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Postmanby Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2024
Victim of a murder, a postman is brought back to life by a cursed Indian Talisman who gives him the power to fight criminals.
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Bridgeby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
Two agents travel back in time to alter history, but their mission misfires, unleashing unintended consequences they can’t undo.
Genre: Sci-Fi
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Abel's Promiseby Anthony Crossen
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2023
When a cop learns of his wife's affair with someone close to the family, his only choice to protect his family is outside the law.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Davids and Goliathsby Spartak Proda
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2024
Imagine for one second that tomorrow you wake up 50% heavier. Earth has changed its gravity, and you and I are facing the fate of the dinosaurs. Governments are aware and have created a survival plan for the species with the "Davids and Goliaths" project. An assassin uncovers everything. Secret biogenetic experiments. The Goliaths and the Davids, are at war. The introduction of heavy metals into Earth’s core is bringing forth a new order.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
I am Godby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 29 Feb 2024
Believing the bible is based about him because of what happened as a child, Brendan goes on a bloody murder spree.
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Diane From Kernvilleby S.E. King
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2023
A small-town elderly woman finds confidence in using her voice on the internet by leaving product reviews and commenting on her neighborhood Facebook page in an attempt to give herself a sense of power in an ever-changing world that's forgotten her.
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Beauty Beholdby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2024
A beautiful young woman changes her focus from outer to inner beauty after a natural disaster accident.
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Zaryaby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2024
Two fishermen visit a secluded lake where they hope to catch the big one. Instead, they encounter a mysterious lake creature known as Zarya. (1 location, 3 actors. Top 20 Horror Short on Coverfly's The Red List. Finalist, Atlanta Film Festival & Nashville Film Festival screenwriting competitions.)
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Blind, Twenty-Twenty Visionby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2024
A decorated officer is under investigation for his brutal crimes, he believes he should receive an award for.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Days of Gloryby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025
A sidewalk shoeshine man touches the life of a hopeless customer. (1 location, 2 actors.)
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Early Bird Catches the Planeby Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2023
An excruciatingly long and dull wait for a flight is suddenly made far more interesting when a long-suffering wife notices an old flame - an old flame she discovers is holidaying at the same hotel she and her husband are staying in.
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Monk in Holywoodby Hiabu Hassebu
Date Posted: 04 May 2025
A Monk Immigrates to USA to cast down the Hollywood demons.
Genre: Drama
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Doomsday for Dentonby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
A wannabe street fighter tries to boost his rep by going up against a legendary brawler from the past.
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
SATNAVby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
A woman's infidelity takes her on an unexpected journey when her scorned husband hacks her car's navigation system.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Night of the Pumpkinsby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 14 Jun 2024
Halloween comes only once a year, but not everyone is happy about this. In fact, several pumpkins are mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore. (Horror/comedy)
Genre: Animation
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Backflipby Jessica Taylor
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2024
When The World’s Fair comes to town, a gymnast in a side show act must keep her wits about her to escape from H.H. Holmes or else perish in his murder castle alone and afraid.
Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hell: A Rescue Missionby Patrice Sarath
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2024
When Trudi's best friend Jenna is on her deathbed, she tells Trudi she's afraid of dying and going to hell. After her death, Trudi gets some disturbing signals that Jenna is right. With the help of a mysterious nurse, Trudi follows her to hell, and discovers that love has its limits.
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Very Different Thanksgivingby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2024
On Thanksgiving night, a driver offers a ride to a blind stranger, but the holiday's spirit of hospitality unravels into an uncomfortable confrontation with buried prejudices and truths.
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
College Memoriesby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2024
Phil, a high school principal with a reputation to uphold, is thrust into a perilous game of cat-and-mouse when his former college roommate, now a desperate junkie, demands $50,000 to keep silent about Phil’s scandalous secrets.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Trouble with Bermudaby PAUL BYRNE
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2024
Vacationing in Bermuda, an American woman is seduced by a dashing, dry-witted con artist who takes her on a run-for-your-life swindle of a narco-paramilitary general.
