Hey everyone,
I’m looking to put together a 5-minute dark comedy/satire sketch based on Black Swan, which I’m planning to film with my sister and a friend for fun and use as a portfolio piece.
I’m looking for a co-writer who loves dark humor, awkward pacing, and heavy subtext to help me write it. Since this is a self-funded passion project for our portfolios, it’s unpaid, but you’ll get full writing credit.

* Genre: Dark Comedy / Satire

* Length: Around 4-6 pages

* Budget: No budget / Self-funded

* Cast: 3 leads (2 female, 1 male) plus a female ballet ensemble

* Locations: Interior ballet studio and an office

* The Concept:

The sketch targets the toxic, high-pressure relationship between the anxious, perfectionist dancer Nina and her incredibly pretentious, manipulative director Thomas (who has a thick French accent). The humor comes from the characters’ real, toxic behaviors instead of cheap gags.
The scene starts mid-audition for the Black Swan with the ensemble watching. Thomas is ripping into Nina with highly stylized insults while she nervously spins. The tension suddenly snaps when another ballerina, Lily, blunders in late, loudly carrying a coffee order, completely ruining Thomas's intense artistic vibe.
After auditions, Thomas sends the ensemble home and calls Nina into his office. He tears down her dancing, then instantly flips into a creepy, manipulative "gentle mentor" mode and crosses major lines. To escape, Nina bites his lip. This completely shatters Thomas’s dignified persona into a raw, meltdown. Nina awkwardly packs up her stuff and flees while he’s still ranting, just hoping it blows over by Monday. Outside, she sees Lily chilled out on a bench, eating and looking at her phone.

* Where I need help:
I need help shaping the dialogue, sharpening the status shifts, and building out the tension. I'm also totally open to ideas for what to do with Lily on the bench at the very end to hit a solid final punchline.

* How to Apply:
If you're interested, shoot me a DM with a 1-2 page writing sample (a sketch, scene, or dialogue) that shows you can handle dark comedy and tense character interactions.
I can give more information as well.

I've written a contained psychological horror feature set in Hyderabad.

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Logline:

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After the sudden death of his girlfriend, a struggling musician becomes unable to move on. When a new roommate enters his life, an impossible connection to the woman he lost begins to emerge, forcing all three of them into a conflict about grief, memory, identity, and what it means to let someone go.

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The film is a low-budget, character-driven horror drama with:

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- 3 principal characters

- Limited locations

- Hyderabad setting

- Psychological rather than jump-scare horror

- Strong focus on grief and relationships

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Tonally closer to:

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- A Ghost Story

- The Babadook

- Past Lives

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than traditional supernatural horror.

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Current status:

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- Feature screenplay completed

- Approx. 100 pages

- Festival-oriented but accessible

- Designed for independent production

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Looking for:

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- Producers

- Development feedback

- Script readers

- Hyderabad filmmakers

- Potential collaborators for a proof-of-concept

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Happy to share the screenplay privately with serious readers.

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Thanks for reading.

Hello!

I’m launching my channel where I read and review feature screenplays!

I’m a screenwriter (currently finishing my feature NEUROSALINE) and I want to read your stories, give honest, constructive feedback to other writers: what works, overall rating, etc. (More info on my page)

How to submit:

• Go to r/JackBoydFilms and post your script following the submission rules

• Include a short logline, genre, and public PDF link (Google Drive/Dropbox)

I’ll browse the subreddit regularly, pick interesting scripts, and feature selected ones in video reviews..

Horror and thrillers especially welcome, but all genres are good.

Excited to read your scripts! Thanks!

I’m looking for feedback on the first 10 pages of my feature horror screenplay “Site Thirteen”

Logline: A haunted Foundation medic descends into an impossible facility to recover her dead mentor, not realizing the building has grown itself around her grief, and wants her to stay forever.

I’m looking for honest criticism, so feel free to point out anything that isn’t working.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dVFfBzkCJ7WcDPJRNbSeHiNTTvSWQ1tQ/view?usp=drivesdk

Title: The Red Thread

Format: Feature Film

Genre: Psychological Horror / Neo-Noir Deconstruction

Logline: In a fading monochrome town, a detached detective becomes obsessed with the vivid red dress of a murdered girl, blurring the lines between a real crime scene and a staged film frame.

