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Screens of the Damnedby Anton Ballard
The Screens Of The Damned follows Angelica, a mortuary attendant and aspiring screenwriter working the night shift. Her solitude is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious John Doea deceased film producerwho critiques her work and begins a strange, possibly supernatural collaboration with her. As the script progresses, John Doe's involvement appears to influence real-world outcomes, culminating in Angelica's screenplay being greenlit, though his presence remains ambiguous.
Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Slice of Romanceby Jack Sherry
In order for a bride-to-be to drastically lower the budget for her wedding, she turns to her creative marketing boss who does not believe in marriage.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Don't Mess With Babyby Larry E Coleman
A hitman tracks down the runaway degenerate who got his family member pregnant and can't pull the trigger when he finds out who it is.
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sheby Lamar D. Vine
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
Genre: Romance
23 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Happy Lifeby Brandi Self
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
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Strings Attachedby Dennis Manning
When a washed-up musician returns to his sacred studio to write one last song, the guitars he abandoned come alive, forcing him to face the haunting truth about the silence he choseand the music that never died.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A volatile alcoholic father gets his just desserts after abusing his teenage son for the last time.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Candy, Girl Reporterby Linda Gould
Candy, a young journalist, is interviewed on a talk show to promote a book she wrote about a campus rock band. She'd fallen in love with the lead guitarist, Preston, but suffered heartbreak when her flaky roommate, Josephine, lured him away. She has taken revenge by implicating Josephine in a campus bombing and exposing her and Preston as liars.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A Whiskey Glass . . .by John Porter
A young cowboy learns an old lesson about love and liquor.
Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Frank Sinatra's Hatby John McWilliams
A war-wounded janitor finds Frank Sinatra's favorite fedora and must decide whether to return it or use it to pay off a bookie threatening his life.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Openingby Jon McDonald
At an erotic art opening, the patrons react, amusingly, to the sexy art. The Ice Queen gallery owner, Laura, ignored by her flirting husband, is approached by one of her young and sexy artists. He offers her the gift of exotic perfume, making clear he is seeking more. She evades him, but the perfume and the art open her up to new possibilities.
Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
What Day Is It?by Bill Rutkoski
A struggling actor wakes up each day to find the calendar reshuffledMondays vanish, Fridays repeat, and Saturdays won't let go. But when he witnesses the same murder three times in one looping Saturday, he must stop the crime before time skips away for good.
Genre: Other
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Royally Never Afterby Lexie Sullivan
When a studious Chicago teen loses her only parent, she's unexpectedly invited to a prestigious royal academy in Englandonly to discover secrets about her true identity, a brewing conspiracy within the school's walls, and a destiny that might just change her life forever.
Genre: Fantasy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Haunted Pizzaby Doug J Robbins
Ginger orders a pizza, and all Hell breaks loose. She winds up getting possessed.
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Yoo-foesby John Porter
A young journalist tries to discover whether UFOs and space aliens really do exist.
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Hard Topby Barry Staff
Wanting more meaningful lives, a hitman and hitwoman need to find a way to get out of their auto-locked car for starters.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 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
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
I Like Wearing Blueby Alicia Renee Norman
In a future where conformity is survival, a defiant girl dared to stand up and stand out--even if it cost her the ultimate price.
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Mooseby Edward Lawrence Betz Jr.
Inside a playwright's frantic mind, a struggling writer named Ralph battles a high-strung, wedding-dress-clad Muse for control over his latest script. While Ralph fixates on a bizarre family heirlooma trophy cast of Jimi Hendrix's anatomythe Muse despairs over his lack of sophistication. As their dialogue descends into a hilarious, meta-fictional tug-of-war, the play explores the messy, often "veal-like" vehicle of inspiration and the absurdity of the creative process.
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Human Experienceby Judah Ray
A grieving father struggles to guide his reluctant son through a funeral as they confront their fears, grapple with their complicated family dynamics, and discover the power of love and imagination in the face of loss.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Take My Handby Jay Hodgkins
A serial killer seeks a cure for loneliness when he develops a special relationship with the severed hand of one of his victims, only to discover it points him in the direction of true love.
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Home Aloneby Alan Barkley
When a car salesman builds a new house to lure his wayward spouse back home, many of his colleagues doubt if it's enough.
Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
20 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
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Yoo-foesby John Porter
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
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Return of Hopeby Ershov Konstantin
Three characters "don't see, don't hear, don't speak" receive a mysterious box that could change their lives.
Genre: Fantasy
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
We Won't Actby Hiabu Hassebu
On a stage actors refuse not to act behind the curtain. Unexpectedly, an unexperienced man from the audience saves the day.
Genre: Fantasy
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Late Night Stayby DJ Robbins
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
Cross Wiresby Gregory Stallworth
Cross Wires is a suspenseful story of corporate executive who receives voice messages on his office phone of an international drug trafficking operation within the corporation where he is employed. Faced with a decision of staying silent to what he knows or becoming a Corporate Whistleblower and not only risk his career, however his life.
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Storytellerby DJ Robbins
A storyteller pays for his hotel room with three supernatural storiestwo supernatural horror stories about love, lust, and violence, and one supernatural love story.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hard Hatsby Tina Field Howe
A hunky, bold construction worker makes a bet with the guys that he can pull off a romantic interlude with his gorgeous but strictly hands-off boss-lady.
Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Bloody Mouseby Sergey Dobrine
During the family vacation in the mountains an IT specialist got into financial trouble and started delivering pizza to be able to return home. Bigfoot was on the list.
Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
To the Moonby Michael Dukakis
A feminine young boy from a troubled family tries to escape his father's escalating abuse by fulfilling three magical tasks in his grandmother's fairy tale.
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Return to Nam, Behind Memoriesby Muresan Marta
Decades after the Vietnam War, a former idealist named Lee returns to the country where he lost his innocenceuncovering ghosts of the past, confronting guilt and trauma, and searching for reconciliation in a journey that bridges generations.
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
38 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
38 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Aunt Lillian's Lipby John W Welch
What happens when what we thought were true turns out to be an incorrect memory.
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
New Flamesby Chelita Hagan
A meek young woman sets out to start a new after being thrown out.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Feeding Frenzyby Philip Marraccini
After murdering his wife Sally, Richard is forced to kill again in attempt to collect on her life insurance policy. As the investigation closes in on Richard, see if he escapes with the money thus committing the perfect crime. (A murder mystery with a comic twist)
Genre: Other
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Shadows Among Usby Christine Lara
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
Disc Golf Warriorsby Curtis D. Engle
Cast aside by society and united only by disc golf, a group of retirees is shaken awake when terrorists disrupt their weekly ritual. Over the course of a single afternoon, an evangelist's unyielding faith forces each of them to confront past failures, present fear, and whether redemption comes from restraintor decisive violence.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
31 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
31 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Report Just In...by Elliot Stanton
A schoolboy's ill-thought-out plan backfires when his mother uncovers his subterfuge when his school report is received by post. However, his fears of a damning report appear unfounded - for a time, anyway.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Brotherley Hateby Elliot Stanton
Timing Is Everything... Or Nothing. The responsible brother sees his younger, carefree sibling as a threat to him taking over the family business until fate steps in and changes the future for everyone.
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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