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Badlandsby Pamela Schott
When a woman who sleepwalks through her entire life 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 make an impossible decision.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Villageby Adolpho Phillips
Raising a boy as a single mom in the affordable housing complex has a range of challenges. That's why it takes a village to help, even though all the villagers may need help.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Adriftby Dewayne C Bricker
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
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Yell'n'Tellby Roberta M Roy
After witnessing a girl being bullied, a brave five-year-old uses his wise mother's practical but inventive advice to help solve his bullying dilemma. *2024 Best Unproduced Script Brightside Tavern Film Festival; Brightside Festival; Semi Finalist 2023 Dallas Shorts Note: Yell'n'Tell also in French and Spanish - Grita y Dilo*
Genre: Animation
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Roots of Evilby Jason K. Allen
Young Zack is terribly excited about his birthday party -- that is, until his clueless family brings out the disappointing birthday cake. (Horror/Dark Comedy. 1 location. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Trajan's Dilemmaby Jonathan Fear
A General persuades the Roman Emperor that the moral cost of sacrificing justice to preserve his legacy is worth unleashing a violent beast of the field.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Cubicle Jockeysby Brandi Self
An anxious employee organizes a strike after a series of stress-related deaths take out his co-workers, and his boss pees on his shoe.
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Fly Squattingby Steven Blows
A mother grieving for the loss of her daughter takes her anger out on a pesky fly that won't leave her alone.
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Infectedby Doug J Robbins
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
Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Seventh Seal Experimentby Jeffrey Stackhouse
A drink, a game, a bet, and Death, entirely in rhyme.
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Teapartylandiaby Gary A. Edwards
TeaPartyLandia - is a short dramedy about a family looking at a residential compound in an isolated area of North Idaho who fantasize about living free of governmental tyranny but flee when confronted with the reality of experiencing this "utopia."
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Deadly Swampby Chris Chatzikirlis
In the haunted swamps of Louisiana, a disgraced scientist's experiments unleash monstrous leeches, driving a mutated village into madness, murder, and a chilling new religion built on sacrifice.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Amish Countryby Bill Freas
After a young Amish man leaves his aggressive order, the menacing clan hunts him down at an abandoned farm property, along with two innocent bystanders caught in the middle.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Full Marxby Barry Staff
Re-materialising today in mutual haunt Soho, London, Groucho Marx and Karl Marx find both want capitalism finally laughed into oblivion, but as they conflict over methods to use, they try to locate the one place where Karl was listened to before.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Housewarmingby Bill Freas
For a heartbroken woman starting over in a new home, a mysterious collection of vinyl records left behind connects her to the house's love-scorned former owner, who took his own life there years ago.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Human Experienceby Judah Ray
A grieving father struggles to guide his reluctant son through a funeral as they confront their fears, grapple with their complicated family dynamics, and discover the power of love and imagination in the face of loss.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
But Wait ... There's More!by John Boal
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
Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Birthrightby Michael Hutchinson
The reborn prodigy of a dark dictator embraces their malevolent Bloodline in a Godless world of magic, beast, and tyranny. None have been worthy to lay claim to the Crimson Throne, until now.
Genre: Fantasy
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
For Gold's Sakeby Tina Field Howe
An estranged daughter confronts her dying father to learn where he hid a fortune in gold doubloons.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Take My Handby Jay Hodgkins
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
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Game of Thrones: In East L.A.by Adam Rocke
On a crazy So Cal road trip, Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen take a wrong turn and wind up in East L.A. where they run afoul of a notorious Mexican street gang. Violence is coming!
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Santa Soldierby David Lee Hooker
In a future where holiday magic meets military might, seasoned covert operative Santa Soldier embarks on a daring mission to rescue kidnapped children from a local Santa parade, blending festive spirit with combat prowess to reignite the true essence of Christmas
Genre: Family
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Welcome to Arbor Parkby Donald Copenhaver
When a real estate developer destroys an ancient tree to build luxury housing, nature takes its revengeroot by root, limb by limb.
Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Pair of Brown Oxfords in the Middle Grey Boothby Charles Webb
I hadn't really noticed it until I zipped up my pants.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fear the Unknown Graveby Kline Fishborn
Ten-year-old Brian is terrified of his own mother, who becomes possessed by a demon after visiting an old unmarked grave near their home.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Short Waitby Art D'Alessandro
Harry, 41, nearly runs another driver off the interstate, as he angles his classic BMW onto a downtown ramp toward the bus station. Dad's coming in and Harry hopes he's not late. Can't bear late or waiting. But when the old man shows up finally, Harry learns a big old life lesson about time.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
What If God Was One Of Us?by Adam Rocke
God assumes the guise of a homeless man to check in on humanity.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Fairytale Adventures of Tom Wolfby Pelham Mead III
Tom Wolf is thrown into the Bedlam Mental hospital in the early 1800s in London, England for being drunk. He tells the doctors that is is a wolf and they laugh at him. He then tells stories of three pigs whom he sold houses to and a young girl named Red Riding Hood and finally a Russian named Peter. The doctors punish Tom each time.
Genre: Action/Adventure
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Vaccineby DJ Robbins
The Covid vaccines turn people into Zombies and another vaccine is promised to remedy the original vaccine. The second vaccine causes male sterility.
Genre: Sci-Fi
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
One Last Drinkby Madison Smith
Chris becomes overwhelmed with problems in life. His addiction to alcohol finally catches up to him. He decides to join Rehab to face his demons and get his life back.
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Eloiseby Michael Celender
After a one-night-stand with an exotic girl in the middle of a future pandemic, a young man wakes to find no trace of her, no contact details on his phone, and can barely remember her name.
Genre: Sci-Fi
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Snowbound Secretsby Christine LARA
A man on the run after a desperate bank robbery finds himself trapped in a small isolated motel during a snowstorm. But he quickly discovers that the other motel guests also have secrets to hide, and they are all willing to do whatever it takes to keep them concealed.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Rhino vs. Gorillaby Jason K. Allen
When Ronald takes a seat on a park bench, he simply wishes to enjoy his lunch in peace. But when his banana rings like a phone, he answers it and receives a message that turns his life upside down. (Surreal comic fantasy. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Numbersby Anthony Cawood
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
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dead Man's Pondby Adam Slamang
When a university student investigates the years-old disappearance of a classmate linked to a haunted pond, eerie signs of a ghostly presence give way to a far more terrifying truthan ancient, cosmic force that distorts time, flesh, and reality itself.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Judge Smithersby timur yildiz
A off kilter Judge goes back to his fraternity to help the organization with a pledge's death during hazing. What he finds out after returning to the college campus is there might be a serial killer on the loose.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
44 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
44 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Welcome To Tokyoby Ange Fassinou
Having just lost their jobs on the police force, Antonio and Marcus escape their dead-end lives and domineering women, to support a childhood friend in Japan for his father's funeral. While there, caught in a gangster turf war, they find their moves, their manhood and so much more.
Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Nightingale in Burkaby Abhilash Mohan
Subaida, a spirited 10-year-old Afghan girl, dreams of music in a world that's trying to silence her. This poignant drama set in Kabul follows Subaida's journey as she discovers her passion for the rubab, a traditional Afghan musical instrument, against the backdrop of a society teetering on the edge of radical change.
Genre: Animation
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Etiquette of a Necrophiliacby Bernard Antoine Mersier
After uncovering his wife's infidelity, a man descends into a dark spiral, finding solace and control only in the macabre act of necrophilia, leading him down a path of irreversible perversion and escalating violence.
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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