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Only You Can Help Her. EPISODE ONE/PILOT: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGICWhen a boy's mother vanishes after a car crash, he's thrust into a perilous quest. Guided by an eccentric uncle and aided by three unfamiliar allies, he must confront dark forces and his own doubts to rescue his mother before a pivotal birthday. Script Excerpt |
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“Be prepared for what?” Episode 2: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGICHowell and friends arrive at a school in the desert where they prepare to face evil forces. But even the school itself is not safe. Script Excerpt |
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Yrrem Samtsirhc from MarsA gentle, highly intelligent alien crash-lands in a small town just before Christmas and forms an unlikely friendship with a girl with Down syndrome. Together, they spark a movement of kindness that transforms the community—forcing bullies, families, and even the town’s adults to rediscover empathy, diversity, and the magic of unity. |
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“Kochma Kote! Nightmare Place!” EPISODE 5: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGICHowell and his friends fail to complete the task ordered by Drago Lucian. They are forced to complete humiliating tasks. All changes when Uncle Tal returns to aid them. Script Excerpt |
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My Greatest Enemy--Myself! Episode 3: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGICHowell's rising doubts about his friends have disastrous results. Script Excerpt |
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NIGHT OF THE LIVING DECORATIONSWhen a disgruntled spirit brings all the neighborhood decorations to life on Halloween, a timid fifth grader must devise a plan to capture it by midnight in order to save her family and friends from becoming decorations themselves forever. |
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Look Into My Eyes! EPISODE 4: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGICAfter Howell completes a series of challenges, he returns to his friends in the desert questing for Apache Tears. The search is demanding and, with Howell as leader, ultimately successful, but not as Professor Drago Lucian intended. Script Excerpt |
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Midnight BlueAn introverted teen dives into the world of love, loss and an unexpected unique ability that she must harness and embrace in this unfolding coming of age, fantasy. |
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Traverse Envizib. Invisible crossings. Episode 6: THE BOY WHO EARNED HIS MAGICHowell and friends enter the tunnels that lead to the central kiva. Here Howell confronts the Evil Force behind his mother’s disappearance. Script Excerpt |
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The Lion Sentinel 1In near-futuristic Africa, a warrior with divine powers is framed for the king’s death. Guided by his gift, he journeys through exile, finds allies and uncovers a royal betrayal that could cost the Queen her life |
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Pebbles on the BeachAn adventurous school-boy kicking pebbles through the water of a magical beach is confronted by an Apparition which materialises into the girl of his dreams, and steals his heart. Script Excerpt |
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EVERY WEEKFor wont of a nail the shoe was lost, for wont of a vacuum cleaner switch Julie nearly loses her home to a pair of six foot fuzzballs with limbs, speech, and manners! Script Excerpt |
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Storm DragonsIn a mystical land where champions fight to the death to keep the peace, the revenge of a chosen warrior against the killer of his family risks starting the bloody war he was bound to prevent. |
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Wake of the QuasimodoOn his deathbed, a stranger seeks revenge on his enemy by using subtlety in the details of a fantastic story. Script Excerpt |
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MarilynThe ghost of a young woman falls in love with the man living in her old apartment and must try to protect him from his murderous, adulterous wife. |
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THE PHANTOM DRIVEROn New Year’s Eve, 1912, a violent alcoholic dies and becomes the supernatural driver who gathers the souls of the dead — until he’s given one impossible chance to save his family from the consequences of his own cruelty. |
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Fish FetishWhat happens when you mix compulsion with alcohol? A horrific, fast paced story of abuse and revenge inspired by "Tales From The Crypt" Script Excerpt |
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Tabula RasaLucy is an Artist. No one understands her. Lucy sees life through the viewfinder of her closest companion, a 16mm Bolex camera. You see, Lucy doesn’t make “movies” — she is a Filmmaker. Lucy’s getting ready to share her Art with the World. But she’s afraid the World isn’t ready for her. Lucy is twelve years old. No one understands her. The World isn’t going to know what hit it. Script Excerpt |
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THE DARK ONEWhen a bullied girl’s shadow begins protecting her in terrifying ways, she discovers a hidden world where wounded souls create powerful dark guardians—and hers may be the most dangerous of all. Script Excerpt |
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Ilium RidgeTo brothers Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, the First World War is but a game to stave off the boredom of immortality. To Captain Achilles, the Man Who Cannot Be Killed, it is a curse to be avoided at all costs, as the gods, battles and magic of Homer's Iliad are transplanted to the bloody trenches of the last century. Script Excerpt |
