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The Chosenby Paul Byrne
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2024
A troubled homicide cop must team up with his estranged father to stop a serial killer who mysteriously resurfaces after three decades before he butchers his next victim - his Holiness the Pope.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
40 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Heelsby Steven Pony Hill
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2024
The copilot of SouthJet 242 bound for Atlanta is forced to land a crippled plane, but not before she deals with a passenger manifest of the undead. A 2 location, 30 minute short with a strong FEMALE lead.
Genre: Horror
31 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
31 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Badlandsby Pamela Schott
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2024
When a woman who sleepwalks through her entire life 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 make an impossible decision.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Hayseeds & Hipstersby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2025
While eating lunch on a park bench, hayseeds Ned and Boomer spot a real-life hipster. Fascinated, they observe him and make fun of him, but they soon learn that things aren't always what they seem. (1 location, 3 characters)
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
8 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Wake Upby Delaina M. Waldron
Date Posted: 20 Mar 2025
Guests at a funeral home are in for a Wake Up call, when their loving deceased BJ speaks at his own Wake.
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
14 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
The Vortican Orderby S.C. Smith
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2024
Five years after a terrifying encounter with a mysterious figure, high school senior Ethan Thomas is drawn back into a supernatural nightmare when the shadowy entity reappears, threatening to unravel the fragile peace his family has found.
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Hogwash and Tommyrotby STEVEN BLOWS
Date Posted: 15 Mar 2025
When household rubbish begins to fall from the sky and into their garden, an environmentally conscientious homeowner must deal with the consequences of this mysterious phenomenon.
Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
16 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
What Crawls Beneathby Shane Nolan
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2024
While asleep, Rock thinks he feels something rustling beneath his bed. Quickly he learns he's not alone. In an effort to protect himself, he challenges the creature who scampers off and hides within the closet. Noticing just how afraid it is, Rock tries to set it free. When he sees what the creature truly is, he learns that he, too, just might need to be set free.
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Guantanamo Galaby Robert Ingraham
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2025
After Musk’s DOGE team’s preps the opening of the prison—adding efficiencies to the electric chair to reduce personnel—Trump invites his bff billionaires down for a grand opening celebration. The party is held in the only room with electricity—the one with the electric chair.
What happens next is… well, electrifying.
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 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
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
About a Bearby S.C. Smith
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2024
An aging TV writer desperate for a comeback pitches a last-ditch movie about a vengeful bear to a Hollywood producer, only to watch his hopes unravel as the industry leaves him behind.
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Pumpkin Jackby Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2024
A mythic serial killer possesses Dave after ingesting cursed pumpkin seeds.
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Remember, Remember the 5th of Decemberby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2024
A young boy's Christmas nightmares take on a life of their own.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Killer Viewsby Alan Barkley
Date Posted: 25 Feb 2025
A female realtor shows a female client around a view home. But when the two women discover their paths have unhappily crossed before the business meeting descends into physical comic conflict.
Single Location
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Double Dutyby Theresa Meeker Pickett
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2024
A single mom clones herself to break free from the limitations of her own life, but when the original version self-destructs, her oldest child builds a time machine to show her what she truly needs as a mother.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
7 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
The Fable of Nathan Goochby Ronald Ecker
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2024
A nerdy college boy who can’t get a date tries using some animal courtship techniques, with surprising results.
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
19 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
FIONAby Madiha Masood
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2023
In Eldoria, a mansion holds Fiona's mischievous spirit, enlivening it with spectral laughter for half a century. Basim, an ambitious entrepreneur, dreams of transforming it into a haven. Unaware of the impending love story, his venture intertwines the realms of the living and departed. Brace for humor, romance, and the supernatural in "Fiona's Haven," where love transcends all boundaries, even those of the afterlife.
Genre: Fantasy
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Fantasy
25 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Entitledby Alan Barkley
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2025
When a young College female student accuses a male student of breaking into her car, the young woman and the Dean must confront the influential father of the accused young man. The story asks two questions : did he do it? And will the entitled win the day?
Mostly interior scenes.
