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Day Careby Brandi Self
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2025
A cantankerous toddler learns about love, death, and loss when he visits day care for the first time.
Genre: Animation
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Witching Hourby Brendan Lee
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2024
Halloween night. Three friends attend head out in costume looking to get lucky. When one of them scores with a Sexy Vampire, the pleasure is too good to be true.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Forest Whispersby Steven Blows
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
A Granddaughter aids their Grandfather in listening to the hearts of trees in the hope of finding the final message from his passed wife, her Grandmother.
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Going Homeby Rhuben
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2024
After a 4 year sentence in jail, VINGO, an ex-convict, hopes to reunite with his family. Only hope and faith leads him through his journey, as he travels by bus through the towns to his home town, wife and kids.
Genre: Family
16 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
16 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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
Genre: Horror
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Just Before Midnightby John Layne
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2023
Emotionally ravaged by the tragic death of his wife, a bourbon-drinking private detective is summoned by his former police lieutenant after two homicide victims, both murdered in the same unusual manner, are found to be private investigators.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Urchinby Diana Kemp
Date Posted: 29 Dec 2023
A lonely veteran discovers the meaning of Christmas after encountering a mysterious little boy.
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Fable of Nathan Goochby Ronald Ecker
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2024
A nerdy college boy who can’t get a date tries using some animal courtship techniques, with surprising results.
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ 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
Late Night Stayby DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 14 Apr 2025
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
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
What Is In Front Of Youby Adrian Milnes
Date Posted: 21 May 2024
Two gangsters have a decision to make when they are ordered to guard a wounded boss who has a bounty on his head.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Shadow Among Usby Christine LARA
Date Posted: 03 May 2024
A gathering among friends turns into a nightmare when strange events begin to unfold in an isolated house deep in the forest. Trapped and confronted with their own secrets, they realize that one of them is not who they claim to be.
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Sprialby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2024
When a doctor sees his own daughter targeted by his billionaire boss, he's forced to question his life choices.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pillow Girlby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2024
As a little girl, Kayley never lost a pillow fight. Now an adult, she decides to use this talent to fight evil and impact the world. (Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Action/Adventure
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mr. Bowling Ballby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2025
When a young boy takes his father's advice to be bold with his comedy a bit too seriously, he ends up accidentally traumatizing his boss with a literal interpretation, turning a simple office skit into an unforgettable disaster
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sneaky linkzby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2023
Confined in a decrepit motel room, Tyrell and Mike discover they have more than one thing in common that can cost them their lives.
Genre: Drama
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dedicatedby Lisa Marie Brennan
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2024
Lucy arrives at a creepy old mansion for a dinner date with misfit Harold-a creepily pale young man with a rare breathing condition, who she plans to trick into marriage and swindle, only to get the tables turned on her by his even creepier family.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Gloss Overby Steven Blows
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2025
A patient grandmother takes her hobby of writing product reviews to new extremes by watching paint dry, but her family wants her to stop her compulsion and deal with her grief.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Last Christmasby Steven Pony Hill
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2024
Every child deserves to see Santa at least once... even if it means the end of the human race.
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Big Treeby Paolo Galli
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025
On a scorching summer afternoon, a homeless man finds shelter beneath a great tree and comfort in an old photograph.
With a simple yet profound gesture — writing poems in exchange for coins — he sows beauty in the silence of the city.
Years later, on his wedding day, a man discovers that a small note he received as a child shaped his destiny.
A tale about the power of quiet gestures and invisible legacies.
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
I Told You Soby S.C. Smith
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2024
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
Genre: Drama
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Pigeon Academyby Daniel J. Broderick
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2025
Ever seen a baby pigeon? Probably not, because they are all learning their trade at the world renowned Pigeon Academy in Los Angeles, with classes in pidgin English, statue "painting," mastering the proper head bob.
Genre: Animation
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Experimentby Carl
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2024
In 'The Experiment,' a modern reimagining of the classic Frankenstein tale, a Scientist will do anything to save his dying daughter, even if there are consequences.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Hunt Beginsby Yura Shevchuk
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2024
Melania the Olympic archery champion, while hiking in the mountains with her friends and sister, stumble upon two men who kill her girlfriends and kidnap her younger sister and disappear in an unknown direction. Although she is wounded, she starts hunting them to save her sister and do justice.
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Blessedby Warren Lane
Date Posted: 25 Oct 2024
This blood-soaked satirical commercial pushes the new Christian spirit board, which not only boasts direct communication with God Almighty, but also spells out who must be sacrificed in order for its user to become blessed.
Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Life Vanishingby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 27 May 2025
When two desperate parents pin their hopes of a cure for their only child on a six year old boy, there's nothing that will stop them, expect of course that little boys own parents.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Crunch Timeby Ron Brawer
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2025
When two octogenarian corporate honchos discover a 13-billion-dollar shortfall mere hours before the company’s annual Board meeting, the two Old Guys (or Women) must thrust aside their aluminum walkers and mutual hostility, and LEAP into action.
Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fireflies or C.S.H.C.?by Martin Richmond
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2025
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
Genre: Sci-Fi
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ghoul Partyby Edward Chapman
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2024
When his ultra-strict parents' home is invaded by so-called admirers a shy class genius summons a supernatural troupe of deadly bouncers to show the gate-crashers the fatal way home….
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Brown Bottle Fluby Brandi Self
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2025
A frustrated writer struggles to work while being belittled by a belligerent drunk woman who wants to relive the past.
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Coyote Medicineby Christopher Shotwell
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2024
When Coyote unleashes the spirit world onto his bizarre contestant show, his phantasmic antics may cost him his friendships, girlfriend, and even the show before he can prove he’s no fool but a clever-hearted trickster
Genre: Animation
35 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
35 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Nature Freaksby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2024
When Mother Nature becomes sick due to pollution, she summons a tornado and commands it to deliver five nature-loving helpers: a meerkat, cactus, rock, dragonfly, and a boy named Bucky. (Award-winning screenwriter; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Stayby Shane Nolan
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2024
Distraught teacher, Ryan, looks for work after moving away from an area rife with gun violence. Having lost so many students to murder, prison, drivebys, etc., Ryan and his girlfriend just want peace. Though, one day, he finds himself trapped in his own home. Breaking doors and windows does not work as if the home is bewitched. He struggles endlessly to find his way out.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
24 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
24 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Bookby Terrika Bell
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2024
In her quest to uphold her family's noble legacy, a young woman discovers an ancient heirloom that has safeguarded their stature for generations. As she delves deeper into its power, she grapples with the seductive allure of wealth and influence. However, she soon realizes that her greed threatens not only her family's heritage but also her own survival, forcing her to confront the perilous consequences of her desires.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
43 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
43 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Antwan, The Christmas Strangerby Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2024
Inspired from true events. The destiny of a little boy, victim of abuse, changes when he unexpectedly meets a good-hearted woman on the day before Christmas.
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Family Timeby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2025
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
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Close Enoughby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
The boundaries of the long term platonic friendship between a straight man and a gay man, are challenged as they deal with other life issues.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Kid From Tomorrowby Charles Webb
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2024
Why would a 10-year-old girl stalk a nice guy like Harold and try to ruin his life?
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Abby’s Cursed Paintingsby Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2025
In the wake of her parents' violent murder, an eight-year-old girl communicates only through her macabre, otherworldly art- a cryptic language that captivates an unsuspecting audience while hiding secrets that could either save her or doom them all.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Hogwash and Tommyrotby STEVEN BLOWS
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2025
When household rubbish begins to fall from the sky and into their garden, an environmentally conscientious homeowner must deal with the consequences of this mysterious phenomenon.
Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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