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Thirteen Coilsby  John Porter
Date Posted: 07 May 2025
A young outlaw prepares for his execution.

Genre: Western
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Davids and Goliathsby  Spartak Proda
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2024
Imagine for one second that tomorrow you wake up 50% heavier. Earth has changed its gravity, and you and I are facing the fate of the dinosaurs. Governments are aware and have created a survival plan for the species with the "Davids and Goliaths" project. An assassin uncovers everything. Secret biogenetic experiments. The Goliaths and the Davids, are at war. The introduction of heavy metals into Earth’s core is bringing forth a new order.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
SATNAVby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
A woman's infidelity takes her on an unexpected journey when her scorned husband hacks her car's navigation system.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Last Rendezvousby  Paul Byrne
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2024
A paralyzed teenager from the hood meets his rich girlfriend one last time to see if their love has survived his drug dealing days.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Over Darkby  Alicia Renee Norman
Date Posted: 16 May 2025
After a third of humanity dies, a billionaire tycoon flees a ravaged earth to isolated luxury aboard a self-sustaining capsule staffed only by synthetic companions. (Horror Tech)

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Beyond the Laws of Sin and Deathby  Robert Drusetta
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2025
A wanted serial killer of high-profile criminals sets out to complete one last major hit, the head of an international human trafficking ring.

Genre: Drama
27 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
I Won't Takeby  Hiabu Hassebu
Date Posted: 29 May 2025
Saba battles against herself, not to miss her childhood friend, who died of menengites.

Genre: Family
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Heartwarming Horrorby  Jennifer Milne
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025
A couple on a first date realize the premise of a heartwarming romance could just as easily be a horrifying horror movie, and get a little of both when they go back to her place.

Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Vulturesby  Keshia Thomas
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2025
A brilliant but unraveling scientist secretly tests a radical cure for Alzheimer’s on her own family — but as eerie, vulture-like entities begin to appear, feeding on memories like prey, she realizes the real threat might not be the disease… but what she’s unleashed trying to cure it.

Genre: Sci-Fi
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Invasion of Panamaby  Robert Michael Benn
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2025
In 1989, Noreiga seizes control of Panama. Protagonist (101st Airborne) Robert & President Bush take it back, install democratic Engara, and sip lemonade afterwards in Kentucky.

Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A Violent Natureby  Federica Lonardoni
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2025
After his father’s death, Jack finds himself into the woods forced to face the ghosts of his past and his relationship with his dad in order to understand his real nature and embrace his authentic self.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
BUS 37by  Jordan Baines
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2025
When their school bus is hijacked, three students must put their trust in a big brother and his dirt bike.

Genre: Action/Adventure
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Days of Gloryby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2025
A sidewalk shoeshine man touches the life of a hopeless customer. (1 location, 2 actors.)

Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Meby  John Armond
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2025
A burned-out young man sent to a retreat to "reset his mind" begins to unravel when fellow patients vanish, forcing him into a chilling confrontation with his own darker self.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Phoenix Dreamsby  Patricia Bruce
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2024
A gritty drama unfolds when betrayal and murder upend a beautiful, deranged woman.

Genre: Fantasy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Policeman No Leaves Tracesby  Jason Kirman
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2024
A policeman at night kidnaps and kills people who sell drugs and dissolves their bodies in an abandoned warehouse so as not to leave traces of his crime.

Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Shrouded by Shadowby  Hutira Gábor
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2025
Ryu Hayashi, a skilled ninja of the Shadow Syndicate, one day he is tasked with a mission to eliminate a thief, only to discover that the thief is just a poor man who stole vegetables to feed his starving family. Rejecting the mission, Ryu is marked as a rogue and must fight for his life against his former allies, facing the consequences of his decision.

Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Let Us Preyby  James D. Tuverson III
Date Posted: 18 Sep 2025
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
The Last Broadcastby  Noureddine Hifad
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2025
In a remote Antarctic research station, a lone radio host continues daily broadcasts after a global communications blackout — until strange voices begin hijacking her signal, hinting that something nonhuman has already arrived.