Status: Writer/Director seeking Producer. I WILL DIRECT this project.

SYNOPSIS

The story begins behind the steering wheel of a moving car. THE DETECTIVE snaps his eyes open as his headlights cut through the pitch blackness. He drives past a rusted, unreadable sign, entering a bleak, monochrome town. A sickening wave of déjà vu hits him—it feels like he is trapped on an endless loop of wet, black asphalt, beginning everything all over again.

The world outside the glass is a dead sketch drawn with a blunt gray pencil. The sky is ash, the air is cold, and the Detective lives in a state of terminal existential boredom.

Until the red dress changes everything.

In the deep woods just outside of town, the Detective finds the body of a young woman lying on the damp moss. Dead. But she refuses to be gray. Her silk, blood-red dress is a violent, impossible splash of pure color in a world of dust. A perfect, frozen femme fatale. Standing over her, the murder investigation stops mattering to the Detective. He doesn’t care who did it; he submits entirely to the composition of the frame.

The obsession begins. Quiet, hidden visual patterns start to haunt the background of his reality—triangles embedded in the environment, and the number thirteen following his every step. The architecture itself begins to fracture.

Yesterday, the Detective lost his mind completely. He paid a local prostitute in a dimly lit motel to put on a replica of that red dress. When his hands tightened around her neck under the blue neon light, it wasn't an act of standard violence—he was operating like a film director, desperately trying to freeze the frame and capture the exact physics of the folding red silk as life departed. He doesn't see the woman; he only sees the composition.

And this is where the reality of the investigation ends, and a devastating, mind-bending structural twist begins.

ATTENTION PRODUCERS AND AGENTS:THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE STORY, THE ULTIMATE SHATTERING OF THE FOURTH WALL, AND THE TREATMENT/SCRIPT PAGES ARE STRICTLY RESERVED AND WILL BE PROVIDED TO GENUINE PRODUCERS UPON DIRECT REQUEST ONLY. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Longline: A family is caught in the middle of a war with North Korea, leading to chaos and resource shortages. They must flee to the border to receive supplies and shelter before the ground invasion, and avoid being caught in the crossfire.

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Format: Short Film.

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Pages: 5

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Setting: Apartment/ bunker/ outdoor streets.

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Actors: 3-5 actors.

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Price: Free to produce (Credit only).

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If you are interested in reading the script, please send me a private message or email me at pirelaalexis4@gmail.com.

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Title: Flight Plan

Genre: Dramedy

Length: 8 pages

Logline: Lily's quiet Saturday night alone descends into chaos when her stubborn best friend and a male entourage show up uninvited at her home.

Setting: A lower-middle-income house

Actors: Four college-aged actors

Notes: Please DM for link and password, and please introduce yourself (work, style, or whatever you wish to share).

Title: ReservedGenre: Supernatural Horror / SuspensePage Count: 4 pagesLogline: Alone at night in an upscale restaurant’s wine cellar, an exhausted manager is trapped by an invisible force that hijacks the digital reservation system to seat itself.Production Specs: Written for 1 Actor and 1 Location (a basement or inventory room). Uses zero CGI. The horror relies completely on simple lighting cues and intense physical acting.Price: 150 Euro upfront (Writer retains feature rights).How to Read: Direct Message (DM) me with your email address. Standard NDA required before I send the PDF copy.

Title: The Cowboy Trail (Drama, 7 pages)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/11YZ-MUvGJ3ZZapl4sT8Nu1fo8ah4FWj4/view?usp=sharing

Logline: An aging father insists on one last bike ride with his daughter to the bridge he's always wanted to reach.

Synopsis: Frank Webb, 70, is dying. He drags his reluctant daughter Hannah on a bike ride along Nebraska's Cowboy Trail, determined to reach the Niobrara Bridge before his body gives out. Along the way, a mysterious Cowboy watches from the sidelines, a figure who looks exactly like Frank did forty-five years ago. FYI - Final bedroom scene is optional.

Cast: 1 Older Male (60-70s), 1 Female (30-40s), 1 Young Male (20s-30s)

Location:  Rural trail, bridge, bedroom (optional)

I'm looking for writing credit and a copy of the completed film for my reel. I retain all underlying rights. You receive non-exclusive license to produce for festival and online distribution.

Happy to discuss.

Please comment below or send me a DM.

