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Bare Bonesby Nan Schmid

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While renovating her bathroom, a woman finds bones under the floorboards, then an animal communicator comes to visit and gets imprisoned for murder.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Wars, Walls and Other Virusesby Lucía Viñamata

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Whether we cross the line or not determines our destiny.

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

Necessary Evilby Adam Rocke

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A child must commit an horrific crime to prevent a much greater atrocity from occurring.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Betterby Dwayne Bricker

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Ella can't move on after her partner Miles dies; she barely sleeps, won't open his boxes, and treats their bed like a shrine. One night, a comforting presence named Luca starts talking to her, easing the pain and helping her finally rest. When her best friend Maya insists she face Miles's things, Ella realizes the force making her feel "better" may be keeping her stuckand must decide what healing really means.

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

Ho-Ho-Ho-nly an Hour To Goby Elliot Stanton

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A department store Santa and his helper aren't the jolly individuals you'd expect them to be, particularly when the effects of Santa's alcoholic consumption threaten to become audibly evident to the line of waiting, excited children outside the grotto.

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

Home Like a Shadowby Linda Boroff

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Cynical college girl accompanies her new boyfriend, an aspiring law student, to his decayed San Joaquin Valley home town for his alcoholic mother's birthday dinner and is pulled into family conflicts and secrets dating back a hundred years. To her surprise she finds belonging and acceptance amidst the drinking, gambling, and a violent 2 a.m. free-for-all. Adapted from prizewinning short story: https://adelaidebooks.org/linda-boroff-home-like-a-shadow.

Genre: Family
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Can You Hear Me Now?by Bob Messinger

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Estranged from friends and family, Jake is forced to confront the voices he's been hearing and eerie phone calls he's been getting since childhood.

Genre: Sci-Fi
42 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Strings Attachedby Dennis Manning

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When a washed-up musician returns to his sacred studio to write one last song, the guitars he abandoned come alive, forcing him to face the haunting truth about the silence he choseand the music that never died.

Genre: Drama
8 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

Family Traditionby Kris Shuman

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A guilty man's diner confession risks exposing a legacy of violence and resurrecting the killer they thought was buried for good.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Sweet Reflectionby Elliot Stanton

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A man's worth is not measured by his wealth but by the difference he makes to others. An elderly shopkeeper is reminded of his worth in the community just as he loses all faith.

Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Laura Leeby Ron Micci

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On her summer teaching break, a divorced woman in an antiques store becomes romantically involved with a divorced man who owns a summer home on a nearby lake. Though she kids him about her name's resemblance to Lorelei, over time it becomes evident that she is troubled by her son's suicide, and the intensity of this sadness lures them both on the rocks.

Genre: Romance
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Voicemailby Dewayne

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After losing his daughter, a withdrawn father survives by repeatedly calling her phone just to hear her voicemails. When an unheard message reveals her quiet faith and plea for him to keep living, he must confront his grief and his distance from God. The Voicemail I Can't Delete is an intimate, faith-based drama about loss, surrender, and the courage to step back into life without letting love disappear.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Comeback of Irish Bobby Gunnby Ben Fiore

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On the night of his unlikely comeback, a proud, aging boxer refuses a bribe to take a diveuntil his desperate manager claims his life is at stake, forcing the battered fighter to choose between one last shot at glory and a sacrifice that could cost him everything.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Tammy In Hellby Apostolos Kouroumalis

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Cheerleader saves small town USA after being bitten by Cerberus after a hazing goes awry and Hell on Earth is let loose.

Genre: Other
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Don't Turn Aroundby Doug J Robbins

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A serial killer sneaks into a woman's house, and we relive a woman's day as a school teacher.

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

Erection Night - 2028by John Boal

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On a girls' night out at the St. Christopher Tavern in Columbus, OH, three women dish on men and the polarization that's fracturing our society as we head into the 2028 Presidential Election. Mollie McGuire, a 40s divorcee, devises a strategy to end the divisiveness by placing an ad on an AI dating app called "The Hack" where she entices a US Senator to break from the herd for two months of epic bliss.

Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

EXFILby Dewayne C Bricker

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When a covert U.S. Special Forces team's midnight extraction in Afghanistan spirals into a desperate fight for survival, five soldiers must battle through ambush, betrayal, and their own breaking points to bring each other home alive.

Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Dennisby Doug J Robbins

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A ventriloquist dummy named Dennis enslaves its owner and the owner's daughter, and next tries to enslave the grandson as well.

