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Monster Mansionby Jason K. Allen

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On the last day of the carnival, young Billy Slater enters a haunted house and never returns.

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

Bug Boyby J. J. Hillard

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A young migrant boy near death in the Arizona desert is rescued by a hunter and endures years of subjugation before an experimental medical treatment dramatically changes the trajectory of his life.

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

I Told You Soby S.C. Smith

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A once-successful cryptocurrency investor, Michael Tanner, finds his empire destroyed overnight by a devastating crash, leading him into a spiraling journey of regret, desperation, and the harsh realization that the pursuit of wealth may have cost him everything that truly mattered.

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

Into The Fogby Rade Mileusnic

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After years of estrangement from their son, an elderly couple's cross-country drive through a dense, unsettling fog forces them to confront fading memories and a shared tragedy they can no longer outrun.

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

The Price of Eggsby Susan Kelejian

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In a lavish Houston home, a couple's carefully constructed world is shaken as they grapple with the aftermath of their son's murder, forcing them to confront their own complicity and the conservative values that may have contributed to his tragic end in a divided America.

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

Dunkirk Spiritby Elliot Stanton

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Two strangers meet on the deck of a cross-channel ferry. One makes the other a business proposal, and with a little financial incentive, they agree on a deal. However, the chance meeting is not as random as it initially seemed for one of the pair.

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

FrightWrittenby Erik shein

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Claire Monroe, a struggling writer, inherits her reclusive aunt's eerie cottage and an unfinished manuscript that holds a deadly secret. As she writes, an ancient evil is unleashed, and Claire must finish the story to trap the malevolent force within its pagesor risk succumbing to the same gruesome fate as her aunt.

Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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

Rise of Tony Rainesby Doug J Robbins

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An escaped convict confronts a guy he plans on murdering and stealing his Halloween costume.

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

Anonymous Sourceby Tim Bechen

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A relentless female journalist battles powerful adversaries in a male-dominated industry as she risks everything to get the story and ensure justice.

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

Now and Thenby Edward Chapman

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Split screen of one day in the life of two people who never meet and yet are forever entwined in death and grief.

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

Accountabilityby Bernard Antoine Mersier

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Deciding to bury the hatchet, Rosa invites her mother over for dinner so she can explain why her father wasn't in her life. The answers Rosa receives are nothing compared to the ones she gives Giselle, exposing the true reason why.

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

Yell'n'Tellby Roberta M Roy

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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

Family Abuseby Bernard Antoine Mersier

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It takes for Carl to lose his family to realize his addictions are more important than them, but even after reclaiming his wife and daughter...is he able to stay on the straight and narrow?

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

Playtime Episode 2 Tea Timeby Doug J Robbins

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Zoe is close to her magic Teddy Bear, and their relationship has parallels; their fights, in particular, mimic Mom and Dad's.

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

Omar and Jimmyby Phil Naiman

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A dominant house cat tries to prevent the family's new rescue puppy from being returned to the shelter and its dire consequences.

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

A Tale of Two Sistersby Robert Evans

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Twin sisters both adopted at birth by different families meet for the first time in their early 70's, one inherits a British title and the other becomes president, both are a bit nutty.

Genre: Comedy
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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

The Villageby Adolpho Phillips

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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

The Salt Shakerby Michael J Volpe

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A dinner among longtime Washington, DC friends escalates into conflict as Woke vs MAGA political differences surface, turning a simple request for a salt shaker into a breaking point. When a sudden health crisis follows, the friends are forced to confront the real life cost of division and what it will take to reconcile.

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

S'moresby Jason K. Allen

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Young Eric and Molly are having the time of their lives roasting marshmallows over the campfire. Their parents, not so much... (Horror/Comedy. One location, two actors.)

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

Clock Of Timeby Kline Fishborn

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On his 18th birthday, Eddie receives a time clock from a strange woman that allows him to travel to the past and the future. At first he was skeptical about the gift, but once he used it he did not immediately understand the great price of time traveling and he loses his youthful years.

Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Willpowerby John Porter

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A young black woman and a middle-aged white man love each other, but their friends tell them they must separate--and they can if they only fight with their willpower.

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

Coming Aliveby John Klawitter

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Dr.Voit's invention, the Life Spike, can do almost anything - drive a jet plane or bake a perfect dinner - but he'd do almost anything to have a human body.

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

I Have No Wordsby Shelly Paino

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As a couple debates the fact that women use more words in a day than men, the husband hits his daily word limit and loses the ability to speak, sparking a feud with his wife.

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

Sunday Bestby STEVEN BLOWS

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A resident of a retirement home who dresses in costumes to bring joy into the daily life of all residents must come to terms with the degrading health of his sidekick and best friend.

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

Winter Walk inby Camelia Dinu

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When a lonely woman finds a fresh footprint in the snow, the past she buried threatens to return; what is she willing to sacrifice for her peace?

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

Hollywood or Bustby Iris Mangual

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After the death of her husband, a sharp-tongued, seventy-year-old widow ditches her overbearing kids and drives cross-country to Hollywood in a convertible-determined to finally become a star, armed with nothing but sass, stubbornness, and a suitcase full of dreams.

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

Xanadu Shoresby Jay Loish

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Two ex-pilots become embroiled in a kidnapping and gold heist, after an employer's scheme escalates from theft to kidnapping. Needing help, our hero leaves clues unaware of a capricious agent and his comely accomplice are following his friends by land, air, and sea. The unscrupulous authorities are seeking the loot, confronting the criminals, culminating explosively with the sun rising on XANADU SHORES. It's about desire and duty to friends. A lively yarn encapsulated by adventure.

Genre: Action/Adventure
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles

Small Talkby Larry Shannon

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20 year old college student Clark Cleland opens a door he should not have opened, and the devil comes in through that door and thrashes him.

Genre: Biographical
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Doppelgangersby Paul Weidknecht

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After the death of her mother, nine-year-old Melody begins seeing ghosts that resemble her family members.

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

Inside the Frameby Francis F DiClemente

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Three people in a city diner at night discover they are figures trapped in the painting Nighthawks by Edward Hopper.

Genre: Fantasy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles

Echoes of Fateby Christine LARA

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An ordinary man receives an enigmatic call from an unknown number, inviting him to solve a series of mysteries to save a stranger's life. But each clue dangerously draws him closer to his own dark past.

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

Sinbad and the Last Centaurby Jaime Velez

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SINBAD is trapped in Tritonia, the fabled land of the Centaurs, where he battles a league of evil necromancers in their quest for the Sword of Largunia and the Black Lotus that will yield immense power and immortality. The Prophesy of the Last Centaur.

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

Still Waterby John Waring

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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

The Eavesdropperby Charles Webb

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On a late-night train ride, a comic book loving kid overhears a sinister plot.

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

Comeuppanceby Martin Train Bartlett

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After committing a heinous crime, a violent man is cursed to relive the horrific moment through the eyes of the victim. Part 'Source Code', part "Identity"... all WTF Twilight Zone.

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

Smoking loveby Dimitris Sokolakis

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A group of teenagers in the 90s are sitting in a park while smoking and discussing about their not so promising future. One of them has different worries. The love of his life is about to leave and he hasn't managed yet to reveal his love towards her. Her coming to the park is his last chance to make a move, will he grab it?

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

In Lineby Steven Burton

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A small diverse group waits in an urban bus depot line to experience role reversals when the bus arrives.

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

Old Schoolby Bernhard Riedhammer

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An obsolete radio escapes into a world of drugs to find solace from a fast moving society he cannot keep up with.

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