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IT'S A POPCORN WORLDWhen they try to steal an inventor’s home using government’s eminent domain, he decides to save his home by providing new land, expanding the world like a kernel of popcorn. Script Excerpt |
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Christmas IslandSissy and Kenneth return to their home in the northern woods for their mother's funeral, to find that their parents plan to snatch their bodies. |
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True Tears - Timeless Fairy TaleA young princess who grew up hidden in the woods must find her father, the King, to save the kingdom from doom – His twin sister and self-appointed Sorceress Queen, who banished him about 18 years ago, uses all her powers to prevent a successful journey. |
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Free IndeedWhen our heroine sees more than what meets the natural eye, she knows she is on a divine assignment, if she doesn't free a woman from spiritual bondage the woman will die. Angels of light fight angels of darkness to protect us. Our prayers influence the outcome of spiritual warfare. |
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SoleImagination and dreams come to life when a teenage Gitana and an African hash dealer form an unlikely friendship amidst prejudice and cultural clashes in Andalusia. |
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PURSUE PEACEIn the midst of destruction and pain, a young boy yearns to stop violence however not with violence. 5 pages |
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The forest that called my nameA young gamer named Keijo is sent to his grandparents' countryside home, where a mysterious forest pulls him into a mystical world, intertwining his fate with a girl named Vivienne and unlocking ancient bonds between worlds, love, and sacrifice. |
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Tooth Fairy: Honesty“When belief begins to fade, Honesty Fulbright must uncover what’s weakening it before fairies vanish, the realm is erased and her daughter, Truth, with it.” |
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GrassCachi is a twelve-year-old Hispanic boy with Autism who learns how to beat his condition by inventing a new world under the grass in his front lawn and by learning how to get there by rocking in his chair on the front porch and concentrating till he jumps out of his body and into his new world where he is whole and can speak. |
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LONG PATH TO PEACEOn the run from violent criminals, a pacifist teen escapes, deep into the wilderness – bonding with a haunted ex-soldier and it’s only his brave, unwavering compassion that can free this immortal warrior from an ancient curse and for himself, take control of his own destiny. Script Excerpt |
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THE SWORD AND THE SERPENTWhen their quiet fishing village is attacked by Viking marauders, the scattered members of one Scottish family must fight for survival. To battle the raiders, the spirited teenage daughter and her crafty little brother will risk their lives to summon the village's ancient guardian from its exile - at the far end of Loch Ness. BEST SCREENPLAY NOMINEE |
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FURGROW BIRDS SPIRITUAL ROSEWhen a dog loses his owner and home, he discovers a dark conspiracy involving an evil king, a hidden realm, and God's magical crystals used to alter the world. Spiritually driven, he recruits crossbred animals to seize the crystals and end Earth's out-of-control evolution. Script Excerpt |
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Furgrow Birds back to the beginningWhen a dog loses his owner and home, he discovers a dark conspiracy involving an evil king, a hidden realm, and God's magical crystals used to alter the world. Spiritually driven, he recruits crossbred animals to seize the crystals and end Earth's out-of-control evolution. Script Excerpt |
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Many Happy ReturnsTwo simple-minded brothers work part time at a science lab and find machinery in an unauthorized area that unknowingly transports them to Spain years before their time. Now they must figure out where they are, how they got there, and how to get back home. Recommended on Coverfly Quarterfinalist Creative Screenwriters - Fantasy (2026) |
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Tam LinIn a modern romantic fantasy based on an ancient Scottish fairy tale, a strong young woman risks everything to save her mysterious lover from the evil Fairy Queen, and bring him back to a world he's never known. |
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GabrielleWhen Danny's mum, Angela tells him he has a Guardian Angel called Gabrielle, he doesn't believe her. But after Angela's death from cancer, he finds on the night of her funeral that he is about to find out Gabrielle is real, and she wants to protect him from a dark angel who wants to offer Danny a chance to forget the pain of his mother's death. |
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Arch AngelArch Angel is about Michael, the general of Heaven's Angel Army. His life changes after the Devil finds a gateway into Earth and starts enslaving the human race. |
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Quick ShotQuick Shot is about an ex-marine with the special ability to slow down time and shoot at impossible targets. His life changes when gets recruited by an underground organization bent on taking over the U.S. government. |
