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The Burning Manby  Jack Halliday
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A private detective investigates the murder of a teen as a friend of the grieving family, and becomes judge, jury and executioner in this noir, hardboiled short script. 1st place award-winner, Indie Gathering Film Festival.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Monk in Holywoodby  Hiabu Hassebu
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A Monk Immigrates to USA to cast down the Hollywood demons.

Genre: Drama
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Rainy Night Killerby  Doug J Robbins
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The Rainy Night Killer kidnaps Nick's wife and plays a game of cat and mouse with the wrong cop.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Wedding Dressby  Christine Lara
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An extraordinary wedding dress becomes the silent witness to stories of love and resilience across generations. From its origins in 1904, worn by a Russian princess, to a contemporary bride who discovers its magic in a charity shop, the dress transcends time, illuminating the most precious moments of every woman who wears it.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Death Sentenceby  Brian Jackson
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In a stark cell, a guilt-ridden man haunted by visions of his mother, bride, and daughter must utter the command that becomes humanity's death sentence.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Flute Named Desireby  Steven D. Gullion
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A famous flautist must choose whether to undergo a dangerous operation that will make it possible for him to have a family, but end his career.

Genre: Animation
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sunny Side Upby  Bob Hiltermann
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A set-in-his-ways greeting card writer goes to his usual caf for his usual scrambled eggs, but his usual quick-witted waitress brings him sunny side up by mistake... and everything changes.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Preyby  John Porter
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Two promiscuous businessmen plan to pick up a beautiful young woman--who plans to pick them up.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Missingby  Darryl N. Layne
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Two scientists on the verge of a breakthrough in creating a space fuel must confront their hidden origins and humanity's fate when mysterious extraterrestrial visitors arrive, offering a choice between saving Earth or joining a cosmic mission that will change everything.

Genre: Sci-Fi
36 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Man Upstairsby  John M Grace
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When a young boy worries he's about to lose his mother, he prays to "the man upstairs," unaware that his pleas are being heard by an ordinary neighbor living just one floor above.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Tapeby  Bari K. Willerford
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A young female gymnast and a tough as nails football player sit at a sports table waiting to get tapped. What do they have in common?

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Behind the 8 Ballby  John Porter
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A young man must either make a billiard shot or lose his beautiful young wife to an evil old man.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Kissby  Mary Goldman
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Close platonic friends, Julia and Brandon, explore taking their relationship to a romantic level.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Elevatorby  Antwon Taylor
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When a couple encounters an unassuming stranger in an elevator, their lives are drastically changed forever.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Calling Clementeby  Jim B Marcus
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In 1960, two young brothers forge an unlikely relationship with baseball great Roberto Clemente. Now, as adults, they rediscover the bond that shaped their lives long after the final out at Forbes Field.

Genre: Biographical
2 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
How Do You Get to Margie's House?by  John Porter
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With a lot of love but a very bad sense of direction, a young man tries to get to his lady's house by 5 p.m.

Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sammiby  Adam Rocke
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A "dirty laundry specialist" can be a great asset at a lawsuit settlement conference.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
No More Virginsby  Lloyd Muchenje
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Three Africa women,one battling addiction,another serving herself for marriage,and bride to -be striving to protect her own female purity,leading to heartbreaking and moments of profound reckoning. PURITY HAS A PRICE,INNOCENCE IS NO PROTECTION.

Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Daddyby  David W. Fields
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A man pursues a little girl through the woods with a hatchet - but before you judge him, you don't know what's wearing her face.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Crime & Punishment 2121by  Jim Norman
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By 2121, the entire judicial system has been scrapped in favor of an AI controlled system. Punishment is unique, including the requirement of serving the sentence in the past. In this case, the Wild West.

