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Lunch with Lelandby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2025
On a whim, a restless young business woman buys lunch for a homeless stranger, and soon they strike up a friendship which transforms their lives forever. (3 actors, 1 main location. Finalist, Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition. Award-winning writer and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Model Citizenby  Shelly Paino
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2024
Under pressure to find male models, a talent scout recruits a cat-calling construction worker, giving him a taste of what it’s like to be objectified.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Willpowerby  John Porter
Date Posted: 07 May 2025
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
Jane Doll, Spy Extraordinaireby  D. Greene
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2024
Barbie isn't the only doll in town. Hopelessly talented Jane Doll (a Plastic) and ravishingly awkward Plain Jane (a Real)…the stakes couldn’t be higher. The danger couldn’t be scarier. The skirts couldn’t be shorter (or longer). They’re bringing sexy (and smart) back to D.C. sleuthing – one crime at a time.

Genre: Comedy
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Shelpek Pizzaby  Carlos Galinho Pires
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2025
Compelled to leave Kazakhstan due to political reasons, an idealistic migrant must overcome the challenges of integration and the distractions of an unexpected love while seeking justice and a new home.

Genre: Romantic Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ 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
No Weddings, But a Funeralby  Elliot Stanton
Date Posted: 11 Dec 2024
Being in the right place but at the wrong time changes the fortune of a serial chancer. Tim Harcourt’s bravado and white lies present the widow of a crime family with everything she needs to make him their latest client – a fact Tim is blissfully unaware of.

Genre: Drama
38 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
First Dateby  Alan & Linda Barkley
Date Posted: 01 May 2025
A widow and a widower meet for the first time in a public park. Their date hits choppy waters until they discover a connection. Exterior location. Two characters. (Finalist in the 2025 Woods Hole Screenplay competition)

Genre: Romance
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Save the Last Danceby  John J McWilliams
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2025
The last two soldiers to be killed in World War 1 are thrown together just before they meet their tragic fate.

Genre: Drama
32 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Gondolierby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2024
A power engineer must fight for his life after a zombie horde chases him into the pylons high above the ground.

Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pizza Killerby  Ange Fassinou
Date Posted: 15 Jun 2024
A pizza delivery that leads to a massacre.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
6 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 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
2 Plates @ The Endby  S.C. Smith
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2024
At a Thai restaurant, two mourners—one a scarred woman, the other a man who can only communicate through writing—gather for a funeral unlike any other, reflecting on the life of an artist whose unfulfilled potential and tragic choices led them all to a brutal conclusion about life’s unrelenting cruelty.

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Stroke of Luckby  Jed Power
Date Posted: 26 Feb 2024
After suffering a debilitating stroke, a cynical, once successful, writer struggles to regain his mobility and passion for writing while finding inspiration and unlikely friendships with quirky fellow patients in a rehabilitation hospital.

Genre: Biographical
29 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Marlene's Last Sederby  Ron Brawer
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2024
When a middle-aged widow decides to honor her late husband’s death -- a year ago on Passover -- by hosting her first seder, a Wisconsin late-winter blizzard, a drunken boyfriend, and an estranged mother-in-law almost turn the event into a disaster.

Genre: Family
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Pigeon Academyby  Daniel J. Broderick
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2025
Ever seen a baby pigeon? Probably not, because they are all learning their trade at the world renowned Pigeon Academy in Los Angeles, with classes in pidgin English, statue "painting," mastering the proper head bob.

Genre: Animation
15 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Ghoul Partyby  Edward Chapman
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2024
When his ultra-strict parents' home is invaded by so-called admirers a shy class genius summons a supernatural troupe of deadly bouncers to show the gate-crashers the fatal way home….

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
State of the Universeby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2024
A chronic sleepwalker awakens in his pajamas deep in the woods. While trying to find his way home, he stumbles upon a secret "State of the Universe" picnic attended by Jesus, Satan, Mother Nature, the U.S. President, Santa Claus and an odd creature from Pluto. (1 location. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Just Take a Breathby  Roberta M Roy
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2024
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. * 2023: Semi Finalist: Dallas Shorts; Nashville Independent Filmmakers Festival; Sydney Indie Shorts Festival; Dallas Movie Awards Festival*

Genre: Romance
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Spookyby  Tony Jerris
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2024
Terror ensues, when a guy hooks up with an online date who is already dead... Or is she?

