Mersier
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Driven to the edge by his ideological abuse, a woman delivers the ultimate, dehumanizing punishment to the man who thought it was justifiable.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Faster By Nightby  Paul Byrne
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Surviving rape and torture in a Russian filtration camp, a Ukrainian female commando pursues her American dream of being a concert violinist, until she crosses paths with the sadistic general who wants to finish their dirty little war.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
40 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trilogy of Terrorby  Bill Wyza
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Trilogy of Terror is a trio of micro-short horror stories. DRIFTER - An overconfident lawyer on the verge of his biggest case makes a wrong choice on a secluded country highway. WISHBOOK - A desperate man finds a magical book and learns to be careful what you wish for. FEAR - A suburban serial killer gets an unexpected surprise.

Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ripplesby  Anthony Cawood
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A woman travels back in time to reshape her childhood, but her relentless drive to win leads to chilling and irreversible consequences.

Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Macyby  Larry E. Coleman
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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
A War Storyby  Ron Brawer
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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
Rise of the Plutoniansby  Jason K. Allen
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The Plutonians are a secret club that promotes and restores honor to those things that get no respect or have gone out of style: yo-yos, paper airplanes, VCR's, gluten, Pluto, and more. Albert wants to join, but he faces a difficult initiation process.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Violent Natureby  Federica Lonardoni
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After his father's death, Jack finds himself into the woods forced to face the ghosts of his past and his relationship with his dad in order to understand his real nature and embrace his authentic self.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Time Marches Onby  Elliot Stanton
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Time is relative and can be used in positive or negative ways. However, the time spent learning a vital life lesson is time well spent. Some valuable advice offered by an older woman to a young female protester in the back of a police van provokes the younger woman to re-evaluate her life.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Torch Of Horror; The Muse In The Moonlightby  James Massaro
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The devil within is in the house of mirrors....

Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A Subject Strictly Off-Limitsby  Elliot Stanton
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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
Dead Airby  Dwayne Craig Bricker
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A high-school radio crew hijacks an "unused" emergency frequencythen a calm voice begins broadcasting their deaths for tomorrow.

Genre: Sci-Fi
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Sophieby  Jason K. Allen
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A lonely boy finds solace by visiting the woods where his little sister died. (1 location, 2 characters. Award-winning screenwriter; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Developingby  Steven Burton
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After a man develops several old 35mm. rolls of film, he discovers links to the past, present, and future.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wasabiby  John McCarney
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A night out for an affluent millennial couple unravels after a clash over whether to help a homeless man.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Home Aloneby  Alan Barkley
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When a car salesman builds a new house to lure his wayward spouse back home, many of his colleagues doubt if it's enough.

Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Last Rendezvousby  Paul Byrne
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A paralyzed teenager from the hood meets his rich girlfriend one last time to see if their love has survived his drug dealing days.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Jacinta Lodgeby  Nik Forster
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A bitter nurse. A bad mussel. And a band of elderly conspirators who just want peace and pudding. But when their poison plot backfires, it's every pensioner for themselves in this seafood-flavored farce

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Out of Boundsby  Adam Rocke
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The Women's National Petunia Golf Tour has mediocre players, terrible prize money and a serial killer.

Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mike The Robot and The Red Wizardby  Alexandru Albacan
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A humanoid robot travels in time, lands in a thirteenth-century English village, and saves the villagers from an evil wizard.

Genre: Animation
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Yoo-foesby  John Porter
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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
Dollby  DJ Robbins
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A mysterious elf doll arrives on Helen's front door step on Christmas Eve and weird stuff starts to happen.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Black Rainbowby  Vijay Kumar Dammalapati
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A neglected boy finds solace in his nanny's love and decades later returns as a doctor to heal the woman who raised him, and himself.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Gluttonous Zombieby  Grag Raymond
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In two girls are hunted by a ravenous zombie at night time after Mia and Abby use a resurrection spell for fun.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cupid'sby  DJ Robbins
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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
The Injured Partyby  Elliot Stanton
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An injured footballer's anguish is intensified by his manager's curious disassociation with him. While out of the team, footballer Jordan Jeffries can't understand why he is being ghosted, and he wants to know the reason for it. It is a scenario that seasoned professional Ade Akinwande is all too happy to expand on.

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

Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Feeding Frenzyby  Philip Marraccini
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After murdering his wife Sally, Richard is forced to kill again in attempt to collect on her life insurance policy. As the investigation closes in on Richard, see if he escapes with the money thus committing the perfect crime. (A murder mystery with a comic twist)

Genre: Other
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Sweet Reflectionby  Elliot Stanton
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A man's worth is not measured by his wealth but by the difference he makes to others. An elderly shopkeeper is reminded of his worth in the community just as he loses all faith.

Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Leaving Nowhereby  Jason K. Allen
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Excited by life's possibilities, a young baseball named Johnny is batted into the woods and never found. He awakens in a strange land called Nowhere, where all lost and forgotten items end up. But he vows to escape and prove that he and his forgotten friends have plenty of life left in them.

Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Swapby  Evgeny Kim
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When a man agrees to lend his body for a day so his girlfriend can see her brother again, he discovers too late that the "brother" is an imposter and that his own compassion has cost him his life.

Genre: Sci-Fi
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
There's Something Wrong with Mariah Janeby  Bill Freas
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After two preteen sisters come upon an unsettling find in the attic of their new home, the younger girl grows ill as her family enters the most terrifying night of their lives.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Trifling Heiferby  Melissa Diane Hudson
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When a dangerous woman sets her sights on her best friend's NFL star husband, she'll stop at nothing to steal him, even if it means destroying his career and marriage in the process.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dark Snowby  Ron Micci
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A sexually repressed woman in her 30s overcomes her inhibitions when she meets a man at an office Christmas party, then races north to her maiden aunt's cabin in the woods to share the joyous news, only to encounter bitterness and jealousy and a poignant parting of the ways.

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Boxby  Dewayne C Bricker
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Ty wakes in a steel vault with a timer, a phone, and a deadly choice: press a button for air or let both die. Through a stranger's voice on the line, he questions morality, guilt, and survival. His refusal to play exposes a sinister experiment testing human ethicswhere even doing nothing has a fatal cost.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Marlene's Last Sederby  Ron Brawer
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When a middle-aged widow decides to honor her late husband's death -- a year ago on Passover -- by hosting her first seder, a Wisconsin late-winter blizzard, a drunken boyfriend, and an estranged mother-in-law almost turn the event into a disaster.

Genre: Family
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
When COVID Cameby  Roberta M Roy
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After COVID arrives, in silence, a woman living alone copes by isolating, masking, and eventually being vaccinated after which she is only then able to welcome others into her home. Music accompanies her actions and the only line of dialogue occurs at the films end when she welcomes her grandson and his girlfriend into her home. *Dallas Shorts 2023 Semi Finalist*

Genre: Artistic
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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