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

The Lady In The Wallby Renata Vaughn

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After the devastating loss of her infant, a grieving woman battling undiagnosed postpartum depression spirals into a psychological nightmare as her husband's infidelity blurs the line between reality, paranoia, and a dangerous search for the truth.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Revengeby Melissa Diane Hudson

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Consumed by jealousy and insecurity, a suspicious wife obsessively stalks her husband and the younger woman she believes he is having an affair with, culminating in a bold confrontation and a horrifying Christmas Eve revenge plot that ultimately backfires with irreversible consequences.

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

Monsters of 1935: A Newsreel Farceby Paul Joseph Mulbrecht

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Two buffoonish 'researchers' have convinced the German government that the Loch Ness Monster is actually a mythological Germanic beast (dubbed "The Fat Flounder"). Now they've been given a grant to find the evidence. But their search will fail because of a conspiracy - one between their Loch Ness innkeeper, their guide... and Nessie herself.

Genre: Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

If I Leave it Greenby Rodney A Myers

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Facing the cold reality of a corporate-driven future, an aging land owner must decide between a lucrative urban legacy and preserving the natural sanctuary that holds his most cherished memories.

Genre: Drama
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Kindred Spiritsby Iris Mangual

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A Black teen moves into a historic Southern home and clashes with the ghost of a young Confederate soldier, but their unlikely bond forces them to confront the past and find healing across time.

Genre: Drama
31 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

Quiet Timeby Dewayne C Bricker

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When a neuroscientist's sleep-paralysis app accidentally links thousands of sleepers at 3:13 A.M., it awakens a shared shadow entity from her mother's nightmaresone that's now crossing from dream to waking world.

Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

The Taste of Beliefby Danny King

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When a psychology professor challenges his students with a parable about restaurants, a fiery clash between science and conspiracy forces them to confront a deeper truth: you can't judge an idea until you've tasted it yourself.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Family Vacancyby Steven Burton

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After a woman endures the violent deaths of her father and brother, she welcomes a heroic stranger with generosity.

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

Return to Nam, Behind Memoriesby Muresan Marta

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Decades after the Vietnam War, a former idealist named Lee returns to the country where he lost his innocenceuncovering ghosts of the past, confronting guilt and trauma, and searching for reconciliation in a journey that bridges generations.

Genre: Non-Fiction/History
38 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

The Courtsey Callby Dwayne Bricker

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During a stormy all-nighter, freelance designer Jen Parker calls her ISP about a sudden outage and reaches Alex, a warm, competent tech support rep "here to help." As he walks her through routine fixes, Alex begins describing objects and details inside her apartment he should never see, growing more intimate and invasive. When the company denies he exists, Jen realizes this isn't customer serviceit's something that's already inside the call.

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

NightBiteby Barry Staff

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A terminally ill teen wants to find a way out of his predicament but needs to countenance a superhuman release. [A single-location, one-actor scenario (with two non-speaking supports), shootable in a day, about a pointedly existential dilemma.]

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

Pathfinderby Peter J Bartels

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When the sole survivor of a groundbreaking light-speed experiment begins unraveling the mystery of his missing crew, he discovers that he is both the mission's greatest successand its most carefully guarded secret.

Genre: Sci-Fi
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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

Ties of Bloodby Valentina Reiken

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After a murder takes place in their home, a young woman joins her mother in a desperate cover-up, determined to protect the family whose bond was forged through surviving a war.

Genre: Drama
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

A Dream Come Trueby Frank Charles Scott

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A thrilling suspenseful story filled with deception and betrayal as Michael gets entangled in a web of deceit while gaslighting his wife and daughter to run off with her money to skip the light fantastic with his Mistress.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

On The Subject of Loveby Patricia Bruce

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Talk about self sabotage -- these 2 gals are the best! When searching for love and relationships, they lack caring and empathy. It takes a humorous, over-the-hill, overweight Mom who outsmarts her attractive, millennial daughters to successfully find romance.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Exit Stage Leftby Elliot Stanton

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Even off-stage, the show must go on. An experienced old actor rues missed opportunities and reveals a hidden illness to a young, caring colleague who attempts to open his eyes to the bigger and brighter picture.

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles

Transferenceby Frazer Lee

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Dom and Sam are two science lab workers, let go by their boss Adrian. To beat the boredom of lockdown, they decide to continue Adrian's experimental teleportation research online. But they are being watched.

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

Jacinta Lodgeby Nik Forster

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A bitter nurse. A bad mussel. And a band of elderly conspirators who just want peace and pudding. But when their poison plot backfires, it's every pensioner for themselves in this seafood-flavored farce

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Santa's Conundrumby Robert Herold

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When a troubled boy demands that his Christmas wish be never eating vegetables again, Santa Claus must navigate an intimidating mother and a bureaucratic liverwurst-addicted elf to deliver a magical solution with unexpected consequences in this hilarious and touching homage to classic Rankin/Bass holiday specials.

Genre: Animation
26 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles