6th MARPSA - Official Selections

Feature Screenplay

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As the clock struck midnight in the LuxuryLand back office, Matt Hicks, once a hopeful comedian, now found himself navigating the treacherous waters of the night shift. His weary eyes looked into the future of the journey out, a stark contrast to the bleakness he felt within.

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In a quiet New Zealand town, a washed-up journalist uncovers a string of suspicious deaths tied to a WWII POW massacre, forcing him to expose a deadly cover-up by the town’s elite, before he’s buried with the truth.

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A horror noir set in the working-class neighborhoods of Cranston, Rhode Island, Goldy is Mystic River by way of Prisoners and It a story about four childhood friends whose lives are quietly shaped by a single afternoon on a frozen pond, and the ancient evil that followed one of them home that day. Decades later, when one of them turns up dead with a gold-painted smile, the survivors find themselves caught between a police investigation, a monster that wears human skin, and a betrayal far closer to home, one that forces the question every parent secretly fears: how far would you go for a child who never got justice?

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A young amnesic man on the run embarks on a quest for survival after a psychic warns him he has under twenty hours left to save his own life.

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The saga continues in Whirlpool’s sequel - the characters reunite in a desperate battle against a merciless enemy fueled by revenge and a race against time.

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The true story of Michael and Bridget Kennedy.

Michael and Bridget Kennedy, Irish immigrants to the new lands of colonial Australia in the 1800's. Michael is a hard working police officer, Bridget, fierce and keen business minded. Together they forge a new life for themselves in a harsh new world.

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A struggling but determined artist invents a forbidden new way to make cash, and is subsequently ostracized by the art community.

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Donovan “Donnie” Daniels is a rising NFL quarterback with discipline, talent, and a future that looks untouchable. Raised in Brooklyn around quiet power and unspoken rules, Donnie has always understood one thing: outcomes matter more than process.

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Three inseparable friends, Jaq, Dom, and Syd, stand together against an abusive ex and a system that refuses to help, as one catastrophic night in Berwick Tower exposes the deadly cost of broken windows and broken promises.

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Saturday Night Slaughter follows a group of friends who reunite at the local spooky festival, decades after a disco era massacre committed by the mysterious killer known as Dr. Funkenstein. As the music and memories return, so does the bloodshed.

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An innocent kid from Indiana goes to fulfil her Hollywood dream, unaware of the underlying sacrifices of getting exactly what she wants.

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After arresting a global pop sensation for DUI, a small-town cop must stand alone against a ruthless PR machine that threatens to destroy her career.

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On the final day of her decade-long run as a beloved L.A. morning show anchor, Sunny Daykins launches a high-profile campaign for Congress. But the celebration is cut short when her lifelong best friend delivers an ominous warning, plunging Sunny into a paranoid, high-stakes mystery where past secrets threaten to destroy her future. As hidden motives and anonymous smear campaigns push her to the brink, Sunny must uncover who is orchestrating her ruin before election day.

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A secret space mission to a bizarre asteroid brings a plague to an Earth suffering from war, hyper inflation and a looming ice age.

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Two boys are sold as slaves into a cult of witches. As they make their escape, they discover the cult's bizarre secret.

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A school boy is blinded by bullies. Years later, he gets revenge.

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A man seeks revenge for the brutal death of his young family at the hands of a wicked Federal Reserve Chairman.

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A man races along a deserted road at night trying to avoid a bizarre storm that is slowly consuming the Earth.

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Imagine Se7en meets Blink Twice; Nine Perfect Strangers meets Parasite; A Cure for Wellness meets The White Lotus. Elevated, surreal, visually bold. A luxury nightmare meets high-concept horror in a world where the line between healing and horror is thinner than you think.

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A harried woman is invited - then uninvited - to her ex's wedding, but attends anyway...with deadly consequences.

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Miscreants break into a home to kill a cat and enter a trap set by its owner, who, along with her best friend, a serial killer, subjects them to a night of feline-themed torture.

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When a lonely pharmacy tech is catfished by someone impersonating actress Lucy Hale, he spirals into an obsessive digital romance that blurs the line between fantasy and delusion. As his life unravels, the only voice that seems to understand him is Aria Montgomery, Hale’s fictional alter ego, who may not be real, but speaks to the ache no one else sees.

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Amidst the blood-red poppy fields of 1950s British-occupied Cyprus, a young aristocratic British Royal Navy captain must choose between his military oath and saving the fiercely independent Cypriot woman he is deeply in love with and her family, among them a brilliant violinist, from the British gallows.

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The not too distant future … the end of Christendom is imminent and the world as we know it will be no longer. The ISIS Caliphate of Evil is on the verge of total victory. The Pope’s Holy Canon, man or myth, may be … “Our Last Prayer.”

