Short Screenplays
Searching for a Short Screenplay?
If you’re a director or Production Company with film festival credentials, perhaps we have one you’re interested in. There are no fees for short screenplays, but we want to make sure that we feel the screenplay is an appropriate match for the directors' prior work and that proper credit is given for the writing.
Send us a note with information:
About yourself and your background,
Your projects and their film festival selections.
Which short screenplay you're interested in.
That Sound
Pages: 17
Genre: Drama, Dark Fantasy
Festivals and Competitions:
Woods Hole Film Festival (Winner)
Coverfly (Top 4%)
Nashville Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
CineQuest Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Why this project is difficult:
A snowy winter setting in a residential city neighborhood
Complicated visual effects that bring inanimate objects to life
Three child actors
Subject Matter: Childhood Fears
Your Bank
Pages: 14
Genre: Absurd Dark Drama,
Festivals and Competitions:
Omaha Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Why this project is difficult:
Need access to a bank interior.
Casting. The two main actors are a Grandmother and a Granddaughter
The Granddaughter is a child actor
Subject Matter: A David vs Goliath struggle against an uncaring system
Premium Penn
Pages: 14
Genre: Fantasy, Drama,
Festivals and Competitions:
Austin Revolution Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Why this project is difficult:
Setting is an old, barely surviving factory and it's offices.
Visual effects work
Subject Matter: A young woman starts a new job and finds the factory is haunted.
Inquire below about the availability of additional screenplays that have yet to be added to the list above.
If your prior film project has a unique story about the challenges you faced while making it that is informative or inspiring, reach out to our colleagues at Short Film Block.
About Short Screenplays.
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Send us information about yourself and what you're looking for. If we feel we have a short screenplay that aligns with your prior work, we'll respond.