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Tangled Rootsby  Deogratias Nyakiki
In a quaint town, Mia, a botanist grappling with her family's hidden history, partners with Ethan, a free-spirited artist, to restore a neglected community garden. As they navigate their growing bond and unearth long-buried secrets, Mia's quest for identity forces her to confront her fears and embrace vulnerability. Their distinct personalitiesher analytical precision clashing with his creative chaosforge a connection that leads to both personal growth and the revitalization of their community, all against a backdrop of both h

Genre: Drama
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
W.I.N.N.E.R Spells Loserby  Elliot Stanton
The prize for winning is the realisation of what losing is all about. Two elderly care home residents play Scrabble, but the value of their words doesn't just score points on the board.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Terror ensues, when a guy hooks up with an online date who is already dead... Or is she?

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
There's Something Behind Door #1by  Andrew Tarquinio
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
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
Next Seatby  Steven Burton
A man sits alone in an empty movie theater waiting for a film to begin, and then a woman stranger sits in the seat next to him. They have a dramatic confrontation while the screening is delayed.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Slow Burnby  S.C. Smith
A man reflects on his slow-burning relationship with a former neighbor turned best friend, as they navigate the fading romance, shared history, and quiet realization that it's time to move on from each other, despite their deep emotional bond.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A programmer's digital world turns sentient and steals his consciousnessforcing him to battle his own creation before the simulation takes his place.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Family Traditionby  Kris Shuman
A guilty man's diner confession risks exposing a legacy of violence and resurrecting the killer they thought was buried for good.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Junkie's Flawby  Jeffrey Stackhouse
An arrogant heiress's hellish bargain with a demon gives her everything she wants... and takes it all away. -- WINNER Best Short Screenplay

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Anonymous Heroby  Jose Luis Azcarreta
"Anonymous hero" is a 4-page short script with no dialogue in which a nobody is the laughing stock of his office mates despite saving humanity from an alien attack.

Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Animal Loveby  Steven Blows
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
Have a Hella Christmasby  Lawrence Riggins
Lucifer crashes the announcer's booth at a Christmas Parade insisting that HIS float from the Netherworld partake in the festivities -- and win a trophy, or else...! Irreverent, wacky, obscene. Three performers.

Genre: Comedy
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lucky Strikeby  Chris Fell
The most fortunate event will take down your relationship in an instant.

Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Missionby  S. Lane Porter
A robotics engineer makes a bold decision to create a disabled android only to find out she wants nothing to do with his mission. -Originally written for the Easter Seals Disability Film Challenge AKA EDFC, it was changed out for another story. One free update to match your available locations because it's open to interpretation/update due to rules set by the film challenge.

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A stalker is following unaware couple.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
An insecure Rose finds an unexpected friendship with a short-winged Bumblebee and unites against their bullying foes.

Genre: Animation
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dr. Coup De Graceby  Sherrie Presson
A disgruntled husband tricks a mercy killer into killing his wife, who is recovering from plastic surgery. Produced screenwriter: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt4977524/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_wr

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Golden Scepterby  Bobby Banuelos
With the help of his cynical talking cat, a young man must embark on an adventure to retrieve a valuable family heirloom before the evil force that possesses it destroys the world.

Genre: Animation
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Table. Darkness. Click!

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Soldier's Bravadoby  Jonathan Fear
In a bar in ancient Britannia a battle-worn deputy centurion's dark memories clash with youthful bravado of untested soldiers.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
After losing her job as a software programmer, a middle-aged woman reinvents herself as a Customs Broker in Miami, navigating the challenges of a new career while facing financial pressures.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
In 1977, a young man receives a camera that takes disturbing pictures. (1 location, 1 actor. Produced writer, see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Heartwarming Horrorby  Jennifer Milne
A couple on a first date realize the premise of a heartwarming romance could just as easily be a horrifying horror movie, and get a little of both when they go back to her place.

Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Out Of The Rainby  Adrian Milnes
A man takes pity on a woman and her baby sheltering from the rain, but lives to regret it.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Aisle Browsingby  Steven Blows
A run-down man with an active imagination blames his wife for all the wrongs in his life so he searches the aisles of a hardware store in search for the perfect murderous tool.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Anne's Forever Christmas Treeby  Andrew Bowen, APR
Struck by a soft blue bolt of lightning that gives her mysterious powers, a fir tree that becomes a beloved Christmas tree teams up with the family's Irish Setter to work wonders in the house that leave the baffled family members joyously scratching their heads in gratitude. And when Christmas is over, the magic really happens!

Genre: Family
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
An impoverished, mall Santa is forced into reconciliation with his mother by his rough around the edges mama's boy older brother

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mother's Gavelby  Jesus Gonzalez
A grieving mother, consumed by revenge after her son's rape, teams up with her sister to enact a brutal plan that unravels in devastating ways.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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
Parkin' 'ellby  Elliot Stanton
A rainy afternoon and a full hospital car park push a family into escalating conflict, culminating in the discovery that their struggle was entirely avoidable.

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
After surviving a life-altering heart attack and reinventing himself as an expat writer in Bangkok, a jaded retiree must embrace an unexpected romance with a young Korean caregiver haunted by her mother's recent death, or risk dying alone without discovering true intimacy amid his terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis.

Genre: Romance
23 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
John owns a business repairing electrical appliances. What his assistant, Will, does not know is that the store is going bankrupt. What John does not know is that Will has a way of saving it. But which option is the best?

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Family Timeby  Jason K. Allen
A family of four enjoys a quiet dinner around the table. But mom seems different tonight... (1 location, 4 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Love Sex Shoesby  Ron Brawer
When an aging Casanova hooks up with a young Louboutins-loving lawyer, past follies surface -- with Fellini-esque consequences.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Madame Presidentby  Mich
Susie Q. pounds on 'Heaven's Door' demanding to talk to 'The Man' about her becoming the First Woman President of the U.S. Secretly, she wants his blessing.

Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Between Detroit and Toledoby  Sonny James Traylor
At a greasy spoon somewhere between Detroit and Toledo, a heartbroken woman slips into a parallel world where she's on the run with half a million dollars' worth of stolen drugs and a loaded .38 special.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Seven Minutesby  Robert Drusetta
A trilogy of stories exploring the seven minutes after death where the brain doesn't realize the body is dead.

Genre: Horror
23 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Missing Girlsby  Yura Shevchuk
Arriving in a small town, two girls fall into sexual slavery with the local sheriff and his assistant.

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