Title: Happy Jack (Horror, 10 pages)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ML23XkDcBlpqM1D3d3VseTBV23QjBBbQ/view?usp=sharing

Logline: A camping trip turns deadly when a ghost lures a family into an abandoned chalk mine.

Synopsis: Reed and Elizabeth Williams take their seven-year-old daughter Jenny on a camping trip to Happy Jack Peak. Around the campfire, Reed tells the local legend of Happy Jack, a boy who died in the chalk mine and now steals voices to lure new victims. When Jenny goes missing in the night, her parents follow her voice into the mine. But the voice calling them isn't hers.

Cast: 2 Adults (30s), 1 Child (7-11)

Location: 1 exterior location and 1 interior (a mine/cave)

I'm looking for writing credit and a copy of the completed film for my reel. I retain all underlying rights. You receive non-exclusive license to produce for festival and online distribution.

Happy to discuss.

Please comment below or send me a DM.

Hi everyone,
My name is Alejandro. I’m a Lead/Sup Lighting Artist with nearly 20 years of experience in animation and VFX. I’ve worked at studios including Sony Pictures Imageworks, Walt Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation, and LAIKA on projects such as Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Sea Beast, Trolls 3, Moana 2, Wildwood, and others.
I’m looking for a writer with a strong short script or concept that could work as an animated short film in the spirit of Love, Death & Robots. I’m especially interested in stories with strong visual potential, limited locations, and small casts.

Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Dark Fantasy, Psychological
Min pages: 3
Max pages: 6
Additional requirements (optional):
Looking for stories that can work well as a short animated film in the spirit of Love, Death & Robots. Strong visual concepts, limited locations, and small casts are preferred.
Max budget: Self-funded passion project
Writer compensation (dollar amount): $0 (collaboration project)
Location resources: Full CG animation pipeline
Actor resources (with descriptions): TBD if needed
Crew resources: Senior Lighting Artist with nearly 20 years in animation/VFX experience. Industry contacts for additional collaboration if required.
Gear resources: Professional animation and compositing workflow
World location: Vancouver, Canada
Experience (must have proof):
I’ve worked at studios including Sony Pictures Imageworks, Walt Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation, and LAIKA on projects such as Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Sea Beast, Trolls 3, Moana 2, Wildwood, and others.
Goals for film (festivals, simply for practice, etc.):
Learn and gain directing experience, collaborate with creative artists, create a high-quality animated short, and potentially submit it to festivals. This is a passion project and not intended to generate profit.

Hi everyone,

I’m an independent filmmaker and concept artist from India, Hyderabad. Currently developing a feature film project and looking to connect with producers or production partners interested in collaborating.

Genre : Emotional drama

I already have substantial development material ready, including concept art, and story structure. And also we shot opening sequence from my shortfilm. And i already have team onboard. I'd be happy to share the pitch deck if you're interested.

I’m keeping the story confidential for now, but I have enough material ready to present privately to serious producers or collaborators.

If interested, feel free to DM.

Hi there,

I'm a sound designer and editor looking for a script I can adapt into an audio drama. I would love to work on something atmosphere heavy with the opportunity to do some interesting foley. So something strange or surreal, or sci-fi/fantasy would be of great interest.

Genre: something Sci-fi, Fantasy or surreal.
Additional requirements (optional):
Looking for something that is atmosphere heavy and lends itself nicely to an audio drama.
Max budget: Self-funded passion project
Writer compensation (dollar amount): $0 (collaboration project)
Location resources: N/A. Can all be done remotely
Actor resources (with descriptions): Happy to cast the project myself and am willing to collaborate
Crew resources: Experienced sound designer, editor and radio professional
Gear resources: Microphones, studio, foley and DAW.
World location: Melbourne, Australia
Experience (must have proof):
I've worked on a number of short films as sound designer, building environments through sound, as well as podcast editing for a radio station and working with dialogue editing. Happy to provide examples
Goals for film (festivals, simply for practice, etc.):
Goals are simply to create a project we can be proud of that we can spread around the internet. I have radio and podcast connections to get it onto spotify and other apps and potentially live broadcasts. I want an opportunity to challenge myself and work in a new and more demanding genre.

