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Probeby  Doug J Robbins
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An alien son asks his alien father why his people probe people with humorous and thought-provoking results.

Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Simonby  Shelly Paino
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When a teacher reads Edgar Allen Poe to her sixth graders on Halloween, she must find out why one student's interest in the poem borders on obsession.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Passionby  Susan Pattishall
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Jean Smitty, an American teacher in socialist China, whose perspective is shaped by her prior reading of a Korean War era memoir by a priest expelled for teaching Christianity, invites her student Zhi Chang to share his essaya poignant, layered account of losing his beloved Meilin Hao to the Red Chinese Youth Party, and the brutal aftermath.

Genre: Other
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Oscarby  Chris Fell
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What appears to be a bank job, pulled by a mysterious couple, turns out to force a reckless politician into a life-changing and character-revealing decision.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Lenaby  Jason K. Allen
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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
No Take Backsby  William Walkerley
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In the near future, where euthanasia is legal and the elderly burden the healthcare system, seniors are offered cash incentives to end their lives. When one senior accepts the money but has a sudden change of heart, he discovers that backing out is not an option.

Genre: Family
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Isle of Plasticaby  Drina Connors Kay
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A CEO of a plastics company is kidnapped and dumped on a platform in the middle of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch where he must remain until he promises to clean up the mess.  

Genre: Other
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Chilled Whispersby  Melissa Diane Hudson
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When an innocent girl is swept into an ice cream truck driven by a seemingly friendly man, her mundane afternoon spirals into a heart-pounding adventure, as an unexpected twist of fate leads an unlikely hero to the very corner where she awaits her sweet return.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Infectedby  Doug J Robbins
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Officer Nick is a lone wolf and refuses to work with a partner, but warms up to his partner while everyone deals with a few rogue zombies.

Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Other Sideby  Marguerite Carmene Vil
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After a late-night shift, Vee spots her friend Alex entering a mysterious glowing door in a dim alley. Unable to resist her curiosity, Vee steps through and is transported into a surreal digital realm where the dark web manifests in real life.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Black Queen: Birth Of A Queen Warriorby  Ange Fassinou
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In a land of witches and beasts, a young woman, kidnapped for an Amazon Army, battles to get back to her tribe and lead her warrior sisters to the truth.

Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Long Momentsby  S.C. Smith
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An alcoholic living in a small town stubbornly refuses to change, even when his high school sweetheart returns for their reunion, stirring memories of the life he left behind and the man he used to be.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Circle of Trustby  Jim Kowalski
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An ex-military man must battle himself in a circle of his own demons.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Driver Sevenby  Elliot Stanton
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A vintage car appears like an irresistible purchase, but at what real cost? An unassuming man is convinced to buy a pristine classic car from a mysterious seller. Even though the car is beautiful, it hides a dark and deadly secret that it soon unleashes on its new owner.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
23 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Where Toe Beginby  Clifford Shepherd
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When a neurotic man wakes up to find his big toe missingwith no pain or explanationhe spirals into a surreal, comedic nightmare where his body vanishes piece by piece, and no one around him seems to notice or care. A darkly absurd satire on identity, sanity, and the disappearing sense of self.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
The Magic of Misfitsby  Bill Freas
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After suffering a traumatic car accident that takes the life of his alcoholic father, a teen is sent to live with a distant relative in an oppressed blue-collar town, where he meets a group of bullied teens with a special bond and a supernatural secret.

Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Suitcaseby  Walerian Domanski
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The fate of the suitcase stolen by a policeman during a search of a criminal's house. It was hidden, found, changed hands a few times, and ultimately ended up in the possession of a policeman again. Marginal actors: the policeman's girlfriend, her dog, and the neighbor.

Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Hierarchyby  Charles Hall
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An off-campus meeting between a senior professor and an enigmatic student turns hostile when a chilling assertion is made.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Screamersby  Chris Lewis
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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
Quantumanic Entanglementby  Steven Blows
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Two bickering scientists studying quantum mechanics begin to uncontrollably do the opposite movements to each other after a failed experiment.

Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Deepstareby  Gerard Docherty
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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
Life Is a Rollercoaster...Sometimesby  Elliot Stanton
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With its ups and downs, they say life is a roller-coaster, except when you're trapped and unable to get off one. When an engaged couple becomes unwitting prisoners at the apex of a broken-down roller-coaster ride, the metaphor is never more (or less) apt.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
East Main Killerby  Doug J Robbins
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A serial rapist/ serial killer known as the East Main Killer kidnaps a waitress and the teenage daughter of Officer Chase Lincoln, which does not end well for the East Main Killer.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Midnightby  DJ Robbins
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At Midnight, June meets the terrifying, murderous entity known as the Midnight Woman.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pawnsby  Adam Rocke
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The CIA uses a game of chess to recruit a child prodigy.

Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lathroby  Aliki Sakallerou-Kokkinou
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A refugee from Syria lands with his family on a Greek island but discovers he is unable to wholly protect his family from racists.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
There Are No Aliensby  Victor Titimas
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An alien-obsessed student learns the truth about these beings.

Genre: Sci-Fi
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Eagle 12by  Lamar D. Vine
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In 1991 Panama, still reeling from U.S. invasion, a young Army MP investigator has one explosive weekend to crack a volatile case that spirals from routine call to career-threatening conspiracy, forcing him to navigate military politics, personal loyalty, and the razor-thin line between justice and chaos.

Genre: Drama
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Shapes and Coloursby  Craig Ford
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After a stolen moment of tenderness, a gay concentration-camp prisoner must either shut down and survive or risk death by holding onto love inside a system designed to erase him.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ancient Secretsby  Wayne E. Johnson
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While waiting in line to renew his driver's license, a man gets an update on Stonehenge from the 6000-year-old± Druid in line ahead of him.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Toilet Whispererby  John Alexander Fraser
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An airport handyman is put in a position of unthinkable jeopardy as a blocked W.C. threatens, 'blowback'

Genre: Drama
3 pages
Meby  John Armond
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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
Ol' Mean Joeby  John W Welch
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A legend surrounding mean children being taken on Halloween claims the one that got away years earlier.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Shopping Cartby  Steven Burton
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A woman searches to find a stranger man for the return of his fold-able shopping cart, along with the futile search for her long-lost son.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
By the Seaby  Tina Field Howe
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Clever Brandi, English heir to a fortune, frames her husband in the murder of her mother, the family matriarch.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Adventures of Tom Wolfby  Pelham Mead III
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In the mid 1800's a man named Tom Wolf is committed to Bedlam Hospital for the Mentally Insane in London, England. He claims he is a wolf. The Doctors doubt him and torture him to admit he is not a wolf. In the end the real wolf in Tom comes out to surprise the Doctors.

Genre: Fantasy
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mars Landingby  Aaron Langvand
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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
Take My Handby  Jay Hodgkins
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A serial killer seeks a cure for loneliness when he develops a special relationship with the severed hand of one of his victims, only to discover it points him in the direction of true love.

Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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