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Night of the Swingin' Deadby Jason K. Allen
A zombie desires to dance like his hero, Fred Astaire. But first he must find a willing teacher. (Comedy/horror. 1 location, 2 main actors. Winner of Best Short Screenplay at Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition.)
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Noble Deceptionby Chris Burns
Charles Noble, a callous man, reluctantly allows an employee to tend to his ailing wife. However, a scheme unfolds that leads to a fatal encounter at a supermarket, altering their lives forever.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
CryptoBot's Trialby Michael Volpe
Amid worldwide political and economic turmoil, the nation's first Robotic Financial Advisor gives unerring cryptocurrency investing recommendations. But when a brash sports betting billionaire disregards the advice and loses a fortune, he sues the Robot and its company setting up the Trial of the Century - Man vs. Machine.
Genre: Sci-Fi
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Giftby Jason K. Allen
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
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Vacuumby Barry Staff
Wanting sex again after an op leaves erectile dysfunction, a man needs a specialist nurse coming to his aid.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Doppelgangersby Paul Weidknecht
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
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Day's Endby Elliot Stanton
Amid the fading light of a Bournemouth afternoon, a weary man and a guarded woman share one conversation that unravels decades of regret, revealing that even in the twilight of life, the heart still waits for its tide to turn.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Let's Keep Workingby John Porter
A young man wants to develop a TV reality show, and a young woman suggests that he can do so by helping her with the household chores.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Kuzuri: Dark Avengerby NG
Story happens in Japan. When a young man with a superpower and a dark past struggles to keep the city safe and his family's company successful, a woman with a revenge plan comes to destroy everything, leading him to rethink his purposes and bring peace to the city and to himself.
Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Transferenceby Frazer Lee
Dom and Sam are two science lab workers, let go by their boss Adrian. To beat the boredom of lockdown, they decide to continue Adrian's experimental teleportation research online. But they are being watched.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Carrie, Walter, and Garboby Steven Burton
A man sits alone in an empty theatre to wait for a Greta Garbo film to begin, and then a female stranger, sits next to him. Confrontation ignites; technical problems delay the screening, humor, and then this couple share surprise revelations.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Antwan: The Christmas Strangerby NG
Feature Length Version Available. On the eve of Christmas, the life of a lonely young boy takes a miraculous turn when he crosses paths with a compassionate woman, unknowingly setting off a battle for his survival, his freedom, and his last chance at hope.
Genre: Other
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
House for Saleby John Porter
A mystery/dark comedy about a young family man who wants to buy a Victorian mansion from a beautiful young woman whose unfaithful husband lies dead in the master bedroom.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Passionby Susan Pattishall
Jean Smitty, an American teacher in socialist China, whose perspective is shaped by her prior reading of a Korean War era memoir by a priest expelled for teaching Christianity, invites her student Zhi Chang to share his essaya poignant, layered account of losing his beloved Meilin Hao to the Red Chinese Youth Party, and the brutal aftermath.
Genre: Other
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Orphan Floodby Anthony Piazza
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
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Snowbound Secretsby Christine LARA
A man on the run after a desperate bank robbery finds himself trapped in a small isolated motel during a snowstorm. But he quickly discovers that the other motel guests also have secrets to hide, and they are all willing to do whatever it takes to keep them concealed.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Hospitalityby John Porter
A bad guest makes a good host feel great about himself.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Doppelgangerby John M Grace
A chance subway encounter with the twin of a woman from his past turns a brief commute into an emotional reckoning.
Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Abortionby Doug J Robbins
Kathy heads into the clinic for an abortion and meets a woman named Mary and her adorable two-year-old son, Dylan, and rethinks whether or not she actually wants an abortion.
Genre: Artistic
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Morning Walk With the Killerby Grag Raymond
Emma meets a man during a morning run, eventually she learns about his terrible crimes against his ex-women who are found dead.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Hierarchyby Charles Hall
An off-campus meeting between a senior professor and an enigmatic student turns hostile when a chilling assertion is made.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Con Cario With Love!by Luis Ortiz
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
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bernard's Ashesby Mike Bevins
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
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The House that Whispersby Anthony Cawood
Two boys explore an abandoned house rumored to answer questions with eerie whispers, but a cruel prank turns deadly when the house reveals it has secretsand a sinister voiceof its own
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dance Your Dreamsby Christine Lara
A passionate young dancer prepares for the audition of her life at the Opra Garnier, but a chance encounter with a man seeking redemption at the Caf de la Paix may change both their destinies.
Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bleed and Cryby DJ Robbins
A filmmaker performs a one-man play on a childhood trauma he suffered while showing a home movie from the year and date the childhood trauma occurred.
Genre: Drama
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
High Concept Harryby Ronald V. Micci
Hollywood talent agent Harry Fleck's development exec girlfriend is in the habit of sending purple passionate love letters to him stuck in with the contracts she sends, letters that should they fall into the hands of Harry's tough-as-nails wife, would spell disaster. He is able to intercept one such letter to keep his wife from seeing it.
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Serving Caesarby Pelham Mead III
Marcos Cassius Scaeva was perhaps one of the greatest Centurians to serve Proconsul Caesar in Britain, the Rine, and in Greece agains Pompey. In Greece Scaeva took 400 arrows to his shield, an arrow to his eye and his knee without saying. Caesar made him Primus Pilus.
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Madame Presidentby Mich
Susie Q. pounds on 'Heaven's Door' demanding to talk to 'The Man' about her becoming the First Woman President of the U.S. Secretly, she wants his blessing.
Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
23 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Echoes of Broken Promisesby Andrea Zastrow
When a slick, absentee father blows in unexpectedly on Father's Day, his resentful adult son has an epiphany as he protects his own son from all-too-familiar grandiose, but empty, promises.
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Beyond Avalonby Edward Ybarra
Dedicated to living in the Now; Robert is incapable of commitment. With Rachael, he had it all but the Now allowed him to lose her. An all-too familiar drunken weekend goes too far.
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Pizza Killerby Ange Fassinou
A pizza delivery that leads to a massacre.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Same Insideby John Porter
A young man and his fiance confront the owner of a pharmaceutical company that abducts, mutilates, and kills albinos in Kenya.
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Teacherby S.C. Smith
Amidst Boston's chaotic streets, a disillusioned insurance adjuster descends into vigilante justice after a series of accidents, targeting reckless drivers, until a poignant encounter forces him to confront the impact of his actions and the true meaning of forgiveness.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Elderly Influencerby Eric Faulkner
As they both coupe with the tragic loss of loved ones, a social media crazed grandmother is forced to adopt her introverted Gothic, Emo, granddaughter in a high stakes game of virtual versus real life experiences.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Frolic #1by Jason K. Allen
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
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hit and Runby Marc Prey
After hitting and killing a jogger with her car and not reporting it, a young woman is haunted by his spirit. Or is it merely her guilty conscience?
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Fly Squattingby Steven Blows
A mother grieving for the loss of her daughter takes her anger out on a pesky fly that won't leave her alone.
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Goodnight Sweet Miaby Marina Loos
Paul, desperate to get his girlfriend back at all cost, realizes his fantasy of her is stronger than his reality.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Baitby Kevin Pacey
All for love, a grizzled thief puts his life on the line, but it's wrong place, wrong time, wrong woman.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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