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BELLE AND THE BLOOD BEASTA revisionist horror take on the classic fairy tale for young adults -- equal parts romance, action and gore. Belle, a modern, independent beauty rebelling against the man's world of 17th-century France, is forced to live in an enchanted castle to save her father's life. She becomes the defiant prisoner of the Blood Beast, a lonely nobleman cursed with a monstrous body and a predatory savagery powerful enough to hunt and kill twenty men. Both are transformed by a strange, complex love that's threatened by outside forces led by Victor, a cold-blooded cadet captain so obsessed over Belle that he'll destroy them both. Who the true beast is evolves in dark, twisted ways. A romantic horror-thriller date movie, R-rated for violence, not a Disney family movie. More in the style of "Red Riding Hood", "Gretel and Hansel" and "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies". Script Excerpt |
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BORN TO BE YOUA female seagull gets stranded and injured on an island of flightless cormorants. The leader nurses her back to health. He wants her to be his mate with the condition that she gives up flying. The story is about choosing wisely and following the path of destiny, no matter if born male, female or whatever race or origin. |
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We Wrestle Not With Flesh And Blood - 2nd TV episode of Free IndeedOur hero is gifted to see into the supernatural if someone is in need. But Anger hinders her gift. She joins a Martial Arts School. A warrior demon pursues the founder by trying to snatch him over to the dark side. Can she free him? |
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Glorious Revolution2056: a new world order. Four prisoners attempt to escape execution by exploiting the judge's weakness for one of them. Script Excerpt |
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The Cat and The RatPharaoh's favorite cat Horus is accused of stealing the king's jewels forcing Horus to go underground in the sacred tunnels to find Tarik The Rat to help clear his name. |
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The Monsters of Macon CountyA lonely young boy discovers three extraordinary creatures who've been hiding in the wilderness for many years, the remnants of a failed experiment. He attempts to befriend and help them, but once they are introduced into society he begins to lose control. |
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One More DayA salesman sends a text message to God flippantly when he’s out for drinks with a co-worker, asking for an extra day that week to get ahead in a sales competition, he gets it, but he discovers that he’s cursed with an extra day every week until he learns how to treat people. |
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WALKING LIBERTYAfter shepherding in millions of people over the decades, the Statue of Liberty decides to step off her pedestal to take a walking tour of America. |
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The Imbalance TV Series Season 1Best friends Sally and Celeste dive back into acting after years away, only to discover the industry — and life — are more ridiculous than ever. But when Sally’s career finally explodes, she’s caught between two very different men: the perfect stable match her mother always wanted and the famous heart breaker no one expected to fall for a woman like her. |
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Lydia's League of Angels The JustificationA teenage girl inherits a league of angels and a Godly mission to protect children from evil due to the evolution of AI. She adopts an alter ego, The Purple Shadow becomes a vigilante, and bypasses the angel's guidance, risking her mission and the future of the female gender. |
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Dueling with DestinyWhen a young woman’s subconscious materializes as a tiny human called Destiny, she must accept Destiny’s wacky antics in order to escape her daily grind and find true happiness. |
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Lydia's League of Angels The ObsessionWhen God threatens humanity over its brutality toward women, the heir to a sacred bloodline unites with angels to fight demons but a seductive enemy erases her memory and angels must save her as she becomes the very enemy she was meant to destroy. |
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Lydia's League of Angels The PremonitionIn the 1970s an aspiring singer inherits a celestial league and a chilling prophecy: women face extinction and she must choose between fame and a divine mission to fight evil. |
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LIPIUNA...A group of young people are planning an exciting trip on a yacht in Croatia. An accident - their friend with a skipper's license gets injured - changes the friends' plans. They find a new captain. And then an unusual, amazing fantasy Love Story begins. A story that will probably change your perception of Life on Planet Earth. This script contains 33 short interconnected episodes. Script Excerpt |
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THE NAME THAT CAME FROM SILENCE – VOL. ITHE NAME THAT CAME FROM SILENCE unfolds in a world where identity is not given—it is taken, traded, or buried. Aenor wanders through streets that shift like dreams, haunted by a grief he can’t name. He meets a clockless old man who feeds invisible birds, a veiled woman who offers him a mirror stained with blood, and a train that arrives but never departs. Each encounter peels back a layer of his erased self—until he drinks from the Well of Voices, a liquid archive of every cry ever swallowed by history. There, he sees her: his sister, lost in childhood, now a ghost woven into the fabric of the city itself. To speak her name is to awaken the past. To keep silent is to let the world forget her again. Shot in golden-hour haze and midnight blue shadows, this film is less a story than a ritual—an invitation to remember what language erased. Perfect for directors who believe cinema can be both elegy and resurrection. |
