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Gluttonous Zombieby  Grag Raymond
Date Posted: 04 Jul 2024
In two girls are hunted by a ravenous zombie at night time after Mia and Abby use a resurrection spell for fun.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Wedding Dressby  Christine Lara
Date Posted: 17 Sep 2025
An extraordinary wedding dress becomes the silent witness to stories of love and resilience across generations. From its origins in 1904, worn by a Russian princess, to a contemporary bride who discovers its magic in a charity shop, the dress transcends time, illuminating the most precious moments of every woman who wears it.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Attachedby  Delaina M. Waldron
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2025
A concerned young woman and her friends go to a desolate area to pick up her sick brother only to discover in their selfies somethings attached to them.

Genre: Horror
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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Mario's Songby  Paul Byrne
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2024
When his fisherman dad drowns at sea, a recruited soccer ace hooks up with a charismatic drug dealer to support his family, but eventually, must either roll over on his boss who is like a brother or do hard time in gladiator academy.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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Animal Loveby  Steven Blows
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
A zoologist bets that he can impress his date with unique and enticing stories of love in the animal kingdom.

Genre: Animation
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Our 13th Birthdayby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2024
On her thirteenth birthday, Machi unleashes her deliciously dark revenge on everyone who has wronged her.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Xanadu Shoresby  Jay Loish
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2025
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
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Afterlifeby  DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2024
A 26-year-old man regrets committing suicide and death shows him the ramifications of the effects his suicide had on his parents and girlfriend.

Genre: Artistic
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Next Rest Stop, 2.5 Million Light Yearsby  Daniel J. Broderick
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2025
A futuristic update of the family road trip, where the Boffs head to the happiest place in the universe in their minivan-sized space ship, only to be marooned on Earth. Forced to wait five years for a tow, they must adjust to life in New Mexico.

Genre: Family
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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EXFILby  Dewayne C Bricker
Date Posted: 18 Oct 2025
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
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The Artifactby  Steve Kennison
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2025
Set in the mid-19th century, HENRY STANTON is a struggling museum manager. DAVID KENNISON is an alleged centenarian Revolutionary War veteran. They collaborate and make David the museum's living exhibit. The story explores David’s unbelievable experiences, history, survival, and the challenge of proving one's identity and legacy.

Genre: Biographical
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Cycleby  Stephanie Neroes
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2025
Haunted by the violence of his upbringing, a boy’s fateful act forces a reckoning with the ghosts of his family’s past—and the chilling truth that some wounds are born, not made.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Imagine That!by  Tina Czarnota
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2024
Grace under pressure can be a royal disaster.

Genre: Fantasy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Echoes of Eternityby  Hamdeyatu Seidu
Date Posted: 28 Feb 2025
A brilliant physicist’s groundbreaking experiment in spiritual time travel unravels the fabric of reality,forcing him to confront the ultimate paradox: can he exist if his past self never did?

Genre: Sci-Fi
43 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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There's Something Behind Door #1by  Andrew Tarquinio
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2024
A young man helps his parents clear the squalid apartment of his recently deceased Aunt, finding more than filth waiting for him in the hoarder’s heaps.

Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Halfby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2025
David has nothing, Kelsey borrows him some money. David buys a lottery ticket. It wins. Now Kelsey comes looking for his money. Two brothers now face each other in a battle of life and death.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Small Talkby  Linda Kampley
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025
A young woman goes on a first date expecting romance but finds danger.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Tutor Meby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2025
A talented teacher has gotten used to the money tutoring rich kids brings, but meeting Alex the son of a mean wealthy bully changes everything and he's determined to get him into school.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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One Last Drinkby  Madison Smith
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2024
Chris becomes overwhelmed with problems in life. His addiction to alcohol finally catches up to him. He decides to join Rehab to face his demons and get his life back.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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A Pair of Silk Stockingsby  John Porter
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
A silent fantasy based on Kate Chopin’s short story (published in 1897, now in the public domain) about a mother who takes care of her children and herself, too.