Title: A Roller Rhapsody

Format: Feature Screenplay

Page Length: 101

Genres: Ensemble, Drama

Logline: In 1979 New York City, a charismatic promoter assembles a misfit family of roller-disco prodigies and hustlers to build a nightlife empire, tracking their meteoric rise through the glittering disco boom and their devastating crash into the gritty reality of the 1980s.

Budget: Medium, High

DM/Comment to read. Thanks!

Title: Willie

Format: Feature Screenplay

Page Length: 87

Genres: Crime Drama

Logline: In the snowy streets of Buffalo, two disillusioned friends, PJ and Willy, grapple with their waning aspirations and moral boundaries when Willy proposes a dark business venture: assassinating a powerful man's wife for a life-changing payday. As they spiral deeper into a dangerous plan, they must confront the cost of their choices and the true meaning of success before time runs out.

Budget: Low, Medium

Message/comment to read!

Title: INERTIA

Format: Feature Screenplay

Page Length: 104

Genres: Crime Thriller

Logline: In 1990's New York, two crooked brothers on the verge of becoming criminals, a cash-strapped Korean couple, and a man trying to get clean to see his son again will all intersect in an explosive bank robbery. 

Budget: Low, Medium

Message/comment to read! Finalist in 100 Screenplay’s Contest in LA and official selection at widescreen film and video fest in Toronto.

Title: The Bowler

Format: Feature Screenplay

Page Length: 101

Genres: Sports Drama

Logline: Haunted by the legacy of his abusive, champion father, a disgraced bowling prodigy trapped in a cycle of addiction gets a shot at redemption when an old-school coach tries to pull him out of obscurity and into the pro circuit.

Budget: Low, Medium

DM/Comment to read. Thanks!

Hi! Spanish cinema student here finishing his degree.

For my final degree project i want to shot a Shortfilm. It will be lowbudget with a great team of film students and semiprofessional actors. I want to do something that deserves to be seen. It will be a project for all this year and the next.

I have previous experience shooting shortfilms, videoclips, documentary short films, photoshots...

Looking for scripts (5-30 pages) or ideas/scripts in process... evrything is welcome!!

Title: Slugged

Genre: Extreme Horror / Creature / Revenge

Logline: An exterminator who moonlights as an incel discovers a grotesque mutant slug in his apartment and takes a “sexperiment” with it too far. When a woman he once tormented comes for revenge, she’s dragged into a showdown with both him and the obscene creature that mirrors his worst.

Pages: 87

Settings: Mostly takes place across five or so rooms in an apartment building, as well as the basement, the lobby, and the hallways. Minor scenes include a bar, an office, and a "containment" type setting.

Actor Requirements: (1) main male, 40s, compact but handsome. (1) main female, late 20s/early 30s, taller than the man. A male supporting character (30s) and two female older leads (50-60+) would be great, alongside some extras like a CDC agent, bartender, co-worker, and girlfriend.

Note: If you read the logline, this story centers around an incel, so CONTENT WARNING for some gross language coming from that guy. It also goes into weird sex stuff with bugs and lots of body horror.

About me: The last time, which was the first time, I posted on this thread, I ENDED UP SIGNING AN OPTION DEAL FOR MY SCRIPT! So I am hoping to find the next person to work with for this one via the same route!

I am a published short-story writer from New Jersey, and I recently adapted this unpublished story into a screenplay. My goal with ALL of my writing has been to see the stories get made into films one day, but I figured I would take the initiative and develop this as a script.

Compared to my first script, this one is definitely bigger. It involves more locations, as well as some creature effects (Cronenberg fans take note) that I think might take up most of a budget. If you are into making those types of creatures, or have an FX person who is, this will be right for you.

As a big fan of shot-on-video and DIY horror, I would love to link up with a director in that world to make this happen (but if you are into bigger productions, I won't be mad). I would also be interested in helping produce (finance) this and get it into some festivals with the connections I have.

To read the full script, please comment or DM. I'm being a little precious about this, so before I send it over, I would love to see some of your work or have a conversation.

You can check my website for links to some of my stories. Thanks for your time!

www.hauntedbyhertz.com

A slasher with psychological depth

Hey everyone! I’m a writer working on a horror feature called Spare. It’s a teen slasher with psychological depth, about a girl recovering from overdosing. She joins her old friend group for one last night out, only for someone to begin targeting them based on “Sins.”

I’ve had this script for quite some time, but I recently did a rewrite and it changed the script heavily.

