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First Dateby  Alan Barkley
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2025
A widow and a widower meet for the first time in a public park. They must first navigate the choppy waters of compatibility to see if there is a connection". Exterior location. Two characters.

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Murder Inkby  Edward Chapman
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2024
After witnessing her tattooist father murdered, his orphaned daughter uses his dying gift to payback his killers in a uniquely creative way.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Reality Checkby  Ed Tasca
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2025
Guy painfully caught between the "love of his life" sending him a final goodbye via live video and his commitment to meet with his new "rebound girlfriend," whom he's committed to a serious relationship and their first evening of love, and is waiting for him at her flat.Their scene of love-making ends shockingly with "rebound girlfriend" raging at him for using her. The result is a twist, a deadly tragedy twist.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The End Was Funby  Alexaner Meriakri
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2024
A hibernating hypochondriac wakes in a post-apocalypse frenzy, where absurd adventures teach him courage and camaraderie.

Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Black Boxby  William Walkerley
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2025
Tien shows up a Darius’ apartment with a small mysterious black box that will change their lives before the night is over.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Phantom’s Revengeby  John Witcher
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2024
After unearthing an ancient artifact, four female students inherit superpowers and embark on the journey of a lifetime. (Female Driven Screenplay)

Genre: Animation
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Phonesby  Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2024
The impact of phones in the life of couples.

Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Marlene's Last Sederby  Ron Brawer
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2024
When a middle-aged widow decides to honor her late husband’s death -- a year ago on Passover -- by hosting her first seder, a Wisconsin late-winter blizzard, a drunken boyfriend, and an estranged mother-in-law almost turn the event into a disaster.

Genre: Family
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Tourists in a Foreign Filmby  Kimberly Ann Laux
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2024
Two tourists, Honey and Sweetheart, are on their way to Hollywood to bask in the glow of Tinsel Town when they take a wrong turn at the corner of Despair and Desperation. Will they decipher the motifs in a strange black and white world with subtitles before it's too late?

Genre: Comedy
12 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
Just Take a Breathby  Roberta M Roy
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2024
New to the newsroom a happily married young woman, struggles to avoid risking her marriage when she experiences an unexpectedly strong attraction to a just met co-worker with whom she will be working regularly. * 2023: Semi Finalist: Dallas Shorts; Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival; Sydney Indie Shorts Festival; Dallas Movie Awards Festival*

Genre: Romance
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Pain & Sympathyby  Dale Easterling
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2024
A dysfunctional married couple seeks therapy, where the psychiatrist hypnotizes them into feeling each other's pleasure and pain - literally.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Ringby  Daniel Yanev
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2024
A man has seemingly lost everything, including his will to live.

Genre: Drama
2 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
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
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
The Indian Summer of Dry Valley Johnsonby  John Porter
Date Posted: 07 May 2025
A western romance based on O. Henry’s short story (first published in 1881, now in the public domain) about a grizzled middle-aged shepherd who falls in love with a beautiful young Mexican girl.

Genre: Western
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
My Weekendby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
Spending the weekend creating a suicide vest for his young daughter, a disillusioned father has a terrible plan for her.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Goodnight Sweet Miaby  Marina Loos
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2025
Paul, desperate to get his girlfriend back at all cost, realizes his fantasy of her is stronger than his reality.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Happy Lifeby  Brandi Self
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2025
A gay man begins to question his relationship with his husband after an especially trying visit with his homophobic father.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
13 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
Take A Step Backby  Edward Chapman
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2024
A late night act of kindness has shocking consequences. Based on a real event.

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Tommyby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2024
A young graffiti artist decides to tag a war memorial and finds his lack of respect has surprising consequences.

Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Padres e Hijosby  John Porter
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
A young Latino learns to thank his father for having loved him enough to stay alive.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Probeby  Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
An alien son asks his alien father why his people probe people with humorous and thought-provoking results.

Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Beachby  William Walkerley
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2025
In the near future, euthanasia is legal, and the elderly who continue to clog up the healthcare system are offered a cash incentive to end their lives; one senior takes the cash, has a sudden change of heart, but finds out that that is not an option.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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
State of the Universeby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2024
A chronic sleepwalker awakens in his pajamas deep in the woods. While trying to find his way home, he stumbles upon a secret "State of the Universe" picnic attended by Jesus, Satan, Mother Nature, the U.S. President, Santa Claus and an odd creature from Pluto. (1 location. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Bea Witchby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
A young girl, convinced her housekeeper is a witch, delves into a world where dreams and reality merge into dark magical revelations.

Genre: Fantasy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cheers To Temptationby  Maria
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2024
When a husband's solemn promise to abstain from alcohol clashes with his wife's celebratory mood at a bar, he must navigate a hilarious game of temptation and wit as he tries to conceal his relapse, only to find that his clever wife is one step ahead in this uproarious battle of wills. Low Budget, 1 interior location. Tiny Cast.

Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Make Haste Slowlyby  John Porter
Date Posted: 05 May 2025
Doc Holliday shares some wisdom with the outlaw Dave Rudabaugh--then meets Wyatt Earp.

Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Yoo-foesby  John Porter
Date Posted: 02 Apr 2025
A young journalist tries to discover whether UFOs and space aliens really do exist.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Faith: Brought To The Lightby  Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 07 Jun 2024
90% of story happens in a house with three principle characters. Inspired from true events. A mother who has lost her faith, rediscovers her purpose when she must help a troubled father with a dark secret.

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
An Act of Kindnessby  Georgette B. Skolnick
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2024
A student learns a lesson the hard way in this short feel-good story.

Genre: Family
32 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
Sunday Morning, 11 O'Clockby  Ree Howell
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2024
In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. came to Memphis to march with striking Sanitation Workers. The night before he was murdered, a young white girl marched in support of his coming and watched her only Black friend die at the hands of white protestors. When her friend's funeral was held, over a hundred white students, including those who had previously shunned her Black friend, attended.

Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Deadliest Jobby  Jed Power
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2025
A female courier delivering mob cash at a deserted train station is confronted by a stranger who demands half, but as motives unravel, the exchange becomes a deadly game of deception and survival.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Paradise Partyby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
With art, photography, fun, love, family, strangers, and fantasy, a man shares adventures before an unexpected life change.

Genre: Drama
13 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
The Pair of Brown Oxfords in the Middle Grey Boothby  Charles Webb
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2024
I hadn't really noticed it until I zipped up my pants.

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