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Result #281
Elvis Hasn't Left The Buildingby  Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2023
The excitement and anticipation of getting a brief glimpse of the King of Rock n’ Roll is seemingly dashed. However, as one door shuts, the stage door opens and reveals resplendent in a powder blue sequined jumpsuit, the man himself – Elvis Presley.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #282
Time Marches Onby  Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2023
Time is relative and can be used in positive or negative ways. However, time learning a vital life lesson is time well spent. Some valuable advice offered by an older woman to a young female protestor in the back of a police van provokes the younger woman to re-evaluate her life.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #283
The La Croix Fragmentsby  Kelly Logue
Date Posted: 11 Oct 2023
He should have never taken the assignment! Now, Doyle is being terrorized by creatures from someone else’s imagination!

Genre: Horror
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #284
Misfortuneby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2023
Two hipsters get more than they bargained for when they break open their fortune cookies. (Surreal horror/comedy. 1 location, limited dialogue.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #285
Night of the Pumpkinsby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2023
Halloween comes only once a year, but not everyone is happy about this. In fact, several pumpkins are mad as hell and not gonna take it anymore. (Horror/comedy)

Genre: Animation
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #286
Hidden in the sandby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2023
After a new never before seen fruit is discovered growing in the desert a checked out university teacher hands out the fruit to his students, but this fruit turns everyone who tastes it into mindless addicts hellbent on getting more and more.

Genre: Sci-Fi
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #287
The Horse-Drawn Hearseby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2023
On Halloween night, young trick-or-treater Daniel Taylor catches a glimpse of the town's sinister old undertaker -- and turns out to be the last person to see him alive. (In the vein of the original Twilight Zone. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #288
No Job for Tenderfootsby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2023
Four notorious hit men show up at the same place, brought together by a mysterious cowboy who gives them an unusual mission. (Drama/Comedy/Crime. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #289
Jasper + Mimi Foreverby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2023
Two freakish outcasts -- a bearded woman and a man who has a carrot for a penis -- 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
Result #290
The Last Picnicby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2023
Four hipsters pack their lunch and excitedly head into the woods for their first ever wilderness picnic. Unfortunately, it all goes very, very wrong. (Dark comedy/horror/satire. 1 location, 4 actors.)

Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #291
The Big Digby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2023
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. Several months later he emerges in a strange land that is definitely not China. (Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Dark Comedy. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Sci-Fi
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #292
Gorgeousby  Jay Gutierrez
Date Posted: 10 Oct 2023
A life-long loser gets a once in a lifetime opportunity to change his life forever. Or, is it a trap that will ruin him for eternity?

Genre: Animation
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #293
The Thesisby  Linda Gould
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2023
Imogene, a senior English major at Glendary College, is late deciding on a topic for her honors thesis. She proposes to her skeptical academic advisor an innovative subject ... but it will require her to go on a road trip in search of a volatile rock band.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #294
An Act of Kindnessby  Georgette B. Skolnick
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2023
A high school bully who continually harasses his teacher learns a lesson the hard way in this short feel-good drama.

Genre: Drama
39 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #295
Just Take a Breathby  Roberta M Roy
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2023
New to the newsroom a happily married young woman, struggles to avoid risking her marriage when she experiences an unexpectedly strong attraction to a just met co-worker with whom she will be working regularly.

Genre: Romance
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #296
Yell'n'Tellby  Roberta M Roy
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2023
Recalling how his cousin pinches him and denies doing so and having witnessed a girl being bullied, a brave five-year-old uses his wise mother's practical but inventive advice to help solve his bullying dilemma.

Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #297
When COVID Cameby  Roberta M Roy
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2023
After COVID arrives, in silence, a woman living alone copes by isolating, masking, and eventually being vaccinated after which she is only then able to welcome others into her home. Music accompanies her actions and the only line of dialogue occurs at the films end when she welcomes her grandson and his girlfriend into her home.

