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Result #121
The Joymakerby  Tara Grover Smith
Date Posted: 29 Aug 2019
While Karen braces for her heroin addict stepson’s return home from jail, she is ecstatic to have Joyce, who calls herself a Joymaker, come stay with her - but Karen is shocked to find instead of her vibrant friend, Joyce doesn’t recognize Karen and is dying from AIDS.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #122
In My Father’s Houseby  Ismail
Date Posted: 28 Aug 2019
An estranged son returns to his family’s home after many years to visit his dying father and come to terms with his past.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #123
Disconnectby  Nevin Bolla
Date Posted: 28 Aug 2019
A programmer and an Artificial Intelligence computer server are locked together in a testing room in which one desperately tries to escape. Having a strong connection for one another, both try to reach a piece of serenity in their own lives without destroying each other in the process.

Genre: Sci-Fi
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #124
Zeke and Audreyby  Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 28 Aug 2019
An actress and her poet brother discuss death and inhibition and the meaning of their art.

Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #125
PERENNIALSby  Donald Lewis
Date Posted: 28 Aug 2019
Paranoia takes root when a white suburban woman receives business cards from a Mexican landscaper, slipped through her front door mail slot, sending her on a frantic mission to stop the invasion of her home.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #126
Penalty For Revengeby  Arthur L Burton III
Date Posted: 27 Aug 2019
A 16-year-old is sexually abused by her mother’s boyfriend, the teen gets pregnant and tells a friend and they seek revenge, the perpetrator dies, and she’s charged with two murders and her friend who can clear her cannot be found.

Genre: Drama
38 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #127
Peace Bastardby  Tony Gaud
Date Posted: 26 Aug 2019
Two war veterans dealing with PTSD issues, diverge at the same place and time in their effort to confront the politics of their vanishing healthcare. War made them heroes but peace made them something else.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #128
Problematic Viewingby  Kelvin Wong
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
A bitcoin-trading porn addict must choose between his homely girlfriend and the salacious incarnation of his online obsession. ( from the writer of https://vimeo.com/216668373 )

Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #129
Buggerby  Kelvin Wong
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
A brief human connection occurs in a rest-stop washroom between a flawed man and a young street-wise woman who gets the better of him, despite his attempt at a redemptive act. UK Film Fest 3pg Short final-40, Shore Scripts Short quarterfinalist 6pg version ( from the writer of https://vimeo.com/216668373 )

Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #130
MISSINGby  Kelvin Wong
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
An ominous, non-linear dramatic short which intertwines the story of an older, bullied teen who spends his days and nights online, addicted to violent gaming and pornography; and the story of an elderly foreigner who goes missing while visiting his immigrant, adult-aged son. ( from the writer of https://vimeo.com/216668373 )

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #131
Haunting For A Bargainby  Kelvin Wong
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
A home-buyer couple is lured into buying a bargain-of-a-house when a resident spirit begins to torment their infant child and drive the couple apart. Can be a stand-alone short or pilot for series. ( from the writer of https://vimeo.com/216668373 )

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #132
Epoch Waste: A Coming Of Ageby  Kelvin Wong
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
After the great fallout, a young boy must prove his worth in a life-threatening rite of passage. Can be a dystopian short or an anime-style animation. ( from the writer of https://vimeo.com/216668373 )

Genre: Drama
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #133
Cricketby  Mark Davidson
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
A shy high school girl meets a boy who calls her Cricket, but his name has a much deeper meaning. Multiple produced projects.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #134
Love Does Funny Thingsby  Mark Davidson
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
An old man explains to a young care-giver how, after losing his wife of fifty years, he’d do just about anything to get her back. Multiple produced shorts.

Genre: Horror
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #135
The Barberby  Mark Davidson
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
An over-helpful barber trims a little bit more than hair. Multiple produced shorts.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #136
Timeby  Mark Davidson
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
An insurance salesman develops the ability to see how much time every living being has left when he starts seeing a counter above their heads. Multiple produced projects.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #137
Lingerby  Mark Davidson
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
A son comes back to sit with his ailing father... who just won't die. Multiple produced projects.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #138
Lucky Stiffby  Mark Davidson
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
A meek woman who works the overnight shift in a small town morgue, finds that the dead make her feel more alive than their still-breathing counterparts. Multiple produced projects.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #139
Murder At The Cluedo Houseby  Richard Bemand
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
Whilst on his honeymoon, a young Detective Sergeant becomes involved in a double-murder mystery at a remote guest house, which a former fun-loving owner redesigned similar to the Cluedo detective game board. Not all the guests are cooperative, and even the old house has hidden secrets.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
29 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #140
Pale Blue Dotby  Walter Rastelli
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
Scientists discover a dwarf orphan planet on a collision course with Earth within three years. The stories of seven people intertwine, each trying to deal with the drama in a different way, seeking a meaning to life through ethics, morality, religion and science.