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Big Booty Mattersby  Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2024
A young woman becomes fixated on enhancing her beauty through booty injections, only to become a laughing stock when the procedure goes awry.

Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Heart Rateby  Alan Barkley
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2025
A male and a female cop enter an abandoned building looking for a cop killer. Soon they are hunting each other. Winner, Vail film festival.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Poulticeby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2025
Desperate to save her unborn child, a remorseful woman seeks the help of a scorned Native American healer, agreeing to an unthinkable trade that will change their lives forever.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Bea Witchby  Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
A young girl, convinced her housekeeper is a witch, delves into a world where dreams and reality merge into dark magical revelations.

Genre: Fantasy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pity the Poor Cowboyby  John Porter
Date Posted: 06 May 2025
A Western musical in which two cowboys mourn the passing of one of their own

Genre: Western
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Night Classby  Ajokubi Miracle
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2024
A junkie teenage girl must expose the illegal drugging of students by the schoolteacher before there's a next victim.

Genre: Horror
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Rise of the Plutoniansby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2025
The Plutonians are a secret club that promotes and restores honor to those things that get no respect or have gone out of style: yo-yos, paper airplanes, VCR's, gluten, Pluto, and more. Albert wants to join, but he faces a difficult initiation process.

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Other Sideby  Marguerite Carmene Vil
Date Posted: 30 Nov 2024
After a late-night shift, Vee spots her friend Alex entering a mysterious glowing door in a dim alley. Unable to resist her curiosity, Vee steps through and is transported into a surreal digital realm where the dark web manifests in real life.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hackedby  Jerrod D. Brito
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2024
When three hoodlums record their burglaries for social media and street cred, they accidentally stumble upon a satanic ritual.

Genre: Horror
8 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
In Silenceby  Jeff Sommer-Zervos
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2023
When a man's silent struggle with grief and depression becomes too overwhelming to bear, an attempt to end his suffering awakens a spirit in his house that pulls him back from death's grip.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Enemy of the Christby  Charles Okika
Date Posted: 29 May 2024
An army of privileged angels jettison their empyrean phalanx in pursuit of pride and self love but at a costly price.

Genre: Other
44 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Shadow Among Usby  Christine LARA
Date Posted: 03 May 2024
A gathering among friends turns into a nightmare when strange events begin to unfold in an isolated house deep in the forest. Trapped and confronted with their own secrets, they realize that one of them is not who they claim to be.

Genre: Drama
45 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Unbelongerby  Brandi Self
Date Posted: 13 Apr 2025
After becoming stranded in the desert, an outcast soldier is attacked by a stranger who looks just like him.

Genre: Sci-Fi
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Farewell Dinnerby  Tony Jerris
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2024
A woman stuck in a loveless marriage makes her husband an anniversary dinner that is to die for... literally!

Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Classic Western Love Storyby  John Porter
Date Posted: 05 May 2025
A western comedy in which two young men compete for the favor of a lovely young woman.

Genre: Western
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Just Before Midnightby  John Layne
Date Posted: 10 Nov 2023
Emotionally ravaged by the tragic death of his wife, a bourbon-drinking private detective is summoned by his former police lieutenant after two homicide victims, both murdered in the same unusual manner, are found to be private investigators.

Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
21 pages
Cast Size: 7+ 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
A Car Salesman Builds His Dream Houseby  Alan Barkley
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2025
Jim is a car salesman who is building a house to woo back a wayward spouse. Can Jim close the deal? (No house construction filming needed). *2024 Semi-finalist - Grande Stories Screenplay Competition*.

Genre: Romance
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Unmutedby  Derrick Vernon
Date Posted: 09 Feb 2024
In the aftermath of a tragic prank gone awry, a once-mute prodigious athlete gains an unexpected voice but chooses to communicate solely through sign language as a cover. Enduring relentless humiliation, he transforms into a vengeful monster, chanting ominously before seeking revenge on those responsible for his torment.

Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Thirteen Coilsby  John Porter
Date Posted: 07 May 2025
A young outlaw prepares for his execution.

Genre: Western
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
 
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