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Result #1
Almost By Designby  Roberta M Roy
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2024
A young environmentalist Midwestern interior designer of schools must leave home when her web of reality forces her to risk seeking employment with upper class homeowners as an interior home decor designer in faraway New York City. **2024: Best Drama Screenplay New York Film Awards; Best Short Screen Play - Los Angeles Film Awards; Festigious Los Angeles Monthly Film Competition; Semi Finalist - Palm Springs International Screenplay Contest; Brooklyn International Short Awards; Berlin Shorts Award*

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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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
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Yell'n'Tellby  Roberta M Roy
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2024
Recalling how his cousin pinches him and denies doing so and having witnessed a girl being bullied, a brave five-year-old uses his wise mother's practical but inventive advice to help solve his bullying dilemma. *2024 Best Unproduced Script Brightside Tavern Film Festival; Brightside Festival; Semi Finalist 2023 Dallas Shorts Note: Yell’n’Tell also in French and Spanish – Grita y Dilo*

Genre: Family
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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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
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Yell'n'Tellby  Roberta M Roy
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2024
After witnessing a girl being bullied, a brave five-year-old uses his wise mother's practical but inventive advice to help solve his bullying dilemma. *2024 Best Unproduced Script Brightside Tavern Film Festival; Brightside Festival; Semi Finalist 2023 Dallas Shorts Note: Yell’n’Tell also in French and Spanish – Grita y Dilo*

Genre: Animation
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Just In Timeby  Roberta M Roy
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2024
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
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Sentinelby  John Alexander Fraser
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2024
A Sentinel from another dimension watches over humans in a diner and at a skate park as it averts danger and seeks to understand the human race.

Genre: Sci-Fi
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Terror Martby  John Alexander Fraser
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2024
A young woman lost in the wrong part of town seeks help at a 7/11 Mart and must overcome evil to plot a way to safety.

Genre: Horror
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #9
Stapleby  John Alexander Fraser
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2024
Table. Darkness. Click!

Genre: Fantasy
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Brain Foodby  John Alexander Fraser
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2024
A psychiatric patient in a counselling session must come to terms with a trauma that they must overcome to lead a normal life.

Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Next Seatby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2024
A man sits alone in an empty movie theater waiting for a film to begin, and then a woman stranger sits in the seat next to him. They have a dramatic confrontation while the screening is delayed.

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Alien Dreamby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2024
A teenage girl has a dream about instantly becoming a teenage boy caused by an accidental Alien invasion.

Genre: Fantasy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Beauty Beholdby  Steven Burton
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2024
A beautiful young woman changes her focus from outer to inner beauty after a natural disaster accident.

Genre: Fantasy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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A Faceby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2024
A woman sacrifices everything for the perfect face, only to become a target of uncontrollable desire. Forced into hiding, she is pursued by a detective whose accidental glimpse of her face turns him into her next victim.

Genre: Drama
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #15
The Lost Toys of Lester Lakeby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
Bill only wants to catch a few fish for his dinner. The old, abandoned toys underneath Lester Lake only want someone to play with. (1 location, 1 actor. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Fun Sizeby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
A young trick-or-treater is angry after receiving a "fun size" candy bar. (Comedy/horror. 1 location, 2 actors.)

Genre: Comedy
2 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #17
Misfortuneby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
Two hipsters get more than they bargained for when they break open their fortune cookies. (Surreal horror/comedy. 1 location, limited dialogue.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #18
Sundays with Ethelby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
An elderly man and woman cross paths while visiting the graves of their departed spouses. Sparks don't exactly fly, but sometimes a simple connection is enough. (1 location, 2 actors. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #19
Zaryaby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
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
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Result #20
No Job for Tenderfootsby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
Four notorious hit men show up at the same place, brought together by a mysterious cowboy who gives them an unusual mission. (Drama/Comedy/Crime. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Drama
18 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #21
Christmas Tree or Bustby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
As December approaches, dusty ornaments in the attic spiffy themselves up, get makeovers and begin exercise regimens as they vie for a spot on the Christmas tree. (Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Animation
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #22
Daggersby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
A man sits beside a woman on a park bench to eat his lunch, but he gradually scoots away from her. When the puzzled woman questions his actions, it leads to a series of bitter insults which arouses them both. (1 location, 2 actors)

Genre: Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #23
The Last Picnicby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
Four hipsters pack their lunch and excitedly head into the woods for their first ever wilderness picnic. Unfortunately, it all goes very, very wrong. (Dark comedy/horror/satire. 1 location, 4 actors.)