Genre: Artistic
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #298
The Crystal Eggby  Maroun Rached
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2023
A cheeky female telemarketer tries to sell online a crystal egg statuette to a middle-aged recluse man.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #299
Minotaurby  Maroun Rached
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2023
A young man is about to check out from a psychiatric facility at the term of his mandatory treatment period; but is he really ready to go out in the world again? (Psych-Thriller/ Drama)

Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #300
Fugueby  Alicia Norman
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2023
A mother struggles to locate a safe place to leave her son as she slowly loses herself to a zombie-like memory-erasing disorder known as The Fugue.

Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #301
Christmas Tree or Bustby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 09 Oct 2023
As December approaches, dusty ornaments in the attic spiffy themselves up, get makeovers and begin exercise regimens as they vie for a spot on the Christmas tree. (Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Animation
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #302
Mr. Winchellby  Alicia Norman
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2023
A young boy's day of fun ends in the most horrific way possible after he learns the horrific truth about his outing.

Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #303
Missing Testicle Reportby  S.C. Smith
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2023
A Native American Indian searches Sunset Strip for his missing testicle.

Genre: Comedy
21 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #304
Frolic #1by  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2023
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
Result #305
Priority Maleby  Warren Fast
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2023
During Christmas, a young woman writes a letter to Santa to humor her niece and actually receives an answer, but not the one she expects.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
24 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #306
Worst Night In Vegasby  Daw Liam
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2023
Bradly after a wild night when he wakes up in the morning in a luxury hotel room in Vegas and sees a naked man in the bed instead of a charming girl.

Genre: Comedy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #307
Yeggsby  S.C. Smith
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2023
4 British transplants and scam artists attempt to pull an LA heist to save a nursing home from closing.

Genre: Action/Adventure
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #308
About a Bearby  S.C. Smith
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2023
An over-the-hill television writer pitches his movie, About a Bear.

Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #309
The Giftby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2023
In 1977, a young man receives a camera that takes disturbing pictures. (1 location, 1 actor. Produced writer, see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #310
Daggersby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2023
A man sits beside a woman on a park bench to eat his lunch, but he gradually scoots away from her. When the puzzled woman questions his actions, it leads to a series of bitter insults which arouses them both. (1 location, 2 actors)

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #311
The Princess and The Rancherby  Paul Byrne
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2023
On the run, an overindulged African princess has a comedic start as a domestic for a Montana rancher who teaches hard, yet humorous lessons in courage to re-take her African nation.

Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #312
Crazy Mistressby  Brandon Wilson
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2023
Jim decides to leave his mistress with whom he has had an affair for a long time in order to save his marriage, but the mistress does not agree with this and wants to eliminate this problem and brutally kill his wife and two children in order to be the only woman in his life.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #313
If Only I Didn't Have to Look at Your Faceby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2023
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
Result #314
A 100 ways to laughby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2023
Sam is looking to pursue a career in stand up comedy when his friend convinces him to seduce a powerful agent, but things quickly get out of hand.

Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #315
The Putt Putt Preacherby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2023
The story of Father Ralph Mahony, a gentle man of the cloth when behind the church podium but a take-no-prisoners warrior on the putt putt course. (Mockumentary. Finalist, Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition and Atlanta Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.)

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #316
Zaryaby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 04 Oct 2023
Two fishermen visit a secluded lake where they hope to catch the big one. Instead, they encounter a mysterious lake creature known as Zarya. (1 location, 3 actors. Top 20 Horror Short on Coverfly's The Red List. Finalist, Atlanta Film Festival & Nashville Film Festival screenwriting competitions.)

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #317
Horror From The Pastby  Gregory Stoyn
Date Posted: 03 Oct 2023
A woman kills her cruel husband at night in self-defense, and buries him in the garden of the house, but one year passes after his death, the ghost of the husband begins to drive her crazy.

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #318
There Are No Aliensby  Victor Titimas
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2023
An alien obsessed student learns the truth about these beings.

Genre: Sci-Fi
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #319
Keep it safeby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2023
Kidnapped inside the back of their private security van, a young guard and his useless partner need to work together, but a terrible secret once revealed will instead cause the death of both of them.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Result #320
Back on the Couchby  Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2023
Tables are turned, and seating arrangements are swapped when a patient becomes the psychiatrist.

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