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Now and Thenby Edward Chapman
Date Posted: 03 Sep 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: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Big Treeby Paolo Galli
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2025
On a scorching summer afternoon, a homeless man finds shelter beneath a great tree and comfort in an old photograph.
With a simple yet profound gesture — writing poems in exchange for coins — he sows beauty in the silence of the city.
Years later, on his wedding day, a man discovers that a small note he received as a child shaped his destiny.
A tale about the power of quiet gestures and invisible legacies.
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A long Road Aheadby Bernhard Riedhammer
Date Posted: 25 May 2024
A trailblazing transgender woman, stranded in the middle of nowhere, must hitch a ride with an opinionated retiree in order to stop her ex from leaving the country with their son.
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Oh No, You Pull Itby Daniel J. Broderick
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2025
Two siblings, whose mother is on life support, debate who should pull the plug. And yes, this is a comedy.
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Xanadu Shoresby Jay Loish
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2025
Two ex-pilots become embroiled in a kidnapping and gold heist, after an employer's scheme escalates from theft to kidnapping.
Needing help, our hero leaves clues unaware of a capricious agent and his comely accomplice are following his friends by land, air, and sea. The unscrupulous authorities are seeking the loot, confronting the criminals, culminating explosively with the sun rising on
XANADU SHORES.
It's about desire and duty to friends. A lively yarn encapsulated by adventure.
Genre: Action/Adventure
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
12 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Spoken Forby Jim Kowalski
Date Posted: 01 May 2025
Can a man with a crippling social anxiety win the woman he loves over his alter ego crutch and her cheating boyfriend?
Genre: Romance
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romance
11 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
Genre: Drama
17 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Dolce, Fraud Relationshipsby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 05 May 2024
Three women share a similar tale of being in a relationship for the wrong reasons, but refuse to leave the lifestyle.
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Lockdown Treasureby STEVEN BLOWS
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024
During a national lockdown caused by a virus pandemic, a curious 12-year-old girl and her persuasive younger brother set off on a hunt after finding a treasure map in their weekly online supermarket delivery.
Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
L.I.L.I.T.H.by Tigran Vardanyan
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2025
A determined medical intern, Lilith, is drawn into the turbulent lives of an eccentric opera singer, her troubled twin, and a reclusive artist, Albert. As she navigates their world of emotional outbursts and hidden pain, an unexpected bond with Albert begins to unfold—challenging her perception of duty, connection, and the fine line between care and entanglement.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 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
Genre: Horror
24 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Deposedby Apostolos P. Kouroumalis
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2024
An artist must usurp the artist of the day at a string of galleries in New York City, upon meeting a lone grifter what follows is the result of mass consumption awry as nuclear testing leads to the end of the artist and the city.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Attachedby Delaina M. Waldron
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2025
A concerned young woman and her friends go to a desolate area to pick up her sick brother only to discover in their selfies somethings attached to them.
Genre: Horror
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Moors: The Freedom Fightersby Tirrell J. Paxton
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2024
During Medieval Spain, a tyrannical King holds hostage a debutante from a noble family. A Jewish ally flees and evades knights to inform her father of his daughter’s predicament. The Jewish crusader and Count seek military assistance from the Moors in North Africa to liberate the debutante and Spain from oppressive Gothic Rule!
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Non-Fiction/History
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Dennisby Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2024
A living doll babysits a baby and protects it during a burglary.
Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Night Outby Victor Titimas
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2024
A secret agent and his date team up to bring down a group of spies posing as restaurant workers.
Genre: Action/Adventure
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
6 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
Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
A Good Conversationby John Porter
Date Posted: 05 May 2025
A young psychiatrist struggles to have a good conversation with her boyfriend--and finds it with a patient.
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
16 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Mafia Prom Dateby Michael Volpe
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2025
A determined high schooler battles failing grades, skeptical parents, and the perils of Mafia connections to take the Don’s daughter to his prom in 1970s New York City. He almost succeeds until his dream prom night ends when the FBI arrests his date and her family in dramatic raids regarding the Don’s high-profile Emmy Awards jewelry heist.
Genre: Drama
39 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
39 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Dangerous Cargoby Jason Kirman
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2024
Two girls throw out the driver and his car at gunpoint, not suspecting the valuable cargo in the car, more than ten kilograms of drugs which was supposed to be delivered to New York to a local drug dealer. After a drug dealer in New York learns about the disappearance of his goods he personally wants to find and kill the girls.
Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Christmas Withoutby Derrick Vernon
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2024
An orphan kid, who was abandoned on a porch with two of his siblings, has been living on the streets. In order to survive another day, he then starts to steal food and flee from the authorities. By assisting a bunch of criminals in robbing the guy who provided him with refuge he eventually has the chance to be reunited with his brother and sister, but the story doesn't end there. This great adventure touches lives.
Genre: Family
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Family
15 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Roots of Evilby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2025
Young Zack is terribly excited about his birthday party -- that is, until his clueless family brings out the disappointing birthday cake. (Horror/Dark Comedy. 1 location. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Paranormal Employment Agencyby Bob Canning
Date Posted: 11 Feb 2024
In this otherworldly spoof of 1940s Horror and Film Noir, a ghost, unhappy with his crypt mate, a snoring vampire, meets the recently murdered dame of his dreams at the haunting placement service he runs.
Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Pursuit of Happiness a Constitutional Rightby Fausto Politi
Date Posted: 03 May 2025
In 2221 happiness is a primary asset granted by a Constitutional Right. A man gets the permission to kill his wife being in the dark that his wife had the same permission.
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Reality Checkby Ed Tasca
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2025
Guy painfully caught between the "love of his life" sending him a final goodbye via live video and his commitment to meet with his new "rebound girlfriend," whom he's committed to a serious relationship and their first evening of love, and is waiting for him at her flat.Their scene of love-making ends shockingly with "rebound girlfriend" raging at him for using her. The result is a twist, a deadly tragedy twist.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Truthby Michael Hayden
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2024
Play by the rules, or pay with your life.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
29 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Conceitedby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2024
No one can ruin Maryi’s wedding day but her husband, who has a shocking revelation to reveal.
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Family Diamondby Simon Parker
Date Posted: 01 Dec 2024
When John's elderly father is left on his doorstep due to unpaid private care, a desperate friend introduces him to a scientist with a serum that grows diamonds inside the human stomach.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Morning Walk With the Killerby Grag Raymond
Date Posted: 04 Jul 2024
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
Gluttonous Zombieby Grag Raymond
Date Posted: 04 Jul 2024
In two girls are hunted by a ravenous zombie at night time after Mia and Abby use a resurrection spell for fun.
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Only Towards Youby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2024
Inside of an empty church, standing beside a closed casket, Donna expresses her feelings about her dead friend.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Secret Santaby Brendan Lee
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2024
MARK is a holiday curmudgeon who has a brush with the 'Magic of Christmas' at his family's annual Holiday Party.
Genre: Other
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Other
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Condomby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 12 Apr 2024
Not asking to be in this world, baby Dante explains the difference between the love from his mother and father, when things could have easily been prevented.
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
12 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
When COVID Cameby Roberta M Roy
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2024
After COVID arrives, in silence, a woman living alone copes by isolating, masking, and eventually being vaccinated after which she is only then able to welcome others into her home. Music accompanies her actions and the only line of dialogue occurs at the films end when she welcomes her grandson and his girlfriend into her home. *Dallas Shorts 2023 Semi Finalist*
Genre: Artistic
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Kick-Ass Picnicby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 07 Feb 2024
Neal and Amy meet up for their first date, a relaxing picnic in the woods. But their tranquility is soon thwarted by spoiled food, a sudden skin rash, an angry tree, and lots of blood. (1 location, 3 actors. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Last Rendezvousby Paul Byrne
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2024
A paralyzed teenager from the hood meets his rich girlfriend one last time to see if their love has survived his drug dealing days.
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
My Lastby Rebecca Rachelle Alistair
Date Posted: 05 Jan 2024
An enervated lawyer procures the help of his neighbor, in committing suicide.
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
25 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Candy, Girl Reporterby Linda Gould
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2025
Candy, a young journalist, is interviewed on a talk show to promote a book she wrote about a campus rock band. She'd fallen in love with the lead guitarist, Preston, but suffered heartbreak when her flaky roommate, Josephine, lured him away. She has taken revenge by implicating Josephine in a campus bombing and exposing her and Preston as liars.
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
13 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
A Whiskey Glass . . .by John Porter
Date Posted: 05 May 2025
A young cowboy learns an old lesson about love and liquor.
Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Western
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Detective With Unique Talentby Grag Raymond
Date Posted: 04 Jul 2024
Christina, an excellent police detective, has a unique talent to feel a murderer in a person and this helps to quickly reveal and catch him.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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