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Harm for the HolidaysAfter his brother attempts suicide a few weeks before Christmas, an unrepentant asshole with a heart of gold moves back in with his comically dysfunctional family to help his brother, only to discover that his brother is the sanest of them all (#1 ranked Comedy and GLBT script on MovieBytes). |
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COOPER'S PROMISEA gay army deserter adrift in a war-torn African country vows to save a girl trafficked into prostitution to redeem himself for an earlier promise he could not keep. |
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THE FOURTH COURIERWhen a series of grisly murders in Warsaw is linked to the disappearance of a Russian physicist with a portable atomic bomb, an FBI agent is sent to help the investigation, and the race is on to find the bomb before it ends up in the wrong hands. |
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FIRE ON THE ISLANDWhen an arsonist threatens a Greek island village, the gay FBI agent stationed in Athens arrives to investigate, finds himself immersed in a community rife with conflict, falls in love with his chief suspect, and has only seconds to save the village after miscalculating the plan of attack. |
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A VISION OF ANGELSA suicide bomb plot for Easter Sunday in Jerusalem sets off a chain of events that weaves together the lives of an American journalist, Israeli war hero, Palestinian farmer, and Christian grocer. GRAND PRIZE, RHODE ISLAND INT'L FILM FESTIVAL'S SCREENWRITING COMPETITION |
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Without ApologyIn 1944 England, a 16-year-old orphan just beginning to discover her true self is cast out of her best friend's home, ending up in the employ of an aging aristocrat who infamously had an affair with Oscar Wilde. Script Excerpt |
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My Father's Worst NightmareWith his boyfriend in tow, a college sophomore takes a weekend trip home for the express purpose of COMING OUT to his family and all hell breaks loose until a near tragedy triggers a father’s journey towards acceptance. |
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Between The FlamesA college athlete lands a job on a Hotshot Crew in the 80's where she meets her best friend plus two love interests who help her learn who she is while also trying to survive her rookie season fighting wildfires. Script Excerpt |
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Bre'gan's FistCan two men find love and repair their shattered lives while battling for the fate of the planet? |
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CARE PLANSA closeted nurse from a dysfunctional family struggles with love and the meaning of life while working in the gay community during the emerging AIDS crisis in 1970’s New York City. Script Excerpt |
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The Juggler's ActA teenager who plays everything safe battles his desire to sing and dance which refuses to stay buried while he struggles to accept his force-of-nature grandfather’s laser-focused expectation his grandson will become the third generation to run the family business. |
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Dirty WindowsThree gay teens escape their overwhelming lives and set out on an ill-fated journey through the backwoods of South Carolina. |
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Harpo's Bike (Can't Find My Way Home)A young ad artist takes a trip to New Orleans on a Harley inherited from his estranged Marine father to prove to his family that the man was having an affair. Instead, he finds a veteran homeless mute - his father's best friend - who thinks he's Harpo Marx. Script Excerpt |
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When Doves CryIn 1991, a group of high school seniors navigates the treachery of young adulthood, dealing with bullies, homophobes, and abusive authority figures while seeking the ultimate Minneapolis experience; seeing the legendary Prince perform live at First Avenue on Halloween night but a freak blizzard threatens their plans. Script Excerpt |
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WishbookAfter a serious car crash Frank Paradiso wakes up in the housewares department of an iconic department store on Christmas Eve 1977. He must change the course of events to prevent his wife's death in the future. Time is only an illusion. Script Excerpt |
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The Exchange StudentsA Portland Oregon couple down on their luck fakes an application to host Japanese exchange students for money. |
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Your Own Personal HauntingCompelled to a house that terrifies him, a damaged man with OCD is challenged by spirits as he unravels the mysteries of his troubled life Script Excerpt |
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RipplesFour characters who are not related to each other end up in an abandoned house outside a city at the end of the coronavirus, and try to establish a new life as the world climbs out of the Covid019 horror story. |
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Untitled screenplaySophia’s a rebellious teenager who wants her mom to accept her the way she is. Her mom wishes she’d just like boys and makeup, which makes Sophia escape, from her affluent beach city. |
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The Day She AwakenedA family awakening unravels after a suicide attempt leaves the southern family to dismantle their beliefs or be torn apart. |
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Bitches with KnivesAfter her deadbeat ex-boyfriend steals her winning lottery ticket, a hard-boiled trailer trash girl recruits her best friend and a sexy knife-wielding assassin for a revenge plot to reclaim her rightful fortune. |
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Behind The VeilFilm Noir. Los Angeles, 1947. A private investigator’s search for a gay man among those marginalized by society leads to a clandestine world of corruption, murder, and political intrigue. Script Excerpt |
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Chasing White RabbitsWhen a famous true-crime podcaster returns to her hometown to investigate the murder of a childhood friend's family, she slowly begins to realize that she's actually investigating her own traumatic past. |
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ANGIE & MARIAA World War II tragedy abruptly transforms the temporary friendship of two racially dissimilar straight women into a permanent loving partnership. |
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When a catastrophic accident causes an athlete to become paralyzed, and all seems to be lost, he finds redemption in the most unlikely place, with a gaggle of colorful characters in a halfway house for the mentally disabled.
Rational Panic
When a professor's wife, who suffers a panic disorder, disappears mysteriously during Mardi Gras, the professor obsesses on one of his students who's writing a play with a character eerily similar to his wife and may be in on the disappearance.
The Strange Reality of Sally Parker
PILOT: Members of the alien race known as The Custodians set out to rescue one of their own and ensure the safe homecoming of a beloved human cyborg considered “family”.
Consumed
Trapped beneath a collapsed building, a grieving wife struggles to protect her treacherous husband from a horde of parasitic monsters.
Ajeeta the Invincible
To chase her dream of becoming a pro football (soccer) player, a 12-year-old orphan escapes from her cruel reformatory and sets out on a dangerous trek from New Delhi to a football academy near Kolkata.
Sol
After a shocking assassination, citizen and soldier alike plunge into a sinister interplanetary civil war between a corrupt Earth government and a Martian colony that has earned its independence.
Across the Veil
Betrothed as a part of a peace treaty, Nylas, prince of the Unseelie, and Aislynn, princess of the Seelie, court each other between two different worlds.
Valentine
A bishop tries to manipulate a priest into visiting his brother on death row by sending him into a troubled parish.
Dad
A father shows cowardice when he and his 10-year-old son are attacked by racist thugs.
Chimera
Dr. Jeanine LaCroix’s plan to infect the city and banking on having the only antidote takes a sickening turn for the worst.
