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Sheby  Lamar D. Vine
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After surviving a life-altering heart attack and reinventing himself as an expat writer in Bangkok, a jaded retiree must embrace an unexpected romance with a young Korean caregiver haunted by her mother's recent death, or risk dying alone without discovering true intimacy amid his terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis.

Genre: Romance
23 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Kissby  Mary Goldman
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Close platonic friends, Julia and Brandon, explore taking their relationship to a romantic level.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
First Dateby  Alan Barkley
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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. *Best short screenplay nominee, 2026 Austin Revolution*

Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Last Debateby  Gladman
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During a final interrogation over a broken simulation, a defiant subject turns the tables on his examiner forcing him to question whether he, too, is trapped inside the very system he believes he controls.

Genre: Sci-Fi
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Atticby  Jack Polo
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An alien Creature, hiding in a young family's attic, makes their lives a living hell until the son strikes back.

Genre: Horror
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Selfby  Truong Nguyen
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The story of a young man living an uninspired life, getting drunk all alone and talking to himself about his life choices.

Genre: Artistic
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Down to the Wireby  Dexter Williams
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A defiant cop gets involved in a race against time to stop two escaped convicts who have taken hostages on a bus rigged to explode.

Genre: Action/Adventure
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
She is an Alienby  Niagara Ross
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A clumsy office worker falls in love with a charming new colleague, but his world is turned upside down when he learns she is an alien from another planet with a secret mission.

Genre: Fantasy
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Family Timeby  Jason K. Allen
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A family of four enjoys a quiet dinner around the table. But mom seems different tonight... (1 location, 4 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Just In Timeby  Roberta M Roy
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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 Halloween Short Film Festivalby  Jason K. Allen
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On Halloween night, a young man decides to stay home and find a horror movie to watch on TV. Unfortunately he chooses the wrong channel on the wrong night. (Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits and awards.)

Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Virgin Brideby  Perk Perkins
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After a drunken, groom-to-be receives a graphic photo of his fiance with another man, he mails the scandalous pic with all the wedding invites, but discovers the picture was a prank from his best man, leading to a blood-soaked chain reaction.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Only If You Dareby  Philip C. Sedgwick
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When a journalist and a consultant for brothels meet to discuss upcoming sex worker legislation, the world around them challenges their sensibilities and desires.

Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Antwan: The Christmas Strangerby  NG
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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
Badlandsby  Pamela Schott
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When a woman who sleepwalks through her entire life to being the "perfect" everything daughter, wife, mother, career professional, member of society loses her young son in a drowning accident, she must confront the truth about a brief but liberating affair that calls into question who the real father is and forces her to face an impossible decision.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Eagle 12by  Lamar D. Vine
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In 1991 Panama, still reeling from U.S. invasion, a young Army MP investigator has one explosive weekend to crack a volatile case that spirals from routine call to career-threatening conspiracy, forcing him to navigate military politics, personal loyalty, and the razor-thin line between justice and chaos.

Genre: Drama
30 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Slow Burnby  S.C. Smith
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A man reflects on his slow-burning relationship with a former neighbor turned best friend, as they navigate the fading romance, shared history, and quiet realization that it's time to move on from each other, despite their deep emotional bond.

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Deadliest Jobby  Jed Power
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A female courier delivering mob cash at a deserted train station is confronted by a stranger who demands half, but as motives unravel, the exchange becomes a deadly game of deception and survival.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Price of Eggsby  Susan Kelejian
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In a lavish Houston home, a couple's carefully constructed world is shaken as they grapple with the aftermath of their son's murder, forcing them to confront their own complicity and the conservative values that may have contributed to his tragic end in a divided America.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Pledge to Murderby  Elliot Stanton
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The fog shrouding a horrific murder is about to get thicker. The evil spectre of Jack the Ripper returns to Victorian London after the gruesome murder of a prominent politician's murder.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
28 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Dream Come Trueby  Frank Charles Scott
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A thrilling suspenseful story filled with deception and betrayal as Michael gets entangled in a web of deceit while gaslighting his wife and daughter to run off with her money to skip the light fantastic with his Mistress.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mariliseby  Ron Micci
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Close-knit lesbian sisters in the Hamptons find themselves in dire financial straits, seek the help of an older, well-heeled lesbian who becomes romantically involved with one of them, engendering jealousy and friction, and whose overzealousness leads to her death in a tragic accident.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Zoomby  Anthony Cawood
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A couple's illicit affair is forced to go virtual due to a pesky global pandemic, and if that wasn't bad enough someone else wants in on the action.

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Delivery Manby  Susan Adair Harris
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An inept aging delivery man tries to charm his equally mature customer, but first they must cope with the local serial killer.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Peeperby  Delaina M. Waldron
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A Peeping Tom witnesses a woman's murder and it is up to him to decide on whether he will save the new occupant or just watch.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lost Happinessby  Marc-Olivier louveau
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Chanthou is not running away from the war; she has a much more important mission. But besides the Kmer regime, the only thing that could stop her is her husband.

Genre: Action/Adventure
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Halloween Massacreby  Doug J Robbins
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When Danny is followed home by a strange man in a mask, he thinks it's a harmless Halloween prank, but he soon finds out that the man has sinister intentions.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Faith (The Sanctuary Siege)by  Dewayne C Bricker
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During a chaotic hostage standoff, Pastor Jonas stays behind to talk down a wounded veteran demanding proof that God still listens. Their tense exchange strips away ritual and pride, revealing two broken men searching for grace. When SWAT breaches the doors, Jonas shields the gunman and prays aloud for them bothchoosing compassion over fear in the moment that decides their souls.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Brittle Tromboneby  Mary Goldman
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A young girl strikes a bargain to take trombone lessons from an elderly man during the time of Covid-19.

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
We Need a New Refrigeratorby  John Porter
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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
Standoffby  Adrian Milnes
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A Cop and a Debt Collector are both after a Gambler, but the Cop has an ulterior motive.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Mariliseby  Ronald V. Micci
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Close-knit lesbian sisters in the Hamptons find themselves in dire financial straits, seek the help of an older, well-heeled lesbian who becomes romantically involved with one of them, engendering jealousy and friction, and whose overzealousness leads to her death in a tragic accident.

Genre: Gay/Lesbian
27 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Beachby  William Walkerley
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In the near future, euthanasia is legal, and the elderly who continue to clog up the healthcare system are offered a cash incentive to end their lives; one senior takes the cash, has a sudden change of heart, but finds out that that is not an option.

Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Niagara 1952by  Alan Barkley
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An unhappy WW2 war bride, about to leave her 'GI Joe' husband, has a life-changing encounter with Marillyn Monroe who is filming "Niagara" on location.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dead Copby  Ange Fassinou
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A cop decides to avenge his wife killed by four young men.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
EXFILby  Dewayne C Bricker
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When a covert U.S. Special Forces team's midnight extraction in Afghanistan spirals into a desperate fight for survival, five soldiers must battle through ambush, betrayal, and their own breaking points to bring each other home alive.

Genre: Action/Adventure
40 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Her Faceby  Marc Prey
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Set in an alternative reality in which no one is permitted to show their face (masks are required from birth), one teenage boy begins to question the way things are after meeting a rebellious teenage girl.

Genre: Fantasy
12 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
A Man Possessedby  Donald Copenhaver
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After being passed over for promotion, a bitter office worker's online rage transforms into something physical, consuming him and everyone around him.

Genre: Horror
22 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Willpowerby  John Porter
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A young black woman and a middle-aged white man love each other, but their friends tell them they must separate--and they can if they only fight with their willpower.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Straight Talk with Sadie & Santaby  Jason K. Allen
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On Christmas Eve, a little girl wakes to find Santa rummaging through her fridge. After scolding him about his diet, she proceeds to grill him about reindeer, elves, bad gifts and other curiosities, and soon develops a new understanding about Christmas. Santa, meanwhile, gets a dose of reality himself - and perhaps a new friend.

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