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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
Chucklesby  Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2025
A serial killer is reincarnated as a character in a sitcom and is reunited with his estranged daughter and ex-wife.

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Fools and the Enchanted Lampby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2024
Three clueless friends unleash a mischievous genie from an ancient lamp, who grants them each a wish with hilarious and unexpected consequences.

Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Out With The Oldby  Sarah Kennedy
Date Posted: 25 Dec 2024
An older woman’s transition to assisted living exposes the callous nature of her son whose obsession with finding a large sum of hidden cash threatens not only his marriage but also his sanity. TOP 10 FINALIST: CinemaStreet Women's Short Screenplay Festival 2023

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
What Day Is It?by  Bill Rutkoski
Date Posted: 26 Apr 2025
A struggling actor wakes up each day to find the calendar reshuffled—Mondays vanish, Fridays repeat, and Saturdays won’t let go. But when he witnesses the same murder three times in one looping Saturday, he must stop the crime before time skips away for good.

Genre: Other
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Family Abuseby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2024
It takes for Carl to lose his family to realize his addictions are more important than them, but even after reclaiming his wife and daughter…is he able to stay on the straight and narrow?

Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
PAIN @ THE PUMPby  Bob Canning
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2024
Two aliens from another galaxy pretty far away have a major disagreement with a fuel pump they think is an Earthling -- the fuel pump wins.

Genre: Animation
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Experimentby  Carl
Date Posted: 01 Mar 2024
In 'The Experiment,' a modern reimagining of the classic Frankenstein tale, a Scientist will do anything to save his dying daughter, even if there are consequences.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Grass is Always Greenerby  Daniel J. Broderick
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2025
Jack is unhappy. Who else in L.A. rides the bus, has no girlfriend, no money, and no status? Sam, the bus driver, assures him things will change. When they do, suddenly and mysteriously, is Jack finally happy? Not exactly. Something is still missing.

Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Father's Loveby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 01 May 2024
Love enters your life when you’re at your lowest point, and that’s exactly what Tiffany and Bernard need to deal with the pain their father’s inflicted on them. 

Genre: Drama
39 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Now and Thenby  Edward Chapman
Date Posted: 31 Aug 2024
Split screen of one day in the life of two people who never meet and yet are forever entwined in death and grief.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fall In Loveby  M SHAHZAIN USMAN SHAMSI
Date Posted: 07 Jan 2025
A business man fall in love with poor girl whose life is full of problems and always facing huddles in her life. One upon a time she saw a business man who is looking handsome and a business man who also see this poor girl who is looking a beauty of his heart and he started fall in love with this poor girl and one day he proposed her and she accepted her proposal.

Genre: Romance
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lenaby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2024
While backpacking alone in the wilderness, a young man encounters a mysterious girl who has a unique relationship with the forest. (One location, two characters. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
10 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 Last Jokeby  Jed Power
Date Posted: 16 Mar 2024
After the death of their prankster bartender, a close-knit group of friends discover his final joke at his funeral, turning sorrow into laughter and a celebration of camaraderie.

Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Classmatesby  Emy Dust
Date Posted: 30 Nov 2024
When three estranged friends reunite for their 20-year class reunion, a harmless prank to steal the town's iconic statue spirals into a deadly game of deception, betrayal, and hidden agendas, forcing them to confront their darkest secrets as the night unravels their lives.

Genre: Action/Adventure
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Just In Timeby  Roberta M Roy
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2024
Determined to succeed as a web designer, their having collided on entering her new place of employment. a delightful young woman downplays an interested salesman’s efforts to engage. *Semi Finalist: 2024 New York International Women Festival; Dublin Movie Awards; Wiki: The World’s Fastest Screenplay Competition-Shorts; Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards In Spanish: Justo a Tiempo.*

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Reenactorby  Victor Bravo
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2025
A Civil War researcher walking the Shiloh National Military Park encounters a wounded Confederate soldier in the throes of a battle fought one hundred and sixty years ago.

Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Don't Believe The Drunk Girlby  Tawnie Powell
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2025
97%—that’s what Hana Murphy became part of when it happened. Now, dismissed by her University, she struggles to break free from the statistic and find herself. Spiraling into self-destruction and with her relationships unraveling, Hana is forced to confront the question: What happens to the drunk girl?

Genre: Drama
33 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Tide Flashby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2024
A man has writer’s block, a rip tide threatens his life, and then he discovers inspiration from a teen who shares a story.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Orphan Floodby  Anthony Piazza
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2024
During a flood, a young girl must retrieve her brother's rare medicine, with the help of a self-isolated helmsman.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Same Nameby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
After both survive turmoil, their same name brings a straight black actor and a gay white actor-writer together. They team up on a film project that creates more greatness for both.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Truth & Treasuresby  Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2024
When a seven-year-old girl is denied a life-changing school trip for telling the truth about her mother's deception, she embarks on a whimsical adventure to reclaim her lost opportunity, learning about the value of truth and the power of forgiveness along the way.

Genre: Family
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Crankdownby  Walter Wessels
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2024
When Simon seeks justice for the death of his sister, he finds himself in a small town with two cops after the same man who wreaks havoc in a wicked game of cat and mouse play. With stakes increasing, our heroes attempt an all-out effort in taking down a psychopath who is willing to take the game further.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Why Cows Are Contentedby  John Porter
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
A middle-aged cow explains why she and her sisters are contented, even though they end up as hamburger and baseball gloves.

Genre: Animation
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Drowby  Adam Thomas Lumb
Date Posted: 08 Jun 2024
A pregnant couple in labour, trapped in an ambulance sinking into a remote island bog in the Orkney Islands during a storm, must fight alongside their paramedic to protect their unborn child from a creature disturbed from a Neolithic ruin and drawn to her giving birth.

Genre: Horror
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Rhino vs. Gorillaby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 10 Jan 2025
When Ronald takes a seat on a park bench, he simply wishes to enjoy his lunch in peace. But when his banana rings like a phone, he answers it and receives a message that turns his life upside down. (Surreal comic fantasy. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
He's Gonna Payby  John Porter
Date Posted: 04 May 2025
A young man confronts the killer of his wife and child, and makes the killer pay--by letting him live.

Genre: Western
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mercy Dashby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
A Soccer Mom undertakes a midnight mercy dash when she gets an unexpected call, but things aren't quite what they seem.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Creepby  Dj Robbins
Date Posted: 03 Apr 2025
A creepy man follows a young boy into a gas station, where the boy's seventeen-year-old brother confronts the man.

Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Life Recycleby  Jackie Bateman
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2024
A young woman working for a company that recycles human souls finds peace within an eco-burial ground over the loss of her cantankerous mother.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Graves Of Vengeanceby  Edwin Barandarou
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2023
A traumatized young man whose been beaten by his mum his whole childhood and been laughed at by other females takes revenge by raping and killing them before taken his own life.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Taking Care of Businessby  William Walkerley
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2025
Ray meets up with his old pal Mark, who turns out to be looking for someone to take the blame for murdering his benefactress.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
15 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
Coilby  Steven Pony Hill
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2024
A brilliant scientist has a theory: an exact amount of energy focused on the exact right space, at the exact right time, can open a portal between multiverses. Will testing this theory cost more than he’s willing to sacrifice? A 15-minute short shot in one room with three cast members.

Genre: Sci-Fi
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Clown of Sienna Fallsby  Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2025
A crazed clown stalks the people of Sienna Falls.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Misfortuneby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2024
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
Sunday Bestby  STEVEN BLOWS
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
A resident of a retirement home who dresses in costumes to bring joy into the daily life of all residents must come to terms with the degrading health of his sidekick and best friend.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
We Need a New Refrigeratorby  John Porter
Date Posted: 02 May 2025
An irritable middle-aged housewife is sick and tired of almost everything, and her sympathetic husband knows why.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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