Genre: Sci-Fi
29 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #141
Woodby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
A lonely man falls in love with a tree. But can they live happily ever after? (No dialogue. Inspired by the silent films of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Award-winning writer; see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #142
Leaving Nowhereby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
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
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Result #143
The Big Digby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
Pete once heard that if you dig a hole far enough you will end up in China. So one day he takes a shovel and decides to find out for himself. (Comic adventure. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Action/Adventure
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #144
Jasper + Mimi Foreverby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2019
The curious tale of Jasper and Mimi, two freakish outcasts who are madly in love and want to have a baby. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #145
Madam White Snakeby  John Drain
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2019
Based on the classic Chinese legend. When a white snake falls irretrievably in love with a human, she bends the laws of nature and battles evil spirits in pursuit of her soulmate.

Genre: Animation
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #146
Deloresby  Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2019
A housewife tries to convince her reluctant husband that she wants to join the workforce when both are confronted by a zombie.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #147
Call Meby  B. S. Carter
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2019
A mysterious woman shows up at a stranger's door with the sole intention of making him happy.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #148
PRIVILEGEDby  Basil Williams
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2019
He is from a Military Family. He is a West Point Graduate. As Governor he kills a prostitute, the murder is covered up. He later became a Senator and becomes involved with one of his interns. Be becomes pregnant and decided she will keep her baby. She was later found beaten to death on an old country road.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #149
Brotherhoodby  Mohmad Arfat
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2019
What happens when we help each other? Sami walks in the cold and the rain; Wet and weak, Adam get surprised so he covers him with his umbrella and protects him from the rain until he leads him to his door. When Adam falls in the middle of the hurricane, Sami runs straggling to save him. Brotherhood in its finest images amid a mixture of reality and imagination.

Genre: Fantasy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #150
Rite of Passageby  Ronnie Mackintosh
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2019
Bobo’s a teenager who doesn’t have much and he’ll do anything to belong. His caring, alcoholic dad does his best, but the pull of the local street-gang is just too strong. Tonight he faces their initiation, but when fate brings a father and daughter, who live in a very different world, and the street-gang together, someone will die and none of their lives will ever be the same.

Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #151
Steven Seagal: Psychic Warriorby  Adam Rocke
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2019
The aging action star pitches his telekinetic services to the CIA.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #152
Necessary Evilby  Adam Rocke
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2019
A child must commit a horrible act to prevent an even greater atrocity from occurring.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #153
Confessionby  Adam Rocke
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2019
A deeply troubled young man finally confronts the "origin" of his issues.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #154
Into The Mysticby  Adam Rocke
Date Posted: 23 Aug 2019
Seeking answers to life's immortal questions, a man consults an ancient and worldly mystic.

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #155
Lest We Forgetby  Philip T Brewster
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019
The ghost of an aging GI seeks to teach two parasitic Protection Racketeers the values of the past by sending them to Omaha beach, June 6th 1944.

Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #156
Bully Proofby  Leslie Ducena
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019
Be a HERO not a Zero

Genre: Action/Adventure
27 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #157
Rusalka Revengeby  Allyson Adams
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019
Olena is a troubled, young woman with “the sight”who returns to her father’s small town to visit his grave and discovers a haunted lake where the Rusalkas possess her. This 4 time award-winning script is rooted in Ukrainian history, culture and myth, that twists with family secrets and the supernatural.

Genre: Horror
37 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #158
An Interview with my Bullyby  Maurice Vaughan
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019
When a harassed girl and her cruel bully are paired together for a school assignment, the girl learns the secret why the bully picks on people.

Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #159
Litterby  Dan Sinclair
Date Posted: 22 Aug 2019
A broken woman finds her calling in life when she decides to follow a man who tosses the remains of his fast-food lunch all over a parking lot.

Genre: Horror
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #160
Writer's Blockby  Andrew Fisk
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2019
In 1964 Malibu, a young Brian Wilson struggles...and struggles...and struggles...and struggles to complete the lyrics to California Girls.

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