Genre: Fantasy
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Gift Challengeby  Leandrew Baillum
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A global social-networking game becomes a worldwide phenomenon, offering players million, dollar prizes and televised luxury gift draws, only to evolve into a powerful cultural movement uniting communities in a stand against gun violence.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
You Get What You Deserveby  Jane Tumminello
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A self-centered young guy suffers the consequences when he cruelly breaks up with his girlfriend over the phone.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fishing in Heavenby  Art D'Alessandro
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When 8 year-old Alex's Grandpa, her best friend and fishing buddy, dies suddenly, she has a hard time dealing with the loss and life itself. But in a dream she finds herself fishing with him again in a beautiful, almost magical place, only to waken with a whole new way of seeing things.

Genre: Family
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Boxing Dayby  Doug J Robbins
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A crazed killer, Mrs. Claus, hunts down a mother and son on Boxing Day, the day after Christmas.

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Second Windby  Dewayne C Bricker
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Sleepless before surgery, Lauren wanders into a hospital chapel and meets Carol, a night custodian who teaches her to fold paper cranes "one crease at a time." Their quiet exchange transforms fear into acceptance. As dawn breaks, Lauren tucks the crane over her heart and walks into surgery, choosing courage over control, faith over fear.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sick Bloodby  Stan Usherenko
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When two brothers revisit the imprisoned father who tortured them as kids, they're pulled into a deadly new game one designed to prove that his sickness runs in their blood.  SICK BLOOD is a visceral, emotionally charged horror-thriller about generational trauma, the inheritance of evil, and the terrifying question what if the monster you fear most is part of you? 

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Prisoners' Songby  John Porter
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A blues musical about how we sometimes love someone who loves someone else--and what we can do about it

Genre: Musical
4 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Pixie Detectiveby  Larry A. Jaggard
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A little tomboy pixie detective discovers that her black cat possesses some unusual qualities after she accidentally uncovers an illicit operation taking place at the abandoned shipyard adjacent to her home.

Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Sakoby  Tigran Vardanyan
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On a stormy night in a remote mountain gorge, a lone shepherd is hunted by ancient spirits who lure the living with music, memory, and madnessforcing him to confront whether the horrors chasing him are supernatural... or already inside him.

Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Who Said Penis?by  Adam Rocke
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Thanksgiving dinner at a swanky Bel Air mansion comes with roast turkey and all the trimmings, plus an anatomy lesson from a 7-year-old.

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Bargain Storeby  Brandi Self
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A disgruntled small-town bargain store worker meets a soldier who encourages her to stand up to her perverted boss.

Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Very Truely Yoursby  John Porter
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A dark comedy about a man who receives a letter from an old girlfriend who reminds him of a promise he made years and years ago.

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Truth or Dieby  James D. Tuverson III
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Two teenagers find themselves on a steep cliff overlooking the mountainside. They play a game, Truth or Lie, to determine the circumstances that brought both to the precipice. As the truth is revealed, the games changes from Truth or Lie... to Truth or Die. This short was a QUARTERFINALIST in the 2025 HollyShorts Film Festival.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Out of Timeby  Deanne Gittens
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A young woman struggles to understand why she keeps waking up in the middle of the night to a ringing cell phone and mysterious voices just outside her window.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
King Sizeby  Paul Weidknecht
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Four young friends go out on Halloween night in search of a special treat only to discover a twisted trick.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Lila Monroeby  Lucy Versallies
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A missing persons case takes a sinister turn when a detective realizes the victim's family has been lying about the timelinemasking a disturbing secret that keeps the girl closer than anyone suspects.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Alien Invadedby  Dexter Williams
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A young lady visits an eccentric New Age hypnotherapist in order to get to the root of her recurring nightmares of being abducted by aliens.

Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
War Gamesby  Wayne E. Johnson
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A Vietnam-era GI, toiling away in his personnel office under the scorching Texas sun trying to please his nervous, ineffective lieutenant while keeping a fire-snorting master sergeant at bay, learns the true meaning of "The Lord helps those who help themselves."

Genre: Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The 7th Soldierby  Evgeny Kim
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After escaping a secret soldier program, a man wired with a deadly implant and his loyal dog must fight their way through gangs and assassins in order to finally disappearand live free of pain.

Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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