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In 2013 Honduras, a prideful sister and a defensive brother must heal their relationship. They and their parents are fleeing to America from the cartel, but the struggle between the siblings adds to the obstacles they have to overcome: first, in their perilous journey to America, and next, during their capture by Texan vigilantes.

Fictionalized account of real events.

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When a deep-sea research team descends into the Puerto Rican Trench to investigate a mysterious signal, they uncover an ancient, intelligent structure buried in the dark. What begins as a groundbreaking discovery soon turns into a nightmare as the team awakens a primordial force that feeds on life itself.

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The true story of 15-year-old Matt Kern’s notorious journey to manhood over the course of several gripping years in the Florida Criminal Justice System.

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Bailey is an average young adult suffering from a deep sense of unfulfillment. She and her lover, Vanessa, join a group of suicidal women and make plans to end their lives together. Shannon is the leader of the group and prefers to think of suicide as a transition to the spiritual realm. She has studied the occult and plans the group suicide. She chooses a haunted warehouse, hoping that the spirits within can assist the women in their transition to the other side.

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A working-class teen in 1960s Chicago, addicted to risk and hungry for escape, is pulled into a criminal underworld that mirrors his own dangerous impulses, forcing him to decide whether the thrill that makes him feel alive will ultimately erase him.

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OVERLORDE is a science fiction and adventure narrative that chronicles the journey of Deborah Brockton, a distinguished yet troubled Egyptologist. It is a high-concept four-quadrant story with grounded characters and broad appeal, blending elements of family drama, speculative fiction, sci-fi battles, and relatable characters.

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In 1897, a young woman leaves her husband and two children with a note saying she'll be back when she has the money; she's gone several months and returns with enough money to set her husband up in business and to build a new home. This is how she did it.

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In Transplants, a series of human stories in a sci-fi near-future, a company develops a brain transplant into a robot that provides continued life and interesting work for a person who just died or is near death; but after a recruitment company places the human robots in dead-end low-skilled work, some of them stage a revolt, one gets shot, and things go horribly wrong.

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After Comanche raiders kill his son and take his family, former slave Britt Johnson joins the Texas Rangers to bring them home.

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After a painful breakup, Bermudian filmmaker Nicola Burgess returns home to care for her ailing mother, Marie, and rediscover her purpose. When she reconnects with Rian, her former love turned oncologist, old wounds resurface alongside the possibility of healing. As Nicola channels her grief into completing a film honoring her mother’s memory, she must choose between remaining bound to heartbreak or embracing a second chance at love, forgiveness, and purpose.

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After a violent fugitive embarks on a murderous rampage, a washed-up sharpshooter and his headstrong niece look to escape their troubled lives by collecting the bounty on his head.

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Uncle Joey is a coming-of-age story that follows sixteen-year-old Mairead's obsession with Madonna and the 1985 film "Desperately Seeking Susan." Armed with a map of filming locations and dreams of recreating iconic scenes, Mairead convinces her cautious cousin Lucy to join her on a trip to New Jersey in summer 1986, staying with their Uncle Joey, a Catholic priest they barely know.

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ROOSTER is a character-driven American fable set in the rarely explored world of competitive bird-dog field trials—a visually striking, quietly magical slice of Americana on horseback.

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An evil spirit, Akahimi, a Japanese woman from the Edo Period, destroyed a Samurai's life. Ms. Jones is determined to clear the family's name and restore the Samurai's honor.

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A man manages to put in check an entire city using, only, the phone calls made from an isolated telephone booth.

Short Script

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When her daughter is hospitalized after a gang assault, a broken women’s wrestler descends into a brutal revenge crusade that blurs the line between justice and damnation.

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Between the Trees follows a troubled young man who escapes into a quiet forest while struggling with grief and inner conflict. Surrounded by nature, he confronts painful memories and discovers a path toward healing, hope, and self-acceptance.

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Unseen follows a day and night in the life of a child living with parental alcoholism. While her mother battles addiction, withdrawal, and fear of social services, the daughter maintains the household, cooking, cleaning, attending school, and managing adult responsibility with quiet precision.

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Five people in a Post Office queue. One armed robbery. How come nobody saw anything?

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True story from London, 1964. When a determined young woman stands up to famous gangster Reggie Kray, they make an unusual agreement that benefits them both.

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Soul Slasher is a gritty, emotionally charged revenge thriller following Darius Whitaker, a man shaped by childhood trauma and systemic failure. After witnessing his abusive stepfather

brutalize his mother in 1970s Detroit, young Darius endures a life-altering tragedy that leaves him emotionally mute. Years later, he commits a violent act defending a pregnant woman, resulting

in a life sentence. 

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Three Trick-R-Treaters visit Tom Vulture in the cemetery, where he tells them the truth about his death over one hundred and fifty years ago. 

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Proud Irish Travellers Chris and his wheelchair bound Dad Jimmy run the Candyfloss Stall at funfairs around the country. A chance meeting with an old