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Isle of Plasticaby  Drina Connors Kay
A CEO of a plastics company is kidnapped and dumped on a platform in the middle of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch where he must remain until he promises to clean up the mess.  

Genre: Other
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Synchronicityby  Stephanie Neroes
When a musician aching for connection meets a soft-spoken neighbor with a spiritual heart, their mirrored lives begin to alignproving that sometimes, the universe writes the love story for you.

Genre: Romance
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Late Night Stayby  DJ Robbins
A weary businessman checks into a hotel with a history of violence, and said hotel is supposed to be extremely haunted.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
The Trombone or Modern Romanceby  Linda Kampley
Two college students meet in a cafe, don't really know how to talk to one another, and yet fall in love.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hellavisionby  Jason K. Allen
On Halloween night, a young man decides to stay home and watch a horror movie on television. Unfortunately he chooses the wrong channel on the wrong night. (Mostly 1 actor, limited dialogue, inspired by 70's horror. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Western Approachesby  Barry Staff
Wanting to get rat-arsed after an unavoidable job offer, an English 'cowboy' on a bicycle needs to outwit a zero-hours-contract barmaid foiling his plan.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
The Last Debateby  Gladman
During a final interrogation over a broken simulation, a defiant subject turns the tables on his examiner forcing him to question whether he, too, is trapped inside the very system he believes he controls.

Genre: Sci-Fi
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Vengeance Appby  Edward Chapman
Desperate for retribution against her bullies, a tormented teen obtains a sinister app allowing her to execute a revenge of her choosing upon them but soon discovers it comes with chilling consequences as her actions begin to consume her own life.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Free Boxby  Charles Webb
The most valuable thing at an estate sale could be free.

Genre: Drama
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Luck Be a Ladyby  Elliot Stanton
The gambling bug bites, and the infection spreads. A naïve young Englishman bites off more than he can chew when he attempts to double-cross a brash Texan at a Vegas roulette table.

Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Taste of Beliefby  Danny King
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
Smells Like Steinbeckby  Jason K. Allen
A young man with a passion for pleasant aromas is lured into the underground world of book sniffing. (Could be short or TV pilot. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
American Comedianby  Gary Lynn Nowell
Jerry Sternfeld (50s) had a successful television show but critics hated the final episode with the four of the main characters going to prison. Years later, Sternfeld tells his co-star how the final episode should have ended as the alternate version of the show plays out on screen. The story is an obvious satire of the final episode of Seinfeld.

Genre: Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A cop decides to avenge his wife killed by four young men.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Dawn of Arnieby  Jason K. Allen
An awkward, lonely neat freak decides to loosen up, get out of the house and go on a few dates. Unfortunately he has no luck with the ladies -- until he meets the Queen of the Untamed Forest. (Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Train of Thoughtby  Elliot Stanton
Overthinking can seriously damage your health. An annoying stranger leaves his fellow train passenger with a very bitter taste in his mouth.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Out With The Oldby  Sarah Kennedy
An older woman's transition to assisted living exposes the callous nature of her son whose obsession with finding a large sum of hidden cash threatens not only his marriage but also his sanity. TOP 10 FINALIST: CinemaStreet Women's Short Screenplay Festival 2023

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A reporter meets with the controlling perfectionist mayor of a small town and learns the secret as to how the mayor keeps his citizens in line.

Genre: Fantasy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
No Nailsby  John Ravitz
A grieving police detective who serves as a Eucharist Minister identifies a mob hitman while serving Holy Communion and must tread the line between the sacred and the need to stop a killer before he kills again.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
36 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Child Starby  Simon
When James discovers that his parents secretly uploaded every moment of his childhood to YouTube, amassing a fortune without his knowledge, he embarks on a journey to reclaim his money.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A boy witnesses his father murder his mother in front of him on Halloween night. The boy is then gifted a doll possessed by the soul of his slain, murderous father, and all Hell breaks loose.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fireflies or C.S.H.C.?by  Martin Richmond
Avoiding certain incineration by the skin of his teeth, a young man basks on a desert isle, reflecting on his survival and the manic, apocalyptic balloon flight he shared with Alfred Hitchcock!

Genre: Sci-Fi
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Oh No, You Pull Itby  Daniel J. Broderick
Two siblings, whose mother is on life support, debate who should pull the plug. And yes, this is a comedy.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
I Told You Soby  S.C. Smith
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
The Spirit Upwellingby  Linda Boroff
Cynical young college girl accompanies her new boyfriend, an aspiring law student, to his decaying 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. Despite her skepticism, she finds love and acceptance within the dilapidated house. Adapted from a prizewinning, anthologized short story. https://www.piltdownreview.com/2018/10/home-like-a-shadow.html Eric Hoffer Competitioni finalist among 2000+ entries and anthologized in Best New

Genre: Family
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
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
The fate of the suitcase stolen by a policeman during a search of a criminal's house. It was hidden, found, changed hands a few times, and ultimately ended up in the possession of a policeman again. Marginal actors: the policeman's girlfriend, her dog, and the neighbor.

Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Halloween Short Film Festivalby  Jason K. Allen
On Halloween night, a young man decides to stay home and find a horror movie to watch on TV. Unfortunately he chooses the wrong channel on the wrong night. (Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits and awards.)

Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Tough Loveby  Warren Lane
In this dark coming-of-age tale a suicidal tween finds a reason to live after her maniacal new therapist shows her how to quiet the voices inside her head.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Brushstrokesby  Kieran Baroody
Urbane woman artist envisions a fantasy party of casual strangers and interweaves their lives with hers in her paintings.

Genre: Drama
21 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
The Gas Man Comethby  Ian Patrick Williams
An out-of-work Appalachian man with a special-needs daughter struggles with accepting a financial offer that comes with grave environmental consequences.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
See You In Courtby  Linda Gould
Miranda, a Homeland Security bureaucrat, is having a tryst with Pete, a handsome but crude major league ballplayer. One early morning encounter is interrupted by two policemen, who take Petie in for questioning about the apparent kidnapping of his teammate, Manny Chavez ... who is engaged to Miranda's sportswriter sister, Jessica. Manny was about to testify against several teammates in a steroids hearing.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Between Voicesby  Danny King
A bullied young man begins to reclaim his confidence during a therapy session, but when the session ends, he realizes he was alone the entire time.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A young professional's life is changed for eternity when he unwittingly makes the choice between trading one heinous addiction for another on a different level.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Feed Geeseby  Steven Burton
A young man jogs and feeds geese as a diversion while he decides to come out as gay to his girlfriend.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Amid the fading light of a Bournemouth afternoon, a weary man and a guarded woman share one conversation that unravels decades of regret, revealing that even in the twilight of life, the heart still waits for its tide to turn.

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