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#123ESCAPETamara is Script Excerpt |
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Green PlanetTen children with no memories wake up on the mysterious Green Planet-a cosmic academy between worlds, where they must find their spiritual totems, uncover their past lives, and stop an ancient demonic empress before her vengeance destroys not only them but the very balance of the Universe. Script Excerpt |
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The Last Salvation CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS“In the heart of the forgotten sands, where the past and future collide, one discovery will challenge everything we know. THE LAST SALVATION is not just a journey into the earth, but a testament to the human spirit's relentless pursuits of truth-reminding us that while some secrets are buried to protect us, others are waiting to set us free”. Script Excerpt |
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TITLE PAGE The Last Salvation SHORT SCRIPTThe Title Page and Main Manuscript have been uploaded as separate files to meet the specific metadata and formatting requirements of different platform. This ensures that all author identification, institutional affiliations, and acknowledgments are removed from the main manuscript to maintain the integrity of the blinded review. Script Excerpt |
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TITLE PAGE The Last Salvation TV POLITThe Title Page and Main Manuscript have been uploaded as separate files to meet the specific metadata and formatting requirements of different platform. This ensures that all author identification, institutional affiliations, and acknowledgments are removed from the main manuscript to maintain the integrity of the blinded review. Script Excerpt |
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ForeverWhen a mild-mannered student discovers he is the reincarnation of Genghis Khan, he must channel the brutal strategies of his ancestors to stop a rogue Chinese General from triggering World War III. |
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The Last Salvation Short ScriptOn the eve of a prophesied global reckoning, a brilliant archaeologist and her enigmatic AI protector must race across the globe to unite five ancient spiritual artifacts—the legendary Secrete Tablets and the Ark of the Covenant—before a subterranean reptilian adversary unleashes an apocalypse by summoning their own dark, alien gods. Script Excerpt |
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The Last Salvation TV PolitOn the eve of a prophesied global reckoning, a brilliant archaeologist and her enigmatic AI protector must race across the globe to unite five ancient spiritual artifacts—the legendary Secrete Tablets and the Ark of the Covenant—before a subterranean reptilian adversary unleashes an apocalypse by summoning their own dark, alien gods. Script Excerpt |
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The forest that called my nameA young gamer named Keijo is sent to his grandparents' countryside home, where a mysterious forest pulls him into a mystical world, intertwining his fate with a girl named Vivienne and unlocking ancient bonds between worlds, love, and sacrifice. |
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Blue DreamA man wakes up in a hospital ER with a marijuana leaf growing in the palm of his hand, and he becomes known as The Marijuana Man after the Marlboro Man Poster. |
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Elly Wilson, Goblin HunterA teen's search for her birth father leads her to a family of malevolent supernatural creatures. |
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Crystal Chronicle Trilogy"In a world where ancient wisdom and modern control collide, Andron, a young woman with psychic abilities, must uncover her true heritage and unite a diverse group of rebels to challenge the oppressive Trumusk Collective and restore harmony to a fractured society." |
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My Name is Wallace (Romantic Comedy/Differently-Abled/Dramedy)A lonely, autistic man misunderstands a computer ad, connects to a fantasy-sex site, and falls in love. Script Excerpt |
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Happy New Year, Mr. Kates! (Hoilday/Dramedy/Magical Realism)A contemporary holiday tale about a grumpy old man who resides in the memory unit of nursing home, and is presented with a gripping bargain by a mystical stranger: the chance to swap his inconsequential life for that of a lost child’s, one snowy New Year's Eve. Script Excerpt |
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One, Second Summer (Young Adult/Romance/Sci-Fi/Dramedy)Second Summer on Cape Cod is usually a quiet time, until a spaceship of wacky extraterrestrials come to visit, and two fearless tween-agers, determined to meet them, find out why. A fable for our time. Script Excerpt |
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The Sword's AwakeningWhen King Arthur’s legendary sword Excalibur is stolen from a museum, it awakens a dragon and the descendent of a legendary knight who must join forces to find the powerful relic before its dark magic falls into the wrong hands. |
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Wild Dee.The family of a forester, fighting against poachers and "black lumberjacks", finds in the endless forest an orphan boy living according to the laws of the Stone Age. He becomes them not only a beloved son, but also an unexpected help in difficult and dangerous times.... |
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The Neutral Zone Bar & GrillA superhero and supervillain duo decide to put their differences aside and open a bar exclusively for those with superpowers, although it turns out to be much more difficult than they imagine. |
