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The Last Broadcastby  Noureddine Hifad
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In a remote Antarctic research station, a lone radio host continues daily broadcasts after a global communications blackout until strange voices begin hijacking her signal, hinting that something nonhuman has already arrived.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Stop Driving Yourself Crazyby  Elliot Stanton
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Clive, a thoughtless and paranoid driving instructor's wild theory about his wife's infidelity is all but confirmed when out on a driving lesson - her car is seen somewhere it shouldn't be. However, the only thing that is confirmed is his poor learner's theory that Clive is an idiot.

Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Now and Thenby  Edward Chapman
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Split screen of one day in the life of two people who never meet and yet are forever entwined in death and grief.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
When Animals Killby  Patricia Bruce
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When a long-suffering housewife is the victim of verbal abuse, the family dog, LUCKY, comes up with a surprising and deadly solution.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Adriftby  Dewayne C Bricker
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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
Justifiable Beatingby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
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Love will make you believe your enemy truly loves you. That's the bitter truth Monica has to swallow dealing with her husband Craig.

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Car Troubleby  Simon Parker
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A mechanic's professional curiosity turns into a fight for survival when a man pushing a broken-down car insists it needs more gas.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Autumn Falls: The Beginningby  Jacob Enix
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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
Cliff Effectby  Esra Cengel
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An arrogant man persistently kicks a woman off a cliff, underestimating her pure love, and Karma eventually caught up with him in a tragic-comic way.

Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
BUS 37by  Jordan Baines
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When their school bus is hijacked, three students must put their trust in a big brother and his dirt bike.

Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Macyby  L.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
Shockingby  Glenn Pollard
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John owns a business repairing electrical appliances. What his assistant, Will, does not know is that the store is going bankrupt. What John does not know is that Will has a way of saving it. But which option is the best?

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pol Pot & the Khmer Rougeby  Robert Michael Benn
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Pol Pot is tutored by Mao. He forms the Khmer rouge & Overruns Cambodia. He kills 2 million countrymen by pickaxe & starvation. The US invades during the Viet Nam war, then the North Vietnamese take over the country. Pol Pot retires to the countryside & dies a natural death.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Enemy of the Christby  Charles Okika
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An army of privileged angels jettison their empyrean phalanx in pursuit of pride and self love but at a costly price.

Genre: Other
44 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Fireflies or C.S.H.C.?by  Martin Richmond
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Avoiding certain incineration by the skin of his teeth, a young man basks on a desert isle, reflecting on his survival and the manic, apocalyptic balloon flight he shared with Alfred Hitchcock!

Genre: Sci-Fi
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Flingby  Jill Martin
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Late December 1915 onboard the troop ship SS Pretorian, a young lad meets a battle-weary soldier returning from the Western Front who teaches him about heritage.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Suspectsby  Will Johnson
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A grieving man befriends a mysterious stranger, finding answers to what happened to his deceased wife.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Table for 3by  Michael Joseph
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A brother and sister, entrenched in crime with their abusive uncle, make a routine stop at a diner. But when tempers flare, their ordinary night takes an unexpected turn

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Family Timeby  Jason K. Allen
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A family of four enjoys a quiet dinner around the table. But mom seems different tonight... (1 location, 4 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pursuit of Happiness a Constitutional Rightby  Fausto Politi
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In 2221 happiness is a primary asset that can be achieved by whatever means, even with murder. A man gets the permission to kill his wife being in the dark that his wife had the same permission.

Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Change of a Dressby  Elliot Stanton
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When two ladies fortuitously meet in a clothes shop fitting room, their taste in clothes is not the only thing they have in common. The discovery that they share something very personal becomes the catalyst for what may become a firm friendship.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Animal Loveby  Steven Blows
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A zoologist bets that he can impress his date with unique and enticing stories of love in the animal kingdom.

Genre: Animation
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Pilotby  Jay Loish
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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
Poor Santaby  Hiabu Hassebu
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A family struggles to celebrate Christmas amidst the killer Virus Covid-19.

Genre: Family
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Zaryaby  Jason K. Allen
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Two fishermen visit a secluded lake where they hope to catch the big one. Instead, they encounter a mysterious lake creature known as Zarya. (1 location, 3 actors. Top 20 Horror Short on Coverfly's The Red List. Finalist, Atlanta Film Festival & Nashville Film Festival screenwriting competitions.)

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Treasureby  John Alexander Fraser
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A young native American woman must overcome her sensitivities to protect herself when a deranged killer attacks her friends for an underground culinary treasure in a remote forested area.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Phonesby  Ange Fassinou
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The impact of phones in the life of couples.

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Musoby  Mr. Smith
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A talented but struggling street clown discovers that the circus scout offering him his big break is a long-term patient at a psychiatric ward, forcing him to confront harsh realities and redefine his dreams of bringing joy to the world.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
About a Bearby  S.C. Smith
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An aging TV writer desperate for a comeback pitches a last-ditch movie about a vengeful bear to a Hollywood producer, only to watch his hopes unravel as the industry leaves him behind.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Rubyby  Jason K. Allen
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When a lonely old man visits his beloved wife's grave for the first time, he encounters a charming little girl who lifts him out of his doldrums and fills him with hope. (Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Drama
10 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
Seven Minutesby  Robert Drusetta
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A trilogy of stories exploring the seven minutes after death where the brain doesn't realize the body is dead.

Genre: Horror
23 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dutchess Greenby  Joseph Brown
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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
The Screamby  STEVEN BLOWS
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On a cold night, a woman goes to an abandoned field to release her emotions in a primal scream. On a cold night, her scream comes back to haunt her.

Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Cuddly Toyby  CARLOS ALEX CENI
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The life of a handicapped guy takes a dramatic turn when he looks out the window and spots a cuddly toy next to a wheelie bin.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Knight Shiftby  Simon Parker
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A museum job interview turns into a trial by fire when a security guard candidate must use an exhibit's suit of armour to fight off jewel thieves.

Genre: Action/Adventure
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bug Boyby  J. J. Hillard
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A young migrant boy near death in the Arizona desert is rescued by a hunter and endures years of subjugation before an experimental medical treatment dramatically changes the trajectory of his life.

Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
What Day Is It?by  Bill Rutkoski
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A struggling actor wakes up each day to find the calendar reshuffledMondays vanish, Fridays repeat, and Saturdays won't let go. But when he witnesses the same murder three times in one looping Saturday, he must stop the crime before time skips away for good.

Genre: Other
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Openingby  Jon McDonald
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At an erotic art opening, the patrons react, amusingly, to the sexy art. The Ice Queen gallery owner, Laura, ignored by her flirting husband, is approached by one of her young and sexy artists. He offers her the gift of exotic perfume, making clear he is seeking more. She evades him, but the perfume and the art open her up to new possibilities.

Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Car Salesman Builds His Dream Houseby  Alan Barkley
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Jim is a car salesman who is building a house to woo back a wayward spouse. Can Jim close the deal? (No house construction filming needed). *2024 Semi-finalist - Grande Stories Screenplay Competition*.

Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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