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
14 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Soldier's Bravadoby Jonathan Fear
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2025
In a bar in ancient Britannia a battle-worn deputy centurion’s dark memories clash with youthful bravado of untested soldiers.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Fedora - A Tale or the Unseenby Adham Ossama Adham
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2024
Left behind at a concert, a Fedora embarks on a vengeance-fueled odyssey.
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Torch Of Horror; The Muse In The Moonlightby James Massaro
Date Posted: 26 Mar 2025
The devil within is in the house of mirrors....
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
20 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Define Loveby Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2024
Blake and Darrell's relationship is on the rocks because Blake wants Darrell to move in, but Darrell is hiding a secret.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
13 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
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Christmas from the Crapperby Wendy Appelbaum
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2024
When IBS threatens to derail a Christmas-obsessed man’s quest to host his annual public access Holiday Show, he must fight against the “natural forces” to ensure that the show goes on.
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Coilby Steven Pony Hill
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2024
A brilliant scientist has a theory: an exact amount of energy focused on the exact right space, at the exact right time, can open a portal between multiverses. Will testing this theory cost more than he’s willing to sacrifice? A 15-minute short shot in one room with three cast members.
Genre: Sci-Fi
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
13 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
I Heart Jodyby Doug J Robbins
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2025
A serial killer gets distracted by his favorite sitcom when about to enter a potential victim's home.
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
3 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Treasureby John Alexander Fraser
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2025
A young native American woman must overcome her sensitivities to protect herself when a deranged killer attacks her friends for an underground culinary treasure in a remote forested area.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Juliasby Sharon Mae Disney
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2024
"JULIAS", is a compelling story set in the east end London underworld, where a power struggle unfolds as various gangsters contemplate merging into a single organization under the leadership of the mysterious "Julias." The narrative follows the unfolding tensions, loyalty tests, and hidden agendas that threaten to disrupt the delicate balance of power within the criminal underworld. As secrets come to light, the stage is set for a thrill of betrayal and ambition.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
45 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Slow Burnby S.C. Smith
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2024
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
Genre: Drama
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Monster Mansionby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2025
On the last day of the carnival, young Billy Slater enters a haunted house and never returns.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The End Was Funby Alexaner Meriakri
Date Posted: 03 Dec 2024
A hibernating hypochondriac wakes in a post-apocalypse frenzy, where absurd adventures teach him courage and camaraderie.
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Comedy
26 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Woodby Jason K. Allen
Date Posted: 05 Jun 2024
A lonely man falls in love with a tree. But can they live happily ever after? (No dialogue, silent comedy. One location. Produced writer; see IMDB for credits.)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Romantic Comedy
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Abby’s Cursed Paintingsby Melissa Diane Hudson
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2025
In the wake of her parents' violent murder, an eight-year-old girl communicates only through her macabre, otherworldly art- a cryptic language that captivates an unsuspecting audience while hiding secrets that could either save her or doom them all.
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
10 pages
Cast Size: 4-6 Main/Supporting Roles
G.I.S. (Global Internet shutdown)by Bernard Antoine Mersier
Date Posted: 27 Nov 2023
As humanity comes to a violent end, one person stands on a skyscraper watching, explaining why the apocalypse is taking place.
Genre: Sci-Fi
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
It Was Only Yesterdayby Nathan M. Scrivens
Date Posted: 03 Jul 2024
A boy attempts to get his mother to smile again after her father's passing.
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Action/Adventure
11 pages
Cast Size: 7+ Main/Supporting Roles
What's Your Emergencyby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2024
A mobster wakes up buried in a coffin, and that's the least of his problems.
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Horror
5 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
The Eavesdropperby Charles Webb
Date Posted: 17 Jun 2024
On a late-night train ride, a comic book loving kid overhears a sinister plot.
Genre: Animation
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Animation
1 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Stay Warmby Steven Burton
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2023
A man with his young son offers comfort to a homeless man which also provides a break from their grief for the recent death of Mary, a beloved wife and mother.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Ripplesby Anthony Cawood
Date Posted: 30 Dec 2024
A woman travels back in time to reshape her childhood, but her relentless drive to win leads to chilling and irreversible consequences.
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Sci-Fi
7 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
Genre: Drama
4 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles