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Fireflies and Moonbeamsby Pepper Cookson
A young mom struggles to comfort her colicky baby until they venture outside at night into the fireflies and moonbeams.
Genre: Artistic
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Genre: Artistic
21 pages
Cast Size: 1-3 Main/Supporting Roles
Keep Connectedby Susan Hahn
The head of the KEEP CONNECTED TALENT AGENCY receives a phone call the propels to wrap a reality show that has been 75 years in the making.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
11 pages
Lost Kitesby Kevin Silva
A grief-stricken agnostic is pressured into joining his embittered ex-wife in a prayer after their son’s funeral.
Genre: Drama
10 pages
Genre: Drama
10 pages
The Skateboardby Tony Jerris
When a down-on-his-luck divorced father buys a skateboard for his son's birthday, his life changes drastically, but is it for the better?
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Genre: Drama
6 pages
Good Willby Dena McKinnon
A samaritan's good deeds go all wrong. Sometimes we don't reap what we sow.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Genre: Drama
8 pages
The Doorby Robert Cox
Inseparable friends Evan and Carl are joined together by adversity. After Carl's grandfather passes away, a mysterious door forms on the wall of of Carl's bedroom, a door that becomes more distinct the sicker he becomes and only he can see. Evan thinks that it is an effect of chemotherapy, Carl believes that it is a message from his grandfather. One night the door opens.
Genre: Fantasy
38 pages
Genre: Fantasy
38 pages
Thy Will Be Doneby Susan Hahn
A woman is summoned home for the reading of her aunt's will. The ensuing turn of events beg the question of whose will is being done.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
9 pages
Don't Eat The Orangesby Amy Tarr
All Sean and his eccentric friends wanted to do was make a film. Unfortunately they lack experience, connections, script, and money. They survive a crazed homeless man, an armed robbery, and a severely hilarious run in with bran muffins. They emerge victorious with a successful documentary, friendship, and love.
Genre: Comedy
39 pages
Genre: Comedy
39 pages
The Ransom of Mackby John Porter
A comedy based on O. Henry's short story about a middle-aged miner who tries to prevent his middle-aged friend from marrying a lovely young woman
Genre: Western
10 pages
Genre: Western
10 pages
Journal Of A Teen Squatchby Ana Antlitz
When a semi-retired farmer stumbles upon an orphaned boy Sasquatch, both worlds collide in a hillarious way, but soon a ruthless bounty hunter has his eye on capturing the ophan Squatch for the money.
Genre: Family
45 pages
Genre: Family
45 pages
John C. Reilly is a Robotby Curtis Lofgren
Two overweight couples lollygag the day away, looking at the frozen lake, waiting for the nightly stew, watching television and wondering what it all means. One of the men realize that John C. Reilly has been in films dating back to the fifties and believe him to be a robot. One of the wives gets stuck on the toilet and they all see a water stain on the ceiling that looks like a famous celebrity.
Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Genre: Comedy
25 pages
Bygone and Beyondby Bob Wiley
As a young man stalks his ex, who is working a late night shift at a convenence store, an unexpected encounter with a troubled girl changes his life forever.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
8 pages
Splitby Rafael Elortegui
Two spinsters with opposite personalities share one roof. Sweetheart Linny likes to baby-sit children, while hardcase Reva despises them and threatens to do one in. Real problem is ... they both exist inside the same woman and are prone to fight.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
32 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
32 pages
Holiday Innby Harry Musselwhite
What if there was a second pregnant couple that night long ago in ancient Bethlehem?
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
We'll Meet Againby Kevin Silva
A teen searching for his missing girlfriend at a remote beach discovers a beautiful ghost has been waiting for him.
Genre: Other
22 pages
Genre: Other
22 pages
Dancing Rosesby Tinisha Johnson
In the mist of a broken heart and infidelity, a woman learns a damaging family secret that causes her to take extreme measures.
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Genre: Drama
8 pages
Reality Gamesby Sean Ryan
A young man is caught up in a deadly game with a unknown man who has kidnapped his younger brother.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
19 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
19 pages
The Puppet Mastersby Tracey Maye
Rupert Gannon, a supernatural president, strives to be a dictator by any means necessary.
Genre: Fantasy
22 pages
Genre: Fantasy
22 pages
A Red Glow of Neonby Michael Fawcett
Gladys Baker, who has taken baby Norma Jeane (the future Marilyn Monroe) from her foster family for a visit, has dinner with the baby’s father in her Hollywood apartment.
Genre: Drama
11 pages
Genre: Drama
11 pages
The President's Letterby Patrick McNamara
A bitter, sarcastic correspondence writer who works for the U.S. Government in D.C. is forced by his feisty new boss to write condolence letters for the President, so he deliberately does a bad job, until his boss makes him hand-deliver one of his letters to a grieving African American grandmother in a poor suburb of D.C. who pretends she can’t read or write.
Genre: Drama
15 pages
Genre: Drama
15 pages
The Book With No Nameby Alan Adler
A book that hungers for stories finds suspense in its blankness and tragedy in the whiteness of every page.
Genre: Animation
9 pages
Genre: Animation
9 pages
The Monster Insideby Mike Trentacosti
A terrified young woman escapes someone or something in the woods, but the house she stumbles upon only prolongs her nightmare.
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Genre: Horror
8 pages
Jefe: The Boss of Vengeanceby Jeff Ardoin
Like the second one before him, the third Jefe unleashes revenge upon his enemy, and the enemies of the innocent as Mexico City's "Vigilante Angel" returns.
Genre: Action/Adventure
46 pages
Genre: Action/Adventure
46 pages
The American Dreamby Cheing Winston
A young immigrant girl brought to american by her father in search of the american dream- now shattered upon the suicide of her father and the abandonment of her mother , is placed in foster care and is molested for 7 years until she is 18, then with a ray of hope attends college only to find out that as an undocumented immigrant is forced to return to her own country.
Genre: Drama
43 pages
Genre: Drama
43 pages
The Pirates of Alabamaby Michael M. Partain
The ghost of One Eye Jack isn't heppy when a pair of junior sleuths go after his hidden treasure...or so it would seem. The kids soon discover that Jack wasn't a pirate and there is no treasure. But if that's true, who's been stalking them in the woods? The kids end up solving the JFK murder mystery but not before they're almost done in by the villainous great grandson of Willie Jack, The Fixer, the man who plotted the crime. And just when you've got it all figured out, the ghost of One Eye Jack really shows up. 39 pages of non st
Genre:
39 pages
Genre:
39 pages
Lunacyby Mark Rupprecht
(Sci-Fi/Thriller) - An interstellar homicide agent investigates the killing of an American space tourist while slipping into madness.
Genre: Sci-Fi
40 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
40 pages
By Godby CJ Walley
Both handcuffed to a bag of explosives following a bloody shootout, a white supremacist girl and Arab man debate their potential afterlife.
Genre: Artistic
6 pages
Genre: Artistic
6 pages
Babesby Scott Hite
When a homophobe is killed in a plane crash, he finds himself in line to enter Heaven behind a gay couple with a child.
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
9 pages
Genre: Gay/Lesbian
9 pages
Asylumby Janet Goodman-Clarke
A young man in the 1890s is sentenced to an Asylum for the crime of love. Will he survive the loneliness and the brutality - or are worse things waiting, behind those walls? Mental institutions make for strange bedfellows...
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Genre: Horror
12 pages
Haven't We Met Before?by Kevin Silva
A bewildered director discovers that female characters from his beach party screenplay are haunting him.
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
24 pages
Genre: Crime/Murder/Mystery
24 pages
Little Angelsby Ramona Baillie
When Ellen has to rush to the hospital she accepts her new neighbor's offer to babysit - a decision she'll soon regret.
Genre: Horror
14 pages
Genre: Horror
14 pages
Honkies Need Not Applyby Tom Deiker
In the near future, a Caucasian male faces ethnic/sexual discrimination from three female interviewers . 1-scene (interview room), 6 pages. Cast of 4: 3 œminority women (e.g., Black, Hispanic, Oriental), 1 man. No CGI/SFX. General audience. ©PAu3433023
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Genre: Comedy
6 pages
Valarie's Simple Giftby Michael Bavota
Valarie's Simple Gift is a fictional heart-warming story for the entire family that involves a girl (Valarie), as a Down Syndrome adult and as a child, an old hat and a random act of kindness that results in a healing miracle for a paralyzed Vietnamese refugee boy.
Genre: Family
15 pages
Genre: Family
15 pages
Guitar Dancesby Steven Burton
Beverly, a choreographer, observes Joe as a stranger with a walking disability along with his guitar on a city sidewalk. Then, she discovers his musical talent which leads to mutual inspiration.
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Genre: Drama
9 pages
Grace Under Pressureby Niall Lacey
Comedy action siege: A nervous young woman finds her inner hero when two opportunistic old rogues try to rob her late Nana's ornaments.
Genre: Comedy
17.5 pages
Genre: Comedy
17.5 pages
Heart Rateby Alan Barkley
When a male and female cop enter an abandoned building looking for a cop killer, they are soon hunting each other. Lots of action- on foot - no car chases. Winner Vail Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, short film category.
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
10 pages
Reel Stageby Amanda Raymond
A Shakespearean actor's limits are tested when an action film director is brought in to direct the stage play of Hamlet.
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
Genre: Comedy
15 pages
S&M Dateby Marqus Bobesich
A recovering sado-masochist tries to hide his dark side while on a dinner date with an innocent young woman.
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Genre: Comedy
4 pages
Beingby Wolfgang Wright
A lonely farmer attempts to nurse an alien back to health, and in the process, heals himself.
Genre: Sci-Fi
22 pages
Genre: Sci-Fi
22 pages
Cosmic Justiceby Linda Bosso
An American doctor, searching for his Scottish kinsmen, is sidetracked by a cosmic connection.
Genre: Other
25 pages
Genre: Other
25 pages
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