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GERIATRIC PARKA young man with a dark past finds a job as a Handyman in a nursing home. He plans to turn over a new leaf, when he meets the girl of his dreams. But the treacherous dealings of a corrupt administrator make it almost impossible for him to stay out of prison when he becomes involved in a diabolical scheme to murder the residents of the home. |
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IN THE LOCKED UPPER ROOMAfter the Crucifixion of Christ, the surviving Apostles hide out in fear, abandonment and desperation. Then Jesus appears to them. A short, adult (non-comic) animation, Biblical story. Mutltiple contest wins and placements. Script Excerpt |
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HARBINGERAs seniors vanish and messages appear in mirrors, a skeptical detective is drawn into a parallel world where the forgotten are reborn—and learns she might just be the last warning before humanity is rewritten. Script Excerpt |
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SATURNIAIn 1999, two Los Angeles teenagers get marooned on a mystical planet where they must survive bizarre creatures, stop a power-hungry king, and find a way back home — before the portal closes forever. |
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Kleftis VakA short story about a man called Kleftis Vak. A greedy man struggle with a choice between money and love. |
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DragulaAn aging vampire lives in Bran Castle, Transylvania making money off of tourists until an American couple shows up for the tour and Dragula falls in love with the man. |
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MorganMorgan is a modern day teenage Witch, going to school and fighting the dark powers of ISIS and ISIL in a Fantasy about war and a reality about the present day evils being fought now and in the past, on the fields of King Arthur where his half sister Morgause, comes back to the present to help Morgan save this world in a thrilling action/adventure battle where good finally wins and evil is destroyed on a field of blood and gore. |
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NOT ANOTHER VAMPIRE STORY: Stripping by the PoolThirteen year old Sylvia meets Julia's new boyfriend Terry during a wardrobe malfunction; over dinner, Sylvia suspects there's something dark and maybe sinister in Terry's nature -- something best kept in the dark of night. With fangs. (Could be Animation or Live-Action) |
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NOT ANOTHER VAMPIRE STORYAn embarrassment-prone middle school girl's life gets risky when she suspects her pretty older sister's good-looking boyfriend is really a vampire, and sets out to prove it. (Could be Animated or Live-Action) Script Excerpt |
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Dead LineThe ghost of a beautiful young woman, murdered by a serial killer, enters a young man's life, bringing chaos with her. |
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Third FiddleThe Holy Spirit, who is frustrated with getting third billing all the time and has become jealous of God and Jesus, seeks therapy from a psychiatrist that has troubles of his own. |
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Adapted scene from The Seven RaysThis was the Seven rays Script-a-Scene contest, for the book THE SEVEN RAYS, by Jessica Bendinger. up to 5 pages from a favorite excerpt of the book. It placed: Runner Up, 2010 |
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ROME IN WHITEThe assassination of an American president begins in 300 AD in Rome and proceeds to 2011 Washington DC and then returns to Rome in 307 AD for the assassination, death of Severus II on a day it snowed on Italy and Rome is in white. |
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Fight For OilA beautiful young anti-war activist and a Death Valley auto mechanic learn about love and loyalty during a future Gulf War. Script Excerpt |
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Post Your Script Here!Eternal Blessings
A dying woman enters a time portal to confront her criminal past, only to realize that what she seeks is in the present--but getting back is proving harder than she thought.
Unknown Black Assailant
As the crack epidemic erupts across 1980s small-city America, a Black rookie detective investigating a string of gang murders in Little Rock, Arkansas uncovers a CIA-backed arms-for-drugs conspiracy—forcing him to choose between protecting his family and exposing a truth that could destroy him.
SETTLING THE BOOKS
A cautious investigator is none the less drawn in, along with four other heirs, by the reading of a billionaire rare book dealer’s will, they’re sealed in an airtight panic room, and with only four hours air, must solve the centuries-old mystery contained in the book ‘The Castilian Cypher’ in order to escape.
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
A former preacher, haunted by the tragic rape/murder of his twin sister, spirals into darkness as supernatural forces, both angelic and demonic, wage war for his soul.
Lab Rats
An anonymous organization uses an ***AI Bot*** to moderate a Focus Group on the topic of ***Fake***.
She Curses Like a Sailor
A thought-provoking view of women and cursing is entertained at this art opening in New York.
Lady Diogenes of the Shadow
Three retired ladies candidly discuss their bizarre neighbor over morning coffee.
Perfect Beau
A Brainiac Plain Jane clones her ideal boyfriend out of her gorgeous girlfriends' boyfriends' DNA for her university's senior class science project.
Cold Pepper
A law-abiding, church-going court stenographer becomes a one-woman vigilante 'offing' violent domestic abusers (and other pathetic souls) after their third offense.
Psychotic USA
A dramedy. A razor-sharp satiric view of the laughable state of modern psychiatric treatment as seen through the lens of four patients in an asylum.
