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Working Manby  Dj Robbins
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2023
A writer trapped by the tyranny of his 9 to 5, frees himself using the power of artistic expression.

Genre: Artistic
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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2 Plates @ The Endby  S.C. Smith
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2024
At a Thai restaurant, two mourners—one a scarred woman, the other a man who can only communicate through writing—gather for a funeral unlike any other, reflecting on the life of an artist whose unfulfilled potential and tragic choices led them all to a brutal conclusion about life’s unrelenting cruelty.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Deputyby  Alan Barkley
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2025
His deputy shot, a lone frontier sheriff must use his wits and local know-how to subdue a dangerous thug. Single location.

Genre: Western
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Oscarby  Chris Fell
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2025
What appears to be a bank job, pulled by a mysterious couple, turns out to force a reckless politician into a life-changing and character-revealing decision.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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Trappedby  Adrian Milnes
Date Posted: 21 May 2024
Three armed robbers and their hostage take refuge in an abandoned house after a failed robbery, but they're not alone.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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You Deadass?by  Ricky Lamar Jackson
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2024
A family is in for a surprise when their loverboy family member brings a different type of meat to the cookout.

Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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The Antidoteby  Jon Hughes
Date Posted: 05 Aug 2024
A forlorn wife poisons her unfaithful husband only to discover he could inherit a fortune.

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Night Horrorby  Yura Shevchuk
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2024
Thalia has recently been receiving gifts from an unknown man, but the most frightening thing for her are the calls to the phone at night. On the second day, she calls the police, but they can't help her. A few days later, a man enters her home, but he already intends to brutality deal with her.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Ghomeedaby  Aya Mheidly
Date Posted: 18 Apr 2024
In their quest for safety as undocumented refugees, Wissam, Hadi, and Jamil find refuge in an apartment. Wissam uses the game of hide and seek to protect Hadi's innocence while teaching vital evasion skills. But when ICE agents intrude, their bond is tested. Despite the turmoil, they hold onto hope, showing the strength of the human spirit

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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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
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Where Toe Beginby  Clifford Shepherd
Date Posted: 20 Jun 2025
When a neurotic man wakes up to find his big toe missing—with no pain or explanation—he spirals into a surreal, comedic nightmare where his body vanishes piece by piece, and no one around him seems to notice or care. A darkly absurd satire on identity, sanity, and the disappearing sense of self.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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A Whiskey Glass . . .by  John Porter
Date Posted: 05 May 2025
A young cowboy learns an old lesson about love and liquor.

Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Mintby  Phoebe von Satis
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2024
Victoria is given a chance which the rest of us only dream of - to go back in time. But, despite her best intentions, the impact of her actions negatively affects herself and her loved ones.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Lucky Strikeby  Chris Fell
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
The most fortunate event will take down your relationship in an instant.

Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Mona Lisaby  Keith Moody
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2025
A museum maintenance worker risks everything by confronting the malevolent spirit residing within Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece, The Mona Lisa.

Genre: Horror
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Christmas from the Crapperby  Wendy Appelbaum
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2024
When IBS threatens to derail a Christmas-obsessed man’s quest to host his annual public access Holiday Show, he must fight against the “natural forces” to ensure that the show goes on.

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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See You In Courtby  Linda Gould
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2025
Miranda, a Homeland Security bureaucrat, is having a tryst with Pete, a handsome but crude major league ballplayer. One early morning encounter is interrupted by two policemen, who take Petie in for questioning about the apparent kidnapping of his teammate, Manny Chavez ... who is engaged to Miranda's sportswriter sister, Jessica. Manny was about to testify against several teammates in a steroids hearing.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Dog Yearsby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
The barrier guards at the Large Hadron Collider stumble upon a mysterious discovery that forces them to pause—and question everything they thought they knew, if only for a moment.

Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Sundays with Ethelby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
An elderly man and woman cross paths while visiting the graves of their departed spouses. Sparks don't exactly fly, but sometimes a simple connection is enough. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Cracked Shellsby  Mark Konik
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2024
Two lonely hearts meet via online dating. One dressed as a chicken, the other infatuated with someone else. Can Lance and Kristen find love with each other?

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Tide Flashby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2024
A man has writer’s block, a rip tide threatens his life, and then he discovers inspiration from a teen who shares a story.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Invisible Terrorby  Victor Titimas
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2025
When his wife's vengeful spirit makes his life a living hell, a murderer must find the courage to do the right thing: Pay for his deeds!

Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Accidents Happenby  Steven Blows
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2024
A man questions his responsibilities when he goes to the toilet and unexpectedly gives birth to an egg.

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Free Tomatoesby  JT
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2024
Sometimes free has a price.

Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Facing Northby  Mark Konik
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2025
Facing North is a contemplative road drama about estranged siblings Hayley and Ben, forced together on a journey to a funeral they’d rather avoid. As old wounds resurface and truths unravel, a flat tire and shared vulnerability steer them toward healing. Amidst tension and bittersweet humor, they rediscover connection.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Let's Keep Workingby  John Porter
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
A young man wants to develop a TV reality show, and a young woman suggests that he can do so by helping her with the household chores.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Fools and the Enchanted Lampby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2024
Three clueless friends unleash a mischievous genie from an ancient lamp, who grants them each a wish with hilarious and unexpected consequences.

Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Not the Brightest Guy in the Worldby  John Porter
Date Posted: 05 May 2025
A hard-working, middled-aged plumber admits that he's not the brightest guy in the world, then struggles to understand why his middle-aged lady is happy one minute, sad the next, and mad the next

Genre: Romantic Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Summer of Loveby  Robert Michael Benn
Date Posted: 25 May 2025
In 1970 San Francisco Hippies cavort, bombs drop on Hanoi, and a church is formed to beat draft. Be-ins, Trips Festival, Black Panthers, and SFPD appear. Protagonist holds church services and appears before the Draft Board for 4D Ministerial Deferment. He gets the deferment church and the San Francisco Art Colony burn to the ground.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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The Callby  William Walkerley
Date Posted: 30 May 2025
The accidental death of his girlfriend comes back to haunt Michael.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Sketchyby  Sebastian Ackland
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2025
A woman spends her Christmas Eve by mulling over her past sins, only to face them head-on in the form of a haunted Etch-A-Sketch.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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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
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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
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Sake Bombby  Will B. Blunt
Date Posted: 02 Mar 2024
Nipponophile Andy invites his girlfriend’s genteel parents to his favorite Japanese restaurant to ask the father for permission to marry his daughter; however, when a pubic hair is discovered in his girlfriend’s sake, he must prove to her father he is a man of honor — by finding the pubic hair’s owner and demanding he apologize for his lewd indiscretion, a task that quickly resembles a John Wick/James Bond movie.

Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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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
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Bus Stopby  Sarah Kennedy
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2024
A distracted mother experiences every parent’s worst nightmare when a heated cell phone conversation incites a chilling abduction. Single location, micro-budget. Award-winning, produced screenwriter.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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SEAL: Ghost Reconby  Gary J Rose
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2024
A cocky Navy SEAL accepts a dare to spend a night in a haunted house, only to confront terrors beyond his imagination, testing his courage and sanity to the breaking point.

Genre: Horror
38 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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I'll See You In My Screamsby  Al Marsiglia
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2024
A mass murderer is brought to justice after 20 years by an unlikely witness in an ending with a twist..

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Teddy Bearby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2025
When a mysterious new neighbor moves in under the cover of darkness, a suburban community's paranoia escalates—culminating in a tragic misunderstanding that blurs the line between protection and prejudice.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Cutby  John Porter
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
A dark comedy (unless you’re Bill, the protagonist, who would call it a horror film) that provides a warning to any man who even thinks about doing wrong to his woman.

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