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Northwoodby John Alexander Fraser
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
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Crookedby Peter Herlan
When a nervous stranger ducks into a rundown dive bar to hide from his past, a cold and relentless hitwoman walks in behind him. As the tension breaks into violence, the bartender and a foul-mouthed parrot become the only survivors in a night that goes completely off the rails.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
There's Something Wrong with Mariah Janeby Bill Freas
After two preteen sisters come upon an unsettling find in the attic of their new home, the younger girl grows ill as her family enters the most terrifying night of their lives.
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Lathroby Aliki Sakallerou-Kokkinou
A refugee from Syria lands with his family on a Greek island but discovers he is unable to wholly protect his family from racists.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Strange Case of the Thing on Henry's Faceby Glenn Forbes
A chronically unlucky small-town loner, convinced the sausage-shaped birthmark on his face is a divine sign destined to bring him greatness, finally decides to have it removed. But he discovers that the birthmark, and the woman who loves him because of it, may be the best thing that ever happened to him.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Carrie, Walter, and Garboby Steven Burton
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
Genre: Romantic Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Los-T (In) Angelesby Noureddine HIFAD
A desperate aspiring writer and a struggling actress fake their way into a Hollywood party, where one stolen opportunity could either launch their dreamsor expose them completely.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Santa's Conundrumby Robert Herold
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
Genre: Animation
26 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Blood Feudby Doug J Robbins
A wrestler must choose between his family and the ring.
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Neighborly Noteby Dwayne Bricker
Withdrawn tenant Eve Marks begins receiving accusatory handwritten notes about noises she never makes. The messages escalate into unnervingly precise predictions of her behavior, culminating in instructions for a "justified" act of violence at a specific time. When she resists, Eve discovers every tenant has their own anonymous scriptand realizes an unseen presence is quietly orchestrating the entire building, and isn't finished with her.
Genre: Horror
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Attack of the Church Furnitureby David McPete
A youth group's overnight at a church becomes deadly when murderous church furniture comes to life.
Genre: Comedy
35 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
35 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Not For Everyoneby Philip C. Sedgwick
Up against a production deadline, two casting directors seeking the next "it" actress, encounter a waitress who perplexes their sensibilities when she rejects their casting offer of fame and fortune. While wooing the waitress, a life-threating emergency at a nearby table is thwarted by an immigrant worker in the establishment.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Santa Soldier: Operation Christmas Rescueby David Lee Hooker
When terrorists threaten a beloved holiday parade, an elite team of North Pole commandos led by Captain Dan Hero springs into action to save Christmas and deliver festive justice, military-style.
Genre: Family
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Steven Seagal: Psychic Warriorby Adam Rocke
The aging and highly controversial action star pitches his psychic assassination services to the CIA.
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Courtsey Callby Dwayne Bricker
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
Genre: Horror
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Christmas Carnageby Doug J Robbins
The Christmas Killer, Henry Clay, stalks Allyson on Christmas Eve, leaving carnage in his wake.
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Restaurant: A Visual Comedyby Jackie
When his pizza takes too long to arrive, a young man takes matters into his own hands
Genre: Comedy
1-4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
1-4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Vampire Experimentby Brian Daunter
Genetic transfer and IVF research creates Vampire flying foxes with talon thumbs. They escape and terrorize the countryside attacking people, domestic and farm animals. A mix-up in the IVF laboratory leads to the birth of human neonate vampires that attack other neonates. These two new species qualify for listing as endangered. One species survives in a disused railway tunnel.
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Horse in a Saloonby Nickolas Snider
It's about a horse named Buck, who was once human and after he was turned by an evil warlock. He decides to go into a saloon to prove he's more than just a horse as such.
Genre: Other
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Brittle Tromboneby Mary Goldman
A young girl strikes a bargain to take trombone lessons from an elderly man during the time of Covid-19.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Legacyby Jeffrey Stackhouse
A young black priest takes a life-changing opportunity at a convent dating back to the birth of New Orleans and discovers secrets that shake his sanity as much as his faith. -- WINNER Best Short Screenplay
Genre: Horror
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
I Have Seen the Future (It is Murder)by Ron Brawer
In the dinosaur era, an alien space ship refrains from destroying Earth to give the planet an opportunity to evolve. A day later -- thousands of years in Earth time -- they return to find "the ills that flesh is heir to": wars, mass murder, rape, plagues, ecological disasters... a good time to pull the plug.
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Troubadour's Last Noteby Michael J Volpe
After the death of his beloved cat, a wandering musician reconnects with the woman he once loved and lostproving that sometimes, it takes heartbreak to reconnect with love.
Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Frequencyby KS PUNITHAKUMAR
After buying his dream car, a struggling wedding photographer is haunted by a mysterious radio that forces him to obey terrifying supernatural commands, uncovering a deadly curse where every photograph brings him closer to becoming its next victim.
Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Good Griefby Duane Kellogg
As pressure mounts to deliver a breakthrough script, a screenwriter working remotely with his wife (who's also his writing partner) begins to unravel, caught between ambition, loyalty, and a deepening divide caused by technology (ai) that threatens both his career and the partnership he's built his life around.
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
My Empty Lifeby Brandon Rhiness
Two cynical, broke teenagers embark on a series of failed get-rich-quick schemes to buy a used car, only to lose their ultimate prize to their own incompetence within minutes of achieving it.
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Harvest Sonby Charles Hall
Desperate to lift his family out of hardship, a migrant worker tracks down a Central American talisman believed to grant the bearer three life-changing wishes.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Automaticby Gladman
Trapped inside a futuristic reset pod with seconds left on the countdown, a haunted man must choose whether to erase his memories for peaceor keep the truth that's been trying to break him free.
Genre: Sci-Fi
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Spices with Vicesby Debbie Castanha
A privileged pair of Ray Bans becomes lost in a drawer of bickering spices, and must hatch an escape plan before she's replaced.
Genre: Animation
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Refugeeby Doug J Robbins
A refugee from the world of dreams befriends a young girl in hopes of becoming real.
The girls must hide their relationship or risk having the refugee taken back to the dream institute, where she would have to go back to being imaginary.
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sunnyby Matthew Thompson
A devoted mother leads a precarious double life within the illicit massage industry, battling a predatory debt to ensure the survival of the family she hasn't seen in years.
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Night Before Christmasby Jared Kelly
It's Christmas Eve. The house is silent, everyone asleep. Except for 7-year-old Jake. Too excited to sleep, Jake needs to know if Santa has visited yet. Jake creeps downstairs into the lounge, over to the fireplace where his parents left some snacks for Santa. The snacks are untouched. No presents yet. Then Jake hears a noise from the fireplace, a faint scraping from inside the chimney... Yes! Could this be Santa bringing his presents?
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sammiby Adam Rocke
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
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Alien Dreamby Steven Burton
A teenage girl has a dream about instantly becoming a teenage boy caused by an accidental Alien invasion.
Genre: Sci-Fi
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Maybe Tomorrowby Mary Kay LaBrie
Set against the gentle rhythms of a Florida retirement community, a daughter learns that waiting for the right moment can mean missing it entirely.
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dutchess Greenby Joseph Brown
The quiet invasion began with the old "man" painting barns with alien spawn. The farm girls who figured it out were too late.
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
11 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
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
Genre: Drama
36 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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