Genre: Comedy
17 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #24
Momby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
A woman looks out her kitchen window and sees her long dead mother in the vegetable garden. But how did she get there? And what is she doing? (Horror/dark comedy. 1 location, 2 actors.)

Genre: Horror
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #25
Straight Talk with Sadie & Santaby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
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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Result #26
Rubyby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
When a lonely old man visits his beloved wife's grave for the first time, he encounters a charming little girl who lifts him out of his doldrums and fills him with hope. (Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)

Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #27
Smells Like Steinbeckby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
A young man with a passion for pleasant aromas is lured into the underground world of book sniffing. (Could be short or TV pilot. Award-winning screenwriter and journalist; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
30 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #28
Lenaby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
While backpacking alone in the wilderness, a young man encounters a mysterious girl who has a unique relationship with the forest. (One location, two characters. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #29
The Halloween Short Film Festivalby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
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
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Result #30
New Amendmentby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
One man's passionate monologue on law and religion unfolds, revealing the thin line between conviction and chaos—will his petition bring change, or simply the solitude he's chosen?

Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #31
My Weekendby  Simon Parker
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
Spending the weekend creating a suicide vest for his young daughter, a disillusioned father has a terrible plan for her.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #32
Mister Christmasby  Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2024
When Albert meets his girlfriend's parents and sees their inadequate Christmas tree, he decides to give them a few pointers on the meaning of Christmas. (One location, four characters. Produced writer; see IMDB for writer's credits.)

Genre: Comedy
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #33
Davids and Goliathsby  Spartak Proda
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2024
Imagine for one second that tomorrow you wake up 50% heavier. Earth has changed its gravity, and you and I are facing the fate of the dinosaurs. Governments are aware and have created a survival plan for the species with the "Davids and Goliaths" project. An assassin uncovers everything. Secret biogenetic experiments. The Goliaths and the Davids, are at war. The introduction of heavy metals into Earth’s core is bringing forth a new order.

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
11 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #34
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
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Result #35
A Change of Heartby  Anselmo Garcia
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2024
A mafia crew’s failure to carry out a contract becomes Vincent Bataglia’s unfortunate headache.

Genre: Drama
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #36
The Guns of Septemberby  Anselmo Garcia
Date Posted: 02 Nov 2024
As a mob war rages in New York City, a killer hit squad holds a main enforcer of the opposing faction hostage.

Genre: Drama
22 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #37
Table for 3by  Michael Joseph
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2024
A brother and sister, entrenched in crime with their abusive uncle, make a routine stop at a diner. But when tempers flare, their ordinary night takes an unexpected turn

Genre: Suspense/Thriller
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #38
Ozmosisby  Jim Kowalski
Date Posted: 28 Oct 2024
A young professional’s life is changed for eternity when he unwittingly makes the choice between trading one heinous addiction for another on a different level.

Genre: Horror
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #39
Cimpleby  Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2024
Darryl and his right hand man Ryan's lavish lifestyle from drug dealing comes apart when Darryl’s girlfriend Sharice unveils something sinister neither one of them saw coming.

Genre: Drama
9 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
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Result #40
Landminesby  Gordon Virtue
Date Posted: 27 Oct 2024
A young volunteer at a VA hospital gives perspective to a disabled veteran's life. Mack (38), a bilateral (BK) amputee meets Candy (16), a bubbly hospital volunteer with Down syndrome. The two foster a unique relationship during the holiday season. It's a heart-warming tale with O. Henry-like twists and a surprise ending.

Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
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