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Mister Christmasby  Jason K. Allen
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When Albert meets his girlfriend's parents and sees their inadequate Christmas tree, he decides to give them a few pointers on the meaning of Christmas. (One location, four characters. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Beatles '74by  Elliot Stanton
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In a parallel 1974 where The Beatles have reunited, two sisters clash over music, memory, and marriage in a single afternoon that may reshape their futures, just as the Fab Four call it quits for good.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Real Heroesby  Tina Field Howe
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Convinced they're the good guys, brother and sister drug dealers dispose of the competition to 'save' their neighborhood.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trappedby  Adrian Milnes
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Three armed robbers and their hostage take refuge in an abandoned house after a failed robbery, but they're not alone.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Full Exposureby  Steven Burton
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A female artist asks a male photographer to pose nude for her project, which triggers other uptight challenges before he decides to pose.

Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
But Wait ... There's More!by  John Boal
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On this segment of "But Wait ... There's More!" at a local TV station, the mid-40s Host, Tiffany Long, and her two Reporters, as usual, critique weird, wacky and often wasteful single-use plastic products that viewers may or may not need. But in the closing segment, Tiffany and her Reporters break the 4th wall; show how these plastic products are killing our oceans and sea life and defiantly quit their popular program on air.

Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hell: A Rescue Missionby  Patrice Sarath
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When Trudi's best friend Jenna is on her deathbed, she tells Trudi she's afraid of dying and going to hell. After her death, Trudi gets some disturbing signals that Jenna is right. With the help of a mysterious nurse, Trudi follows her to hell, and discovers that love has its limits.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Widow's Oilby  Barbara Blomquist
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Widows, young and old, gather for a potluck and healing, aided by a mysterious bottle of olive oil.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Grass is Always Greenerby  Daniel J. Broderick
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Jack is unhappy. Who else in L.A. rides the bus, has no girlfriend, no money, and no status? Sam, the bus driver, assures him things will change. When they do, suddenly and mysteriously, is Jack finally happy? Not exactly. Something is still missing.

Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Postmanby  Ange Fassinou
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Victim of a murder, a postman is brought back to life by a cursed Indian Talisman who gives him the power to fight criminals.

Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Double Takeby  Marjory E. Leposky
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A stalker is following unaware couple.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Numbersby  Anthony Cawood
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A plucky bunch of nerds get more than they bargained for when they uncover an ancient evil and must fight for their lives as midnight approaches on Halloween.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
For Whom The Chimes Tollby  Elliot Stanton
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Unable to sleep, a lonely, embittered old man spends the early hours of the morning drinking brandy and reminiscing on his life. The actions of which, ultimately, call time on his earthly existence.

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Ingwe - the leopard who didn't want spotsby  Cilla Lowen
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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
Spaceby  Simon James
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Fresh from a recent breakup, that he caused, Simon embarks on a hilarious but frustrating quest to find the perfect parking spot at the mall, all while juggling his idiot best friend and precocious daughter.

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Candy, Girl Reporterby  Linda Gould
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Candy, a young journalist, is interviewed on a talk show to promote a book she wrote about a campus rock band. She'd fallen in love with the lead guitarist, Preston, but suffered heartbreak when her flaky roommate, Josephine, lured him away. She has taken revenge by implicating Josephine in a campus bombing and exposing her and Preston as liars.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Divorce Storyby  Vanessa Wang
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After discovering that her husband has been sexually abusing her minor daughter, a troubled mother struggles to figure out what to do next.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Northwoodby  John Alexander Fraser
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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: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Love Never Grows Oldby  Don Mezei
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A guru like figure MAIN enters (stage left) while a group of young people celebrate the day. He provides a contrast to their joie de vivre, tells them his story and listens to their narrative. LNGO is a search for deeper meaning, a feel good musical about spiritual themes, told through song. Hear some of the music at https://barbarji.wixsite.com/lovenevergrowsold

Genre: Musical
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Buddiesby  Delaina M. Waldron
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An insecure Rose finds an unexpected friendship with a short-winged Bumblebee and unites against their bullying foes.

