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The Detective and the Priestby  Jan Clinton Chilson
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The Lead Detective of a police department, at the directions of the Chief, is assigned a priest, in assist in successfully solving crimes.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
43 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Breaks That Mendby  Lily Sanders
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When a lover's breakup triggers deep introspection and reflection.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Widow's Oilby  Barbara Blomquist
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Widows, young and old, gather for a potluck and healing, aided by a mysterious bottle of olive oil.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Rubic's Kubeby  Bernard Mersier
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Driven to the edge by his ideological abuse, a woman delivers the ultimate, dehumanizing punishment to the man who thought it was justifiable.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
W.I.N.N.E.R Spells Loserby  Elliot Stanton
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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
Attack of the Church Furnitureby  David McPete
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A youth group's overnight at a church becomes deadly when murderous church furniture comes to life.

Genre: Comedy
35 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Finding a Desert Duchessby  Richard Campbell
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John stumbles upon an old man lying in the desert, hiding from hoodlums that want to steal his treasure. John promises he will contact the dying old man's lady boss and help her get the treasure, before the hoodlums do. The old man's boss just happens to be Anastasia, the Grand Duchess of Russia, living incognito since 1918.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
36 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Change of a Dressby  Elliot Stanton
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When two ladies fortuitously meet in a clothes shop fitting room, their taste in clothes is not the only thing they have in common. The discovery that they share something very personal becomes the catalyst for what may become a firm friendship.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Tangled Rootsby  Deogratias Nyakiki
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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
Free Tomatoesby  JT
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Sometimes free has a price.

Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Beautiful Suicideby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
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Obsession is a cute word in Mimi's eyes, until Ja'mere applies what the word really means.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mafia Prom Dateby  Michael Volpe
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A determined high schooler battles failing grades, skeptical parents, and the perils of Mafia connections to take the Don's daughter to his prom in 1970s New York City. He almost succeeds until his dream prom night ends when the FBI arrests his date and her family in dramatic raids regarding the Don's high-profile Emmy Awards jewelry heist.

Genre: Drama
39 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Reenactorby  Victor Bravo
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A Civil War researcher walking the Shiloh National Military Park encounters a wounded Confederate soldier in the throes of a battle fought one hundred and sixty years ago.

Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lathroby  Aliki Sakallerou-Kokkinou
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A refugee from Syria lands with his family on a Greek island but discovers he is unable to wholly protect his family from racists.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Terror Martby  John Alexander Fraser
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A young woman lost in the wrong part of town seeks help at a 7/11 Mart and must overcome evil to plot a way to safety.

Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Murder Inkby  Edward Chapman
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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
The Black Box of Antiquityby  Richard Campbell
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Richard visits an old man to evict him for back taxes. The old man invites Richard to place a historic relic inside his Black Box of Antiquity. Richard travels back in time to the exact moment that relic is being used by its historic owner. One trip back in time, the Pope arranges for Hitler and his wife to escape from Germany to Argentina.

Genre: Sci-Fi
35 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
No Nailsby  John Ravitz
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A grieving police detective who serves as a Eucharist Minister identifies a mob hitman while serving Holy Communion and must tread the line between the sacred and the need to stop a killer before he kills again.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
36 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Best of Timesby  Jim Norman
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Four Vietnam veterans in a retirement home play their own version of Blackjack until a strange, new, entertainment employee changes the rules of the game and one veteran's life.

Genre: Fantasy
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Kuzuri: Dark Avengerby  NG
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Story happens in Japan. When a young man with a superpower and a dark past struggles to keep the city safe and his family's company successful, a woman with a revenge plan comes to destroy everything, leading him to rethink his purposes and bring peace to the city and to himself.

Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Love to Goby  Bernhard Riedhammer
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A lonely retiree mourning his late wife tries to find new connections and turns to a dating website called "Love to Go".

Genre: Romance
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Leiheiby  Inky Egwuenu
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When the grandson of a ruthless assassin leader is killed in a U.S. raid, he invokes an ancient blood feud, targeting the President's family while evading a worldwide manhunt.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Love & Laughterby  Deogratias Nyakiki
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Four best friends explore the hilarity and absurdity of love in a series of three-minute vignettes, revealing that sometimes laughter is the best remedy for heartbreak.

Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Gatorsby  Linda Kampley
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An emotionally troubled woman becomes fascinated by 'gators.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Monk in Holywoodby  Hiabu Hassebu
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A Monk Immigrates to USA to cast down the Hollywood demons.

Genre: Drama
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Hellavisionby  Jason K. Allen
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On Halloween night, a young man decides to stay home and watch a horror movie on television. Unfortunately he chooses the wrong channel on the wrong night. (Mostly 1 actor, limited dialogue, inspired by 70's horror. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dog Yearsby  Anthony Cawood
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The barrier guards at the Large Hadron Collider stumble upon a mysterious discovery that forces them to pauseand question everything they thought they knew, if only for a moment.

Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
I Told You Soby  S.C. Smith
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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
The Usualby  Sarah Kennedy
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A woman and her Korean church rescue a failing coffee shop owner who honors his dead mother by continuing her tradition of ruining coffee with a special ingredient. Award-winning produced screenwriter.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mirror Manby  STEVEN BLOWS
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A man made from mirrors struggles to make a true human connection and find someone who sees past their own reflection in him.

Genre: Romance
9 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Moonlight and Rosesby  Jack Halliday
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A screenwriter finds more than he bargained for during a late-night stroll with an actress, in this noir, short script. Award-winner, Indie Gathering Film Festival.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Brown Bottle Fluby  Brandi Self
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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
Crossroadsby  Anthony Cawood
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A teenage girl makes a deal with the Devil to beat her friend at Pokemon Go, only to capture him in a Poke Ball and unleash chaos.

Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Stairwaysby  Dewayne C Bricker
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When luminous stairways rise worldwide, a grieving scientist descends into one to rescue the lost and discovers the only way to save humanity is to embrace imperfection.

Genre: Sci-Fi
41 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Beachby  William Walkerley
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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
A Classic Western Love Storyby  John Porter
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A western comedy in which two young men compete for the favor of a lovely young woman.

Genre: Western
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Golden Scepterby  Bobby Banuelos
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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
Any Face Will Doby  Tim Bechen
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A man soon regrets his wife's New Year's Resolution.

Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Teddy Bearby  Anthony Cawood
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When a mysterious new neighbor moves in under the cover of darkness, a suburban community's paranoia escalatesculminating in a tragic misunderstanding that blurs the line between protection and prejudice.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Let Us Preyby  James D. Tuverson III
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Three very different men confront themselves and each other during a grueling group-therapy session. One man, however, will discover his greatest struggle is within. If he loses the battle between his morals and urges, he may become the Devil himself. This short was a FINALIST at the 2025 HollyShorts Film Festival.

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