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Beauty in the Ringby  Jessica Taylor
An injured MMA fighter on the brink of losing everything crosses paths with a broken ballet dancer recovering from a violent assault. Together they discover strength, redemption, and love as she trains to fight in the ring and he learns how to fight for her heart.

Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Echoes of Broken Promisesby  Andrea Zastrow
When a slick, absentee father blows in unexpectedly on Father's Day, his resentful adult son has an epiphany as he protects his own son from all-too-familiar grandiose, but empty, promises.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Apartmentby  Brandi Self
A couple caught up in the whirlwind of technology check into their sublet only to find they can't connect.

Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Survive The Nightby  Richard Hohenrath
During a late night "Graveyard Shift" on Christmas Eve, a convenience store employee fights to survive a one-on-one encounter with a bloodthirsty creature of the night.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
24 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
My Angel Friendsby  Pelham Mead III
Tom Sizer is a college student who was driving on Meadowbrook Parkway when he had an accident with his car. When he is about to die the Archangel Michael decides to keep him alive. After Tom recovers, Michael tells him he is to be a human advisor to the angels in special situations and his adventures begin.

Genre: Drama
44 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Koscheiby  Sidhartha
After a nightmare of fire and screams leads him to hidden gold and a darker truth, Koschei finds himself standing between a ruthless arms syndicate and a catastrophe that could change the nation forever.A silent wanderer haunted by flames from his past races against time to stop a clandestine RDX operation, unaware that the conspiracy is tied to the very tragedy that made him who he is.

Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Haunted Pizzaby  Doug J Robbins
Ginger orders a pizza, and all Hell breaks loose. She winds up getting possessed.

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
He's Gonna Payby  John Porter
A young man confronts the killer of his wife and child, and makes the killer pay--by letting him live.

Genre: Western
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Generous Hostby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
In a twisted tale of digital deception, a loving couple's date night spirals into terror when a vengeful brother exposes the boyfriend's secret online scam exploiting his girlfriend's image, ending in a ruthless home invasion and fatal betrayals.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
When a shadowy leader stands on the edge of powerworshiped by the masses, haunted by their own liesthey must decide: leap into legend or let the herd's blind devotion become their executioner.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Strategic Ambiguity 101by  John Boal
Forced to teach a new mandatory business class called "Strategic Ambiguity 101", Professor Mandella tells his students that future business leaders must abandon traditional communications of clarity; learn how to send mixed messages and subvert the truth to be successful. Yet as his savvy Gen Z students share their brutally honest feedback about this deceptive and all too pervasive tactic, they teach him a life lesson with Professor Mandella rediscovering his true self.

Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Pledge to Murderby  Elliot Stanton
The fog shrouding a horrific murder is about to get thicker. The evil spectre of Jack the Ripper returns to Victorian London after the gruesome murder of a prominent politician's murder.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Love & Laughterby  Deogratias Nyakiki
Four best friends explore the hilarity and absurdity of love in a series of three-minute vignettes, revealing that sometimes laughter is the best remedy for heartbreak.

Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Windowby  Mark Ndlovu
A reclusive man and an enigmatic artist living across the street engage in a silent but profound connection through drawings in their windows, sparking an unspoken bond that compels him to step beyond his comfort zone and into her world.

Genre: Romance
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Cycleby  Ayisha Henry
When a homebody decides to enjoy a fun night out, she must defeat an evil, biological nemesis who does everything to ruin her plans.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Still Waterby  John Waring
A traumatized veteran retreats to a remote lakeside cabin with the woman he loves, but as his combat past resurfaces, the line between memory and reality begins to collapse.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Magical Day at the Dumpby  Frank Vespe
Two sisters' inaugural trip to the Town Dump gets interrupted when a visitor appears out of nowhere and offers help, but his help is foreshadowed by an eerie feeling that something's not right.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hit and Runby  Marc Prey
After hitting and killing a jogger with her car and not reporting it, a young woman is haunted by his spirit. Or is it merely her guilty conscience?

Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lovers meet, spiraling up and down a relationship pulled for drugs; in a nightmare, what is real, and what is not sinking down their passion through unknown blind alleys .

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Life On The Lineby  Guy Bardach
A driver and his passengers share fleeting, ordinary moments on a city bus. A tragic attack will force us to ask why we only care about the victims we know.

Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Substitutionby  Dwayne Craig Bricker
During detention, a substitute confiscates phones and forces "consent" clicksuntil the students realize he's not a teacher, he's a replacement.

Genre: Horror
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Kicking Tiresby  Tony Jerris
When a pragmatic dreamer meets an angelic stranger, he realizes that even the most skeptical hearts sometimes need to kick the tires on love.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Very Ordinary Dayby  Chris Fell
A young couple navigates a day filled with the man's anxiety and the woman's experiences of sexual harassment, painting a sobering picture of the psychological challenges and gender-based aggressions that constitute a "very ordinary day" for many.

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
When a woman who sleepwalks through her entire life to 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 face an impossible decision.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Fingerby  Brian Jackson
After a severed finger appears on a grimy coffee table, three mismatched roommates spiral into suspicion that ends in a fatal misfireonly for an interrogation to reveal the cruelest joke of all.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
To the Moonby  Michael Dukakis
A feminine young boy from a troubled family tries to escape his father's escalating abuse by fulfilling three magical tasks in his grandmother's fairy tale.

Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Biff Bang, American Heroby  Ronald V. Micci
Expelled from the Air Force during WWII for his paranoid bombing antics, fighter-pilot Biff Bang and his high school sweetheart, Penny, embark on a crusade to rid the US of imagined Nazis over Iowa cornfields, only to find their rickety, decommissioned plane threatening to crash. (Biff's Bravest Bang)

Genre: Action/Adventure
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Only If You Dareby  Philip C. Sedgwick
When a journalist and a consultant for brothels meet to discuss upcoming sex worker legislation, the world around them challenges their sensibilities and desires.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Average Joe: Car Salesmanby  J. Huska
A car salesman's mid-life makeover motivates his dealership, and the entire American auto industry, to reinvent itself. But, are they driving F or in R?

Genre: Other
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Jack's Mom Autism Warrior Princessby  Lawrence Riggins
The humorous true story of a supermodel who leaves celebrity life to raise her autistic son. Trading designer gowns for parenthood-on-steroids, this Autimom uses love, determination, and comedy to treat her boy's disorder while defending him from attacks by close-minded individuals. True beauty triumphs as her remarkable son overcomes his disability to thrive as a young man. Short, TV Series, Family Comedy, Female Lead. 27 Awards.

Genre: Family
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Head Traumaby  Elise Marenson
Two guys get in big trouble when they find the human head of a Russian mobster buried in the sand.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Tangled Rootsby  Deogratias Nyakiki
In a quaint town, Mia, a botanist grappling with her family's hidden history, partners with Ethan, a free-spirited artist, to restore a neglected community garden. As they navigate their growing bond and unearth long-buried secrets, Mia's quest for identity forces her to confront her fears and embrace vulnerability. Their distinct personalitiesher analytical precision clashing with his creative chaosforge a connection that leads to both personal growth and the revitalization of their community, all against a backdrop of both h

Genre: Drama
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Magic of Misfitsby  Bill Freas
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
Terrible Tillyby  Frank J Dellipoala
When three friends trespass on a legendary abandoned lighthouse, "Terrible Tilly," they uncover a cargo of genetically modified "Asian Murder Hornets" intended to cripple the nation's food supply. With a tsunami closing in and the swarm released, they must survive the night to sound the alarm.

Genre: Action/Adventure
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
And There's Nothing You Can Do About Itby  Deanne Gittens
A grifter with chameleon-like qualities raises suspicion of her real intentions for a few gossipy church members but it might be too late to catch her at her game before she's moved on again, and morphing into someone else.

Genre: Drama
36 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Thanks, Lucindaby  John Porter
A family romance in which two thirteen-year-olds try to work up the courage to invite each other to a high school dance.

Genre: Family
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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 Soul Collectorby  Madison Smith
Two ghost hunters travel to Salem MA in order to search for ancient witch artifact. Along the process, they uncover history between pirates and witches, which they mistakenly unlock ghosts from the past to collect souls to sacrifice.

Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Marcus and his Snowmanby  DJ Robbins
Marcus brings his snowman to life through Christmas Magic, based on love and Joy, but hateful and Miserable Hazel, the Winter Witch, wants to make everyone as miserable and vicious as she is. Can love and Joy triumph over hate and misery?

Genre: Animation
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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
 
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