Genre: Fantasy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Arnoldby  Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2024
Standing in front of a mirror, a young boy tries to understand why his reflection is a dog.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Full Exposureby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 22 Oct 2025
A female artist asks a male photographer to pose nude for her project, which triggers other uptight challenges before he decides to pose.

Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Lunaby  Jackie Bateman
Date Posted: 04 Jun 2024
An imaginative little girl won’t speak, but she does have a plan, and in the course of a day shows her exhausted mum and neurotic friend what’s important in the world: simple living, being themselves, and chocolate.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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This Dedicated Physicianby  Michael Volpe
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2025
After overcoming a painful miscarriage and divorce from her unfaithful lawyer wife, Neonatal Doctor Lee Lopez fights an uphill battle to stop her inner-city hospital from being closed by a greedy Board of Directors headed by her ex-wife’s lover.

Genre: Drama
44 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Injured Partyby  Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2025
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
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Elvis Hasn't Left the Buildingby  Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2025
The excitement and anticipation of getting a brief glimpse of the King of Rock' n’ Roll is seemingly dashed. However, as one door shuts, the stage door opens and reveals the man himself, resplendent in a powder blue sequined jumpsuit – Elvis Presley.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Ghost Houseby  Kudzai Zigarwi
Date Posted: 23 Oct 2025
When two amateur ghost hunters vanish during their first investigation inside a notoriously haunted house, a fearless psychic must face a vengeful spirit and the horrors that lie within to bring them back—before the house claims more souls.

Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Swapby  Evgeny Kim
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2025
When a man agrees to lend his body for a day so his girlfriend can see her brother again, he discovers too late that the “brother” is an imposter and that his own compassion has cost him his life.

Genre: Sci-Fi
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Hospitalityby  John Porter
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
A bad guest makes a good host feel great about himself.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Deepstareby  Gerard Docherty
Date Posted: 22 May 2024
A short film exploring mental health from the main character's POV. Main character descends into a fantasy world. Explores his invented world. Kills someone at the end. Ends up in a police cell. Multiple scenes, multiple locations, all adaptable to whatever circumstances you find yourself in. Modest length, flexible set up, few locations, relatively easy to stage. 10-15 mins duration.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Rumble in the Jungleby  Robert Michael Benn
Date Posted: 30 Aug 2025
With 20 million watching, in 1974, Ali fights George Foreman in Zaire. He practices 'rope-a-dope' and wears foreman out. Later, Howard Cosell and Dick Cavett interview Ali. Finally, Ali lights the torch for 1996 Atlanta Olympics with Parkinson tremors.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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Playtime: Episode 1 Plasticby  DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2025
Eric discovers that everything in his life is made of plastic.

Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Salvationby  Anthony Toni
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2024
The World is on the verge of Nuclear War. This is the story of two men who will fight to the death for their way of life to endure.

Genre: Action/Adventure
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Burning Manby  Jack Halliday
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2025
A private detective investigates the murder of a teen as a friend of the grieving family, and becomes judge, jury and executioner in this noir, hardboiled short script. 1st place award-winner, Indie Gathering Film Festival.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Bathwaterby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 19 May 2025
Three friends enter a house, finding a golden crown in dirty bathwater, they all want it, but inside the bath a terrible creature lives.

Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Love & Laughterby  Deogratias Nyakiki
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2025
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
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Boisterousby  Subhashree Srinivasan
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2024
Four drunk men argue over corpses they find in a pub, all mysteriously missing their shadows.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Trifling Heiferby  Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2024
When a dangerous woman sets her sights on her best friend’s NFL star husband, she’ll stop at nothing to steal him, even if it means destroying his career and marriage in the process.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Our Lives Are Goodby  John Porter
Date Posted: 05 May 2025
A medieval romance in which the father of three sons and the father of a daughter arrange for the sons to compete for the daughter’s hand in marriage.

Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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The Greatest Fight of All Timeby  Robert Michael Benn
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2025
4-belt heavy weight champ Oleander Uysk fights Chuck Norris, the Rock and Bruce Lee in a wild fantasy 15-rounder.

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