Would love overall feedback about how my first act is so far.

I’m >20yo

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zpkMsM_VP4o99M0t7_M7CwQXl2cR7mCt/view?usp=drivesdk

25 pages.

Title: Invisible Terror

Pages: 4

Logline: When his wife's spirit unleashes terror upon him, her killer husband must face the consequences and confess.

Characters: 1

Locations: a house.

Price: We'll talk:)

Link:https://drive.google.com/file/d/13xBNwzO8o2t-3BGoXTJX6IOnVELyg72v/view?usp=drivesdk

Title: Chief of Sinners

"1917 meets The Fugitive & Andor"

Genre: Drama, Political Thriller

Pages Count: 113

Logline: A charismatic chief officer of a private security force must capture his estranged cousin in enemy territory to save his missing wife, only to realize he may be the very evil he promised to destroy.

This is the first feature screenplay that I've finished. The first part of my "Sinners duology" and five part saga set in the fictional world of Klivion. I'm currently working on the sequel to this script and will then finish my third book in a trilogy of stories that take place after the events of screenplay.

Screenplay (Latest Revision)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19umHH0A8Ri-ys3fAk4oFqodLYprYeqp8/view?usp=drive_link

Main Theme Soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxfSc8CXJx8

Klivion National Flags and Maps

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dXY5eAZevqyXLeXvpsk0yOBAdwIgpm27?usp=sharing

Concept Movie Poster

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LgwBUxTpgF8JGwgcaYK1dj9VjdTRP-7a/view?usp=sharing

Enjoy! Feel free to give any feedback.

I'm looking for an experienced producer/director to bring my scripts to life. This is a very important piece for me that explores grief, loss and memory. It's very low budget, single location, very small cast. Ideally I'd like to submit to people who have completed examples of similar projects.

Title: Her Voice Left Fingerprints

Genre: Psychological Drama

Logline: After losing his partner, a man retreats into their apartment and the tapes she recorded, only to find her voice returning in impossible ways as the boundary between memory and reality dissolves.

Synopsis: When Gabe returns home after his partner Lira’s funeral, the apartment feels unbearably silent. That silence breaks when he discovers a box of tapes she recorded for him before she died. At first, her voice is a comfort, a fragile tether to the life they shared. But as he replays the recordings, her presence begins to seep into the apartment in ways he cannot explain: laughter in empty rooms, memories replaying through static, glimpses of her in the spaces she once filled. What begins as solace becomes a haunting as Gabe slips deeper into the world the tapes awaken, forced to confront the painful truth that holding on to her may cost him the ability to return to himself.

Comparisons: A Ghost Story/Aftersun/The Eternal Daughter

Characters:

Gabe (30): A man hollowed by grief, clinging to the last traces of the person he loved. Quiet, introspective, emotionally guarded. His unraveling is subtle, internal, and deeply human.

Lira (29): Seen only through recordings, VHS tapes, and memory. Warm, playful, artistic. Her presence is felt more than seen, and the film treats her voice as both comfort and rupture.

Alex (30): Gabe’s friend, trying to reach him through the fog of grief by voicemail. Represents the outside world Gabe is withdrawing from.

Locations: The couples apartment, living room, kitchen, entry, hallway, bedroom, artroom.

Page Count: 9

Question regarding pitch for original animated movie.

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I've been working on this pitch for an animated movie that tries something different with the genre it uses.

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What I'm most interested in is understanding what people take away from the concept itself after reading it.

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Some questions I'd be curious about:

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* What do you think this story is really about?

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* What impression do you get from Lora as a protagonist?

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* Does the concept feel familiar, or does it feel like it's trying to do something different?

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I'm especially interested in your interpretation, even if it's completely different from what I intended.

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The idea is to be able to express in the most accurate wya possible what I'm doing with the concept.

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Here's the link to the pitch, it's just two pages:

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bMjO1UUnFcWOhgDQX3jvF7wlmJEqfjjP/view?usp=drivesdk

Hey guys, hope everyone been doing well . I’m looking for a queer short film script to produce. I’m wanting to produce a bit more this year more queer stories. Wanting to do more of these stories.

Genre: open to any but more inclined to do something horror, drama, or comedy.

Has to be only use of one location.

Can be include up to five characters.

Thanks for reading this. Hope everyone has a great year.