Genre: Animation
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Arroz Y Habichuelas (Rice & Beans)by  Iris Mangual
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Two families that could put the Hatfields and McCoys to shame. A Dominican family and Puerto Rican family are forced to share a wedding weekend; old grudges and new chaos threaten to ruin the nuptials unless love and a little salsa can bridge the Caribbean divide.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Clusterby  Kevin Dembinsky
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A story of two people meeting on their way to Switzerland before both going to a euthanasia facility.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Fall and Rise of Luciferby  Delaina M. Waldron
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The story of Lucifer the first angel created by God; Lucifer's fall from the heavens and his reason for his rise to becoming the Devil.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Gas Man Comethby  Ian Patrick Williams
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An out-of-work Appalachian man with a special-needs daughter struggles with accepting a financial offer that comes with grave environmental consequences.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Eavesdropperby  Charles Webb
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On a late-night train ride, a comic book loving kid overhears a sinister plot.

Genre: Animation
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Same Nameby  Steven Burton
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Their same name brings a straight black actor and a gay white actor/writer together to collaborate on a film project that creates more greatness for both.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Last Picnicby  Jason K. Allen
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Four hipsters pack their lunch and excitedly head into the woods for their first ever wilderness picnic. Unfortunately, it all goes very, very wrong. (Dark comedy/horror/satire. 1 location, 4 actors.)

Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Painted Vengeanceby  Simon Parker
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Painted Vengeance - A talented face painted is attacked by a gang of thugs, but when the devil gives him the chance to take revenge, it's an offer he can't refuse.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Keep Scrollingby  Jerrod D. Brito
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When a college kid surfs the web at the time of night when creepy people post creepy things, he unwittingly falls victim to the latest creepypasta legend.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
From the Flamesby  Alistair Bryson
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A widowed artist moves into a new house in an effort to bury the memories of a Bohemian lifestyle and a toxic marriage, but is forced to revisit his past in bizarre circumstances when he uncovers an ancient fire-pit from which deceased figures appear to him through the flames.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Carrie, Walter, and Garboby  Steven Burton
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A man sits alone in an empty theatre to wait for a Greta Garbo film to begin, and then a female stranger, sits next to him. Confrontation ignites; technical problems delay the screening, humor, and then this couple share surprise revelations.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Deadliest Jobby  Jed Power
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A female courier delivering mob cash at a deserted train station is confronted by a stranger who demands half, but as motives unravel, the exchange becomes a deadly game of deception and survival.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Giftby  Jason K. Allen
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In 1977, a young man receives a camera that takes disturbing pictures. (1 location, 1 actor. Produced writer, see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Smoking loveby  Dimitris Sokolakis
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A group of teenagers in the 90s are sitting in a park while smoking and discussing about their not so promising future. One of them has different worries. The love of his life is about to leave and he hasn't managed yet to reveal his love towards her. Her coming to the park is his last chance to make a move, will he grab it?

Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Heartwarming Horrorby  Jennifer Milne
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A couple on a first date realize the premise of a heartwarming romance could just as easily be a horrifying horror movie, and get a little of both when they go back to her place.

Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
If I Left Earlyby  Rosalind-Renèe Lindsey
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Living with his ambitious breadwinning girlfriend, a young job-hunting loser feels left behind in life and relationship. Motivated, he works to get things back on track, but all of that is halted when a call comes in and the unpredictable happens.

Genre: Drama
38 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Blind Manby  Simon Parker
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With a dangerous cartel coming after them, two men need to kill a third to save their own skin, now hoping that a blind butcher will do the dirty work for them.

Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sentinelby  John Alexander Fraser
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A Sentinel from another dimension watches over humans in a diner and at a skate park as it averts danger and seeks to understand the human race.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Hearse from Beyondby  Jason K. Allen
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On Halloween night, young trick-or-treater Daniel Taylor catches a glimpse of the town's sinister old undertaker -- and turns out to be the last person to see him alive. (In the vein of the original Twilight Zone series. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

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