Genre: Horror
8 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
The 7th Soldierby  Evgeny Kim
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2025
After escaping a secret soldier program, a man wired with a deadly implant and his loyal dog must fight their way through gangs and assassins in order to finally disappear—and live free of pain.

Genre: Sci-Fi
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Burning Manby  Jack Halliday
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2025
A private detective investigates the murder of a teen as a friend of the grieving family, and becomes judge, jury and executioner in this noir, hardboiled short script. 1st place award-winner, Indie Gathering Film Festival.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Arnoldby  Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2024
Standing in front of a mirror, a young boy tries to understand why his reflection is a dog.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Love to Goby  Bernhard Riedhammer
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2024
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
Accountabilityby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 26 May 2024
Deciding to bury the hatchet, Rosa invites her mother over for dinner so she can explain why her father wasn’t in her life. The answers Rosa receives are nothing compared to the ones she gives Giselle, exposing the true reason why.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Comeuppanceby  Martin Train Bartlett
Date Posted: 25 Sep 2025
After committing a heinous crime, a violent man is cursed to relive the horrific moment through the eyes of the victim. It's Source Code meets Stephen King.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Toilet Whispererby  John Alexander Fraser
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025
An airport handyman is put in a position of unthinkable jeopardy as a blocked W.C. threatens, 'blowback'

Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Perfect Ringby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 10 Sep 2025
A man's perfect marriage proposal goes horribly wrong when his fiancèe discovers the engagement ring is still attached to his recently deceased grandmother.

Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Echoby  Amrita Baines
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2025
A lone hiker documenting her journey through a remote wilderness begins hearing an eerie echo leading her to a terrifying discovery about what’s following her. At first, the echoes of her voice bouncing off the cliffs seem natural—until they start repeating words she never said. As paranoia sets in, her recordings reveal an unsettling truth: something in the wilderness is listening… and answering back.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Glue Storyby  Ron Brawer
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2024
A secluded bench in an urban park. A chance meeting: two women with secrets. Who’s who? What’s true? And why the glue?

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Latin-American Victimby  Jason Kirman
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2024
The police find two young women of Hispanic appearance in different locations. Roberto, who is the former of the two victims, is suspected of their murders but he suddenly disappears.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
8 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
The Dawn of Arnieby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2025
An awkward, lonely neat freak decides to loosen up, get out of the house and go on a few dates. Unfortunately he has no luck with the ladies -- until he meets the Queen of the Untamed Forest. (Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Jack's Mom Autism Warrior Princessby  Lawrence Riggins
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2025
The humorous true story of a supermodel who leaves celebrity life to raise her autistic son. Trading designer gowns for parenthood-on-steroids, this Autimom uses love, determination, and comedy to treat her boy’s disorder while defending him from attacks by close-minded individuals. True beauty triumphs as her remarkable son overcomes his disability to thrive as a young man. Short, TV Series, Family Comedy, Female Lead. 27 Awards.

Genre: Family
27 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
I Heart Jodyby  Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2025
A serial killer gets distracted by his favorite sitcom when about to enter a potential victim's home.

Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Something Sinisterby  Dexter Williams
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2024
A young lady gets hypnotized by a mysterious gypsy woman in order to overcome her tremendous fear of snakes.

Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Necklaceby  DJ Robbins
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2025
A woman is gifted a strange necklace and meets its former owner.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Developingby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2025
After a man develops several old 35mm. rolls of film, he discovers links to the past, present, and future.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Leaving Nowhereby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2024
Excited by life's possibilities, a young baseball named Johnny is batted into the woods and never found. He awakens in a strange land called Nowhere, where all lost and forgotten items end up. But he vows to escape and prove that he and his forgotten friends have plenty of life left in them.

Genre: Animation
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cute Robberby  Grag Raymond
Date Posted: 04 Jul 2024
Nick works as a security guard in a jewelry store during his break he is relaxing in a local cafe when a pretty girl approaches him to get to know him but it was a deception she joins a crime group to commit a robbery.

Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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