Genre: Comedy
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Pity the Poor Cowboyby John Porter
Date Posted: 06 May 2025
A Western musical in which two cowboys mourn the passing of one of their own.
Genre: Musical
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Musical
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Would-Be's Are on the Anvilby John Porter
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
A young woman from India and a young man of Indian extraction from America don't want to go along with the marriage their parents have arranged for them--until they meet and fall in love. Then their parents fight and call off the wedding.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Vincibleby Kat Rollinson
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2023
A conflicted victim of image-based sexual abuse must examine her morals when a vigilante fights fire with fire.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Brain Foodby John Alexander Fraser
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2025
A psychiatric patient in a counselling session must come to terms with a trauma that they must overcome to lead a normal life.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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
Genre: Fantasy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Subject Strictly Off-Limitsby Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2023
An argument surrounding the TV show Strictly Come Dancing threatens a couple's marriage until an agreement is reached never to discuss the show again. However, the ceasefire only lasts until the discussion of what takeaway to order begins.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cimpleby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2024
Darryl and his right hand man Ryan's lavish lifestyle from drug dealing comes apart when Darryl’s girlfriend Sharice unveils something sinister neither one of them saw coming.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Preyby John Porter
Date Posted: 07 May 2025
Two promiscuous businessmen plan to pick up a beautiful young woman--who plans to pick them up.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
FIONAby Madiha Masood
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2023
In Eldoria, a mansion holds Fiona's mischievous spirit, enlivening it with spectral laughter for half a century. Basim, an ambitious entrepreneur, dreams of transforming it into a haven. Unaware of the impending love story, his venture intertwines the realms of the living and departed. Brace for humor, romance, and the supernatural in "Fiona's Haven," where love transcends all boundaries, even those of the afterlife.
Genre: Fantasy
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Wicked Girlfriendby Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2023
When a vivacious teenage girl is dumped on prom night by her notable, good-looking boyfriend, she plots how to strike back with the ultimate revenge, but gets a rude awakening when the tables turn.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Rage Of The Butcherby Kline Fishborn
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2024
During a bank robbery bandits kill Eliza, a bank employee, while her husband a killer with the nickname "Butcher" executes an order to kill a corrupt politician. After returning he learns about the death of his wife, who did not know anything about his work. Now his task is to find and deal with all cruelty.
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Home-Cookedby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2025
A pretentious food critic, skeptical of anything homemade, is reluctantly sent to interview a 90-year-old pie-making legend—only to have his icy demeanor crumble when one bite of her pie shatters his expectations and changes his life.
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pizza Killerby Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2024
A pizza delivery that leads to a massacre.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bamstick King of the Fairiesby Alan Riley
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2024
When Bamstick, a curious young wizard with a glowing staff, learns he's the heir to the fairy kingdom, he embarks on a quest with his mischievous fairy creator, Dody. Together, they navigate the magical realms, facing challenges and unlocking ancient powers to restore balance and harmony. As Bamstick discovers his true destiny, he and Dody must overcome trials, forge alliances, and confront a looming darkness threatening the very essence of the enchanted forest.
Genre: Fantasy
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Brush Stroke Loveby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 25 Jan 2024
Needing to find a girlfriend, Ian goes out to find one but instead falls in love with a magical painted portrait of a girl from the 1800’s.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Last Picnicby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
Four hipsters pack their lunch and excitedly head into the woods for their first ever wilderness picnic. Unfortunately, it all goes very, very wrong. (Dark comedy/horror/satire. 1 location, 4 actors.)
Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Making Wavesby Drew Larimore
Date Posted: 26 Jan 2025
An questioning isolated young man in rural Maine pursues a summertime tryst with a local merman.
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Swoliosisby Jim Kowalski
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2024
A gym attendant hosts an underground fitness competition to avoid losing his bankrupt gym and his crush.
Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Cherry Street Hauntingby DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 28 May 2025
June and her sister, Delilah, recount the story of the haunting they encountered on Cherry Street.
Genre: Horror
37 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
37 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles