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No Witnessesby  Juli Henry
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In a near future where hospice patients' final moments are recorded and sold to their families, a veteran nurse risks her career by granting a dying woman one last request: the right to die in private.

Genre: Sci-Fi
16 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Special Guestby  DJ Robbins
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An eccentric college improv class meets on December 23rd for the last time before Christmas break.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Back On The Couchby  Elliot Stanton
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Tables are turned, and seating arrangements are swapped when a patient sneakily becomes the psychiatrist.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Catchby  Melvin Taylor
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Man goes fishing and finds himself fighting for his life.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
If I Leave it Greenby  Rodney A Myers
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Facing the cold reality of a corporate-driven future, an aging land owner must decide between a lucrative urban legacy and preserving the natural sanctuary that holds his most cherished memories.

Genre: Drama
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mars Landingby  Aaron Langvand
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A space obsessed teenager who suffers from a terminal illness bonds with a space sciences graphic designer to fulfill the teen's dream of landing on Mars.

Genre: Drama
35 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Screens of the Damnedby  Anton Ballard
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The Screens Of The Damned follows Angelica, a mortuary attendant and aspiring screenwriter working the night shift. Her solitude is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious John Doea deceased film producerwho critiques her work and begins a strange, possibly supernatural collaboration with her. As the script progresses, John Doe's involvement appears to influence real-world outcomes, culminating in Angelica's screenplay being greenlit, though his presence remains ambiguous.

Genre: Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Blessed Belt Buckleby  Frank Vespe
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A Vietnamese belt buckle maker comes to terms with the effects of Agent Orange on his disabled son, fifty years after he fought in the jungles of Vietnam and how he struggles with the biggest decision of his life.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pursuit of Happiness a Constitutional Rightby  Fausto Politi
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In 2221 happiness is a primary asset that can be achieved by whatever means, even with murder. A man gets the permission to kill his wife being in the dark that his wife had the same permission.

Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Friendsgivingby  Doug J Robbins
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Stacy invited herself to Brian and Mark's Friendsgiving, twenty-four hours before Thanksgiving. Brian's turkey goes missing and he must go on a scavenger hunt to retrieve it.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Sick Bloodby  Stan Usherenko
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When two brothers revisit the imprisoned father who tortured them as kids, they're pulled into a deadly new game one designed to prove that his sickness runs in their blood.  SICK BLOOD is a visceral, emotionally charged horror-thriller about generational trauma, the inheritance of evil, and the terrifying question what if the monster you fear most is part of you? 

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Agence Paradisby  Slobodan D. Pesic
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A timid man visits a futuristic government agency where every human desire can be fulfilled. What begins as a simple request for a pair of sneakers spirals into an absurd chain of wishes exposing the fragile machinery of modern happiness and the divine comedy of human ambition.

Genre: Artistic
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Putt Putt Preacherby  Jason K. Allen
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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. First Place: Tennessee Screenwriters Association Comedy Screenplay contest.)

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Implantby  Dewayne C Bricker
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A writer's nightmares of alien implants fuel his horror noveluntil he learns the story is real and ending it will end him.

Genre: Horror
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Revelation/Armageddonby  Darryl N. Layne
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When a newly elected president is revealed to be the prophesied Beast, his step brother must confront demonic forces, global chaos,and a world torn between faith and fear, racing against time to stop the rise of evil and restore good before all is lost to satin.

Genre: Horror
30 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Report Just In...by  Elliot Stanton
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A schoolboy's ill-thought-out plan backfires when his mother uncovers his subterfuge when his school report is received by post. However, his fears of a damning report appear unfounded - for a time, anyway.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Diary of a Madmanby  Eugene Hattingh
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When a man wakes up in a hotel with total amnesia, his only clue to his past is a disturbing journal, driving him to extreme measures to keep it from being exposed.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Door in the Clearing of the Woodsby  Ryan Armstrong
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A much needed vacation causes a couple to retreat to a cabin where they find a mysterious new door nearby that brings deadly consequences.

Genre: Horror
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Cut Baitby  Michael Dean Meyers
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Stinging from betrayal, a fiery young woman pursues gruesome punishment for a cocky young man and his wimpy buddy after she discovers he's shared an intimate photo of her on his group chat. Hell hath no fury, and friendship hath no boundary.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Norman: The Dog Who Didn't Mean Toby  Paul Millward
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A scruffy terrier's misadventures lead him from the pound to an unlikely home with a gentle giant, told with warmth, humour, and a dog's-eye view. (Multi-Award Winner)

Genre: Animation
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Frank Sinatra's Hatby  John McWilliams
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A war-wounded janitor finds Frank Sinatra's favorite fedora and must decide whether to return it or use it to pay off a bookie threatening his life.

Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Reflectionsby  Dewayne C Bricker
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When three stranded friends take shelter in an abandoned swamp cabin, they discover a mirror that exposes their darkest secretsand demands the truth before it devours them whole.

Genre: Horror
34 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Proof of Serviceby  Lantie Foster
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Two neighbors in corporate housing share a home service robot. When one woman misses a payment, the building's "care" protocols activate, and the apartment begins asserting ownership over everything, including her.

Genre: Sci-Fi
29 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Crossing Armageddonby  Peyton Burkhart
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An angelic warrior attempts to rally a small ragtag troop of soldiers to battle a demon horde to settle an ancient score. Help arrives in a most unusual way, in form of a most unusual savior.

Genre: Fantasy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
God's Away On Businessby  Benjamin Guerra
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When a Catholic priest dies and doesn't see God, all hell breaks loose.

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Elvis Hasn't Left the Buildingby  Elliot Stanton
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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 the man himself, resplendent in a powder blue sequined jumpsuit - Elvis Presley.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Call Buttonby  Vikki Harris
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After a car accident, a man is sent to a hospital where pressing the call button could be detrimental to his health.

Genre: Horror
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Split Second Decisionby  Michael G Holmes
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A flood of increasingly distracted thoughts race through a shallow good Samaritan's mind as he prepares to intervene in a grocery-store armed robberyor so he thinks.

Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Sunnyby  Matthew Thompson
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A devoted mother leads a precarious double life within the illicit massage industry, battling a predatory debt to ensure the survival of the family she hasn't seen in years.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Boomerangby  John Alexander Fraser
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A man in search of a shave and new start in life, following a traumatic event, enters a city side street that leads him to the heart of darkness and a reckoning with his past.

Genre: Horror
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Mooseby  Edward Lawrence Betz Jr.
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Inside a playwright's frantic mind, a struggling writer named Ralph battles a high-strung, wedding-dress-clad Muse for control over his latest script. While Ralph fixates on a bizarre family heirlooma trophy cast of Jimi Hendrix's anatomythe Muse despairs over his lack of sophistication. As their dialogue descends into a hilarious, meta-fictional tug-of-war, the play explores the messy, often "veal-like" vehicle of inspiration and the absurdity of the creative process.

Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Zaryaby  Jason K. Allen
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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
Con Cario With Love!by  Luis Ortiz
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When a Puerto Rican caregiver accepts a high-paying private job, she becomes entangled in a psychologically manipulative system run by a man posing as disabledpowered by surveillance and an AI caretaker that isn't real.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Spinning in Infinityby  Joshua Corin
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After a brutal battle leaves their starship crippled and life support failing, four crew members debate whether they are real or merely simulations and must decide whether to keep fighting for survival or sacrifice themselves to save the 'real' people their existence was designed to protect.

Genre: Sci-Fi
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Full Marxby  Barry Staff
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Re-materialising today in mutual haunt Soho, London, Groucho Marx and Karl Marx find both want capitalism finally laughed into oblivion, but as they conflict over methods to use, they try to locate the one place where Karl was listened to before.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Who Said Penis?by  Adam Rocke
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Thanksgiving dinner at a swanky Bel Air mansion comes with roast turkey and all the trimmings, plus an anatomy lesson from a 7-year-old.

Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Watchersby  Dewayne C Bricker
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When a rescue chopper can't reach her, Ranger Elena records her final night in a forest where strange lights stalk the trees. As unseen figures circle, whispering her own words back at her, she discovers the forest itself is copying life to survive the cold. With dawn hours away, Elena must choose between burning the cabin or becoming one of them.

Genre: Horror
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Switchby  Charles Hall
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Tragedy strikes a group of young friends when the high school misfit introduces them to a risky new game called Switch.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
To the Moonby  Michael Dukakis
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A feminine young boy from a troubled family tries to escape his father's escalating abuse by fulfilling three magical tasks in his grandmother's fairy tale.

Genre: Drama
19 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Life-changing Injuriesby  Barry Staff
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A commuter just wants to complete his train journey home, but needs to handle the horrendous events standing in his way. [A single-location, one-actor scenario, shootable in a day, about a pointedly existential situation.]

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