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A Beautiful Suicideby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2024
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
A Faceby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2024
A woman sacrifices everything for the perfect face, only to become a target of uncontrollable desire. Forced into hiding, she is pursued by a detective whose accidental glimpse of her face turns him into her next victim.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wake Upby  Delaina M. Waldron
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2025
Guests at a funeral home are in for a Wake Up call, when their loving deceased BJ speaks at his own Wake.

Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Pain & Sympathyby  Dale Easterling
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2024
A dysfunctional married couple seeks therapy, where the psychiatrist hypnotizes them into feeling each other's pleasure and pain - literally.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Labor of Loveby  John Porter
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
A young woman teases her fiancé until she discovers he’s willing to do almost anything to make her happy.

Genre: Romance
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Golden Scepterby  Bobby Banuelos
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2024
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
Stayby  Shane Nolan
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2024
Distraught teacher, Ryan, looks for work after moving away from an area rife with gun violence. Having lost so many students to murder, prison, drivebys, etc., Ryan and his girlfriend just want peace. Though, one day, he finds himself trapped in his own home. Breaking doors and windows does not work as if the home is bewitched. He struggles endlessly to find his way out.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
24 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
SkinNERby  Terrika Bell
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2024
"Faced with her mother and father's addiction and mother's criminal act, Kendal flees, grappling with survival on the unforgiving streets. Amidst encounters with both benevolent souls and malevolent forces, Kendal finds solace in a spiritual guide named Kevin. Yet, it's her realization of her co-dependency on her deceased brother that propels her towards true healing, forcing her to confront her fears and stand on her own."

Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Life is a Roller Coaster... Sometimesby  Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2023
With its ups and downs, they say life is a roller-coaster, except when you’re trapped and unable to get off one. When an engaged11 couple becomes unwitting prisoners at the apex of a broken-down roller-coaster ride, the metaphor is never more (or less) apt.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Bridgeby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
Two agents travel back in time to alter history, but their mission misfires, unleashing unintended consequences they can’t undo.

Genre: Sci-Fi
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ripplesby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
A woman travels back in time to reshape her childhood, but her relentless drive to win leads to chilling and irreversible consequences.

Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mister Christmasby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
When Albert meets his girlfriend's parents and sees their inadequate Christmas tree, he decides to give them a few pointers on the meaning of Christmas. (One location, four characters. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lunch with Lelandby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2025
On a whim, a restless young business woman buys lunch for a homeless stranger, and soon they strike up a friendship which transforms their lives forever. (3 actors, 1 main location. Finalist, Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. Award-winning writer and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
An Act of Kindnessby  Georgette B. Skolnick
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2024
A student learns a lesson the hard way in this short feel-good story.

Genre: Family
32 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Very Different Thanksgivingby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2024
On Thanksgiving night, a driver offers a ride to a blind stranger, but the holiday's spirit of hospitality unravels into an uncomfortable confrontation with buried prejudices and truths.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bernard's Ashesby  Mike Bevins
Date Posted: 16 May 2025
A young man faces the dilemma of where to scatter his father's ashes. (Semifinalist in Atlanta Screenplay Awards)

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A Subject Strictly Off-Limitsby  Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2023
An argument surrounding the TV show Strictly Come Dancing threatens a couple's marriage until an agreement is reached never to discuss the show again. However, the ceasefire only lasts until the discussion of what takeaway to order begins.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Symphony Of Loveby  Shadia Bukuwah
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2024
A 30 year old man goes against his culture of being circumcised in bamasaba culture, in Eastern Uganda, will he be circumcised?

Genre: Family
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Next Rest Stop, 2.5 Million Light Yearsby  Daniel J. Broderick
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2025
A futuristic update of the family road trip, where the Boffs head to the happiest place in the universe in their minivan-sized space ship, only to be marooned on Earth. Forced to wait five years for a tow, they must adjust to life in New Mexico.

Genre: Family
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Candleby  John Francis Daly
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2024
A sick girl on her death bed receives a candle that, when lit, brings forth new vitality, along with a being who holds secrets of the Universe.

Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Shark Underneathby  Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2024
Limited location. Horror/thriller. A group of outlaws, who recently robbed and killed a lawyer and his wife, become the preys of a smart and dangerous shark living underneath the house they chose as hideout.

Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Momby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2024
A woman looks out her kitchen window and sees her long dead mother in the vegetable garden. But how did she get there? And what is she doing? (Horror/dark comedy. 1 location, 2 actors.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
3 Minutes To Goby  Steven Blows
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
A young boy seeks to brighten his Grandad’s mood before an operation.

Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Down to the Wireby  Dexter Williams
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2024
A defiant cop gets involved in a race against time to stop two escaped convicts who have taken hostages on a bus rigged to explode.

Genre: Action/Adventure
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Pumpkin Jackby  Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2024
A mythic serial killer possesses Dave after ingesting cursed pumpkin seeds.

Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Human Experienceby  Judah Ray
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2025
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
Poet Dancerby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 04 Jan 2025
A female choreographer is inspired by a disabled musician which creates more greatness for both of them.

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

Genre: Comedy
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Big Booty Mattersby  Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2024
A young woman becomes fixated on enhancing her beauty through booty injections, only to become a laughing stock when the procedure goes awry.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Home-Cookedby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2025
A pretentious food critic, skeptical of anything homemade, is reluctantly sent to interview a 90-year-old pie-making legend—only to have his icy demeanor crumble when one bite of her pie shatters his expectations and changes his life.

Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Backflipby  Jessica Taylor
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2024
When The World’s Fair comes to town, a gymnast in a side show act must keep her wits about her to escape from H.H. Holmes or else perish in his murder castle alone and afraid.

Genre: Horror
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
And the Dead Body Makes Fourby  Audra Elasik
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2024
When three young baseball players search for their ball in the woods, they are blackmailed into surrendering their belongings or facing a faux curse after mistaking a drunk man for a zombie.

Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Date Posted: 10 Feb 2024
Marie and Tyler display a loving couple, and it's true, on one side of the relationship.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Leiheiby  Inky Egwuenu
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2024
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
If Only I Didn't Have to Look at Your Faceby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2025
A shallow young man decides to break up with his beautiful, kindhearted girlfriend because of her occasional unattractive facial expression. (1 location, 3 actors.)

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Why Do I Put Up with You?by  John Porter
Date Posted: 09 May 2025
A young woman wonders why she puts up with her extremely flawed boyfriend.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Antwan, The Christmas Strangerby  Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2024
Inspired from true events. The destiny of a little boy, victim of abuse, changes when he unexpectedly meets a good-hearted woman on the day before Christmas.

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Edison Dollby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2024
Two estranged twin sisters reunite after their mother’s death, their shared childhood memories—and a cherished antique doll—unlocking decades of guilt, rivalry, and a chance for reconciliation.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Frolic #1by  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 11 Jan 2025
During her lunch break, an uptight business woman who's having a bad day decides to go for a frolic in a field. Unfortunately, she has never frolicked before and can't quite get the hang of it. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mr. Bowling Ballby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2025
When a young boy takes his father's advice to be bold with his comedy a bit too seriously, he ends up accidentally traumatizing his boss with a literal interpretation, turning a simple office skit into an unforgettable disaster

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