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All in a Day's Workby  Brendan Lee
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2024
A husband will do anything to make his wife and daughter happy while keeping them in the dark about the nature of his day job.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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First Dateby  Alan Barkley
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2025
A widow and a widower meet for the first time in a public park. They must first navigate the choppy waters of compatibility to see if there is a connection". Exterior location. Two characters.

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Yell'n'Tellby  Roberta M Roy
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2024
After witnessing a girl being bullied, a brave five-year-old uses his wise mother's practical but inventive advice to help solve his bullying dilemma. *2024 Best Unproduced Script Brightside Tavern Film Festival; Brightside Festival; Semi Finalist 2023 Dallas Shorts Note: Yell’n’Tell also in French and Spanish – Grita y Dilo*

Genre: Animation
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Find My Fiendsby  Edward Chapman
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2024
When the party hostess isn’t answering calls her friends assume she’s been kidnapped and use a tracking app to locate her - with fatal consequences…

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Happy Endingsby  Ron Micci
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2023
Two old-timers in the Midwest are in arrears on their mortgage payments, and the bank is leaning on them. Then, miraculously, Mr. Lodestone (an emissary of Satan) appears at their door with an offer too good to be true.

Genre: Family
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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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
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The Elevatorby  John F Daly
Date Posted: 16 Jun 2024
5 people get on an elevator in the present day and get brought back in time to 1943, where they become stranded.

Genre: Fantasy
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Lamentby  Sarah Kennedy
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2025
A guitarist becomes an anomaly in a bleak and inhospitable future world where music is conjured and customized in the mind. Single location from an award-winning screenwriter.

Genre: Sci-Fi
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Logicby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 08 Feb 2024
A woman wants the simplest things, but why should a man give it to her? That's the question plaguing Bear's mind.

Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Quandaryby  Brandi Self
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2025
A thirty-year-old slacker wakes up in an unfamiliar house and assumes it’s another drunken one-night stand until he discovers that the others trapped in the house don’t know how they got there either.

Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Where the Heart Isby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
The spirit of Christmas must overcome those with hatred in their hearts.

Genre: Family
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Cozenageby  Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2024
A hopeful screenwriter resorts to deception to partner with a junk dealer to write the next big movie but faces consequences when the dealer outsmarts her.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Just Digby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2025
When Weston becomes obsessed with digging in his rundown house's garden, much to the dismay of his wife Nicky and their elderly neighbours, he unearths an alien spaceship buried beneath.

Genre: Sci-Fi
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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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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
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Poulticeby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2025
Desperate to save her unborn child, a remorseful woman seeks the help of a scorned Native American healer, agreeing to an unthinkable trade that will change their lives forever.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Very Truely Yoursby  John Porter
Date Posted: 04 May 2025
A dark comedy about a man who receives a letter from an old girlfriend who reminds him of a promise he made years and years ago.

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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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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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
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Doppelgangersby  Paul Weidknecht
Date Posted: 07 Sep 2025
After the death of her mother, nine-year-old Melody begins seeing ghosts that resemble her family members.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Stapleby  John Alexander Fraser
Date Posted: 06 Jan 2025
Table. Darkness. Click!

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Freebornby  Shane Harbinson
Date Posted: 25 Apr 2024
When a young girl with extraordinary mental abilities catches the attention of a totalitarian regime seeking to exploit her gifts, her working-class cyborg father must survive an interrogation in a desperate attempt to buy time for his daughter's escape and protect the essence of their humanity. 'Coverfly top 1% genre'

Genre: Sci-Fi
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Wholeby  Susan Adair Harris
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2024
An unhappily married bi-racial couple falls into an inter-dimension where their fates are shuffled between love and murder.

Genre: Sci-Fi
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Inhospitable Takeoverby  Michael Hutchinson
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2025
An odd-ball group of aliens disguised as humans are sent to the Solar System before their kind harvest and enslave the Humans, but are then forced to setup shop on Earth and prepare the planet for assimilation.

Genre: Comedy
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Change the F*cking Nameby  Christopher Harmon
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2025
A fearless Indigenous teen, intent on restoring the dignity of his people, goes on a mystical vision quest…only to find the legendary Jim Thorpe as his guide and mentor. Jim reinforces the young man’s determination to end the racial slur that is the name of a Washington sports team and he champions a movement - that eventually succeeded.

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Boneyardby  M.r. Fitzgerald
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2024
After receiving numerous letters from a prison inmate, a renowned children's author agrees to meet him for a conjugal visit.

Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Cellby  Bill Wyza
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2025
An imprisoned man must find a way to escape his captors before time runs out.

Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Bamstick King of the Fairiesby  Alan Riley
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2024
When Bamstick, a curious young wizard with a glowing staff, learns he's the heir to the fairy kingdom, he embarks on a quest with his mischievous fairy creator, Dody. Together, they navigate the magical realms, facing challenges and unlocking ancient powers to restore balance and harmony. As Bamstick discovers his true destiny, he and Dody must overcome trials, forge alliances, and confront a looming darkness threatening the very essence of the enchanted forest.

Genre: Fantasy
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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The Killshot Kidby  Charles William Lane
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2024
When three-time loser, Fred Crumb, discovers a love for Jai Alai, he thinks he's on the road to redemption. But two rogue Interpol agents on the trail of a notorious Basque terrorist get in his way.

Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Mike The Robot and The Red Wizardby  Alexandru Albacan
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2025
A humanoid robot travels in time, lands in a thirteenth-century English village, and saves the villagers from an evil wizard.

Genre: Animation
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Numbersby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
A plucky bunch of nerds get more than they bargained for when they uncover an ancient evil and must fight for their lives as midnight approaches on Halloween.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Truth or Deathby  Edward Chapman
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2024
A murdered student returns to the scene of her death to play a final game of truth or dare with the party in her old college room and unleashes her killer to strike again.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Hip-Hop villainous (Flo-Rebel)by  Gwendolen
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2024
Gwendolen Hayes is a multi-talented creative force in the entertainment industry. Starting her career as a music artist, producer, and engineer, Gwen quickly made a name for herself with her innovative sound and production techniques. Her work caught the attention of industry insiders, leading her to transition into writing music for movies and TV shows. With a natural talent for storytelling, Gwen Hayes found success as a scriptwriter for film and television. Her unique background.

Genre: Animation
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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MOM!by  Jed Power
Date Posted: 28 Mar 2024
In a high-stakes game of power and betrayal, two brothers must join forces when they discover their mother's sinister plan to take over their criminal enterprises.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Five Yearsby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2024
After discovering he's to become a father, Mark steals a quarter of a million then gifts it to his girlfriend, but she refuses to accept it.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Eyes of the Hallowby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 29 Feb 2024
10-year-old Sophie's visit to her grandparents' secluded house leads to an unwitting switch with her doppelgänger, whose Black eyes harbour unsettling secrets.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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On the Subject of Loveby  Patricia Bruce
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2024
When two know-it-all female millennials search unsuccessfully for love, it's their Mother who comes out the winner.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Dennis 2.0by  Peter Donald Skagen
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2025
In his garage, a retired robotics engineer builds a conscious robot he calls Dennis, then has to fight to save both their lives when a lovely enforcer from an 'agency' arrives to erase them.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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The Fall and Rise of Luciferby  Delaina M. Waldron
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2025
The story of Lucifer the first angel created by God; Lucifer’s fall from the heavens and his reason for his rise to becoming the Devil.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
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Cubicle Jockeysby  Brandi Self
Date Posted: 07 May 2025
An anxious employee organizes a strike after a series of stress-related deaths take out his co-workers, and his boss pees on his shoe.

Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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