Script Loglines

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  • The Blue Hotel by Rudy Jansen — At the mercy of a frigid blizzard in 1899, three travelers find shelter and suspicion at an opulent hotel in the Sand Hills of Western Nebraska. Based on the short story by Stephen Crane.

    The Judgement by Matthew Evans — In this adaptation of Franz Kafka's surreal short story, a nervous, bumbling son of an immigrant in 1913 New York struggles to balance his father's company with the love of his life as his world falls increasingly into absurdism.

    The Judgment by Felix McEnroy — Facing down the barrel of marriage, promotion, and other dooms, a young Czech man can't stop thinking about his friend who ran away to Russia.

    Wait, Wait, Wait by Emma Shaw — When an aloof teen girl in post-war Pittsburgh can no longer handle the bleakness of her world, she sets off for California, hoping to claim the life she believes she's meant to live and find the alluring woman who opened her eyes to the possibility. Based on "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather.

  • I Came Back to Vote by Michael Lardizábal — Every four years, the dead come back to vote in Honduras. During the lapse of Election Day we get to see the complicated relationship the Sandoval family has with the dead.

    Kane by John Marchi — A mute, undead slasher is forced to go on a road trip to pursue his prey, teaming up with a tenacious and chatty teenage runaway for an odyssey through the horror pantheon.

    My BFF’s BFF by Barbie Ross — In the wake of their best friend's death, uptight Darby is forced to partner with unpredictable Peaches on a road trip adventure to complete Hillary’s bucket list.

    odd birds by Grace Critchfield — On a birding tour of a remote Scottish island, a retired professor and her estranged best friend discover the dead body of a fellow birder and suspect “fowl” play. Determined to find the killer themselves, the two women must set aside their squabbling and navigate the rocky terrains of female friendship, queer family, and forgiveness.

    One Star by George Lanigan — A failed Broadway actress begins to unknowingly fall for the critic who ruined her career.

    Searching for Junior by Felix McEnroy — A son and father put their feud on pause to travel to the West of Ireland and find what a beloved family member buried for them there.

  • Amble Adventure Agency by Nika Litt — After the death of her lifelong friend and business partner, a fearful and bookish woman inherits their travel agency along with a list of eccentric travel dreams from the townspeople of Amble.

    Buds of Beantown by Grace Critchfield — In Beantown, millennial Beanie Babies who grew up thinking they’d be valuable find themselves in human form, contending with the reality of their worthless existence. When a depressed Cocker Spaniel loses her TY tag at a party, she decides to start a web-series with her friends, hoping to find some strategy to combat her despair by interviewing other Beantown residents about how they cope.

    The Dumb West by John Marchi — After an apocalyptic brain virus leaves only low-IQ people alive, a brilliant and surly engineer must team up with the sweet and simple Sheriff of a farming community to rebuild civilization.

    Dunge by Danny Cummins — Undead warlock Cliff Skullman struggles to maintain his small business – a multi-purpose "abusement park" for heroes to test their mettle – because, it turns out, the true business of evil is less killing Heroes, more managing supply chains, HR sensitivity training, and social justice goons. (Animated)

    Foreigners by Anika Hundal — A fiery Indian girl must pretend to be a normal Canadian teenager while hiding the fact that her neurotic father is spying on the federal government.

    Matched! by Barbie Ross — In-demand mother-daughter matchmaking duo, Julia and Alexis, help clients navigate modern dating in New York City, along with their team of professional matchmakers. It’s VEEP meets SEX AND THE CITY, focusing on the business of love.

    Model Diplomacy by Michael Lardizábal — A high school debate team navigates the exploits of a Model UN conference while trying to deescalate a looming political incident back home.

    The Roommates by Kelsey Gilmore — A spoiled ex-rich girl and an uptight workaholic guy are forced to live together in a shared apartment for their own reasons. Although they can’t stand each other, that still doesn’t stop them from “Going Bump in the Night."

    Smokeshow by Julia Moser — After nuclear war breaks out, the producers of a popular Reality TV dating show filming on a remote island have to decide whether or not to tell the cast, or to keep the cameras rolling on these hot dummies and keep the folks back home in the bunkers entertained.

    Tapped by Ellie Hunt— Nora has always dreamed of getting the ‘tap on the shoulder’ to become a spy while studying at the University of Cambridge – but her best friend Bea gets tapped instead. So when Bea suddenly goes missing, Nora sets out to find her... and prove to MI6 that she’s got what it takes.

  • Afloat by George Lanigan — A young man embarks on a solo cruise around Italy to scatter the ashes of his mother, only to find his estranged father is also onboard.

    Baskets by Hector Coles — A struggling and frustrated actress embarks on a killing spree of people standing in the way of her success, convinced that a magical force guarded by three witches will bring her fame and adulation.

    A Beast in the Woods by Jacob Shivers — On a planet where a single night lasts a year, citizens of a northern keep gather for the winter’s solstice. Famine looms, a foreign threat has appeared on the horizon, and the full moon rises, calling forth the Beast in the Woods.

    Blind Items by Julia Moser — In 1920s Los Angeles, a hard-boiled crime reporter and bubbly gossip columnist must work together to track down a suspected murderer – hiding her from the police to get an exclusive interview. In the process, the two women discover a web of corruption at City Hall and the newspaper where they both work.

    Donora by Rudy Jansen — In October of 1948, an Italian-immigrant family fights for their lives when a mysterious fog brings sickness and death to their Pennsylvania mill town. Inspired by a true story.

    The Maine Killer by Brenna N. Penrod — A beloved small-town business owner spirals into the echo of a conservative nationalist radio show, where ideology and a need to belong blur into something far more dangerous.

    Penance by Zack Hohenstein — A young, guilt-ridden daughter of a Nazi captain in occupied France and the two marooned U.S. soldiers who took her hostage are terrorized in the woods by a sadistic monster.

  • Abreaction by Emma Shaw — When a directionless screw-up inadvertently causes the death of her best friend, she embarks on a revenge quest through LA’s criminal underworld to kill the man who murdered him.

    Apocalypsis by Matthew Evans — When a traveling preacher who claims to have psychic powers comes to a troubled frontier town in the 1840s, a pair of sisters must weather the chaos and face the demons in their own relationship as his cultish influence over the town and appetite for violence grows.

    Báthory by Brenna N. Penrod — In 16th-century Hungary, amid political turmoil, young Elisabeth Báthory is forced to learn the brutal art of ruling through blood and suffering — whatever the cost.

    Cash | Cow by Ellie Hunt — A frustrated actor leaves his Hollywood lifestyle behind after he inherits his grandfather’s farm in Northern Ireland – much to the annoyance of his hardworking sisters. But when they discover a stash of cocaine hidden under the barn, they must set aside their differences in order to untangle a dangerous web of secrets.

    Certified by Nika Litt — A recently fired and depressed Wall Street trader returns to his family’s struggling farm and creates an Organic Certification fraud scheme by becoming the very thing he’s avoided his whole life: a midwestern farm boy.

    Fabric by Hector Coles — Fabric is an hour long TV drama about a wealthy family tearing itself apart as it fails to adapt to the chaos and tumult of 1960s England. Unionised textile workers strike, Caribbean immigrants make their way, south London gangsters muscle in on the boxing scene and a family succession dispute explodes as dynamics of class, race and gender are upended in the decade of revolution.

    Hot at Night by Jacob Shivers — The year is 2055, and the United States has collapsed amidst climate change, plague, and civil conflict; in the Great Lakes Basin, a group of off-grid settlements coexist to survive, but fracture after an act of violence from within.

    If Looks Could Kill by Anika Hundal — After accidentally killing her drug dealer, a reality TV housewife becomes involved with the cartel and struggles to hide her double life from her friends, her family, and the ever-present camera crews.

    Moon by Kelsey Gilmore — A woman returns to her motherland on a church mission trip only to end up on the wrong side of a wealthy merchant after she stops his marriage to a child bride.

    Remains by Danny Cummins — A visionary prospector in the 1870s American West leverages a troubled family in a succession dispute to make a fortune off of the mysterious "new gold" that fills their barren farm: dinosaur bones.

    They’re All Haunting Lizzy by Zack Hohenstein — The daughter of an afflicted medium is forced to endure and embrace her inherited abilities as she’s thrust into a Hollywood horror world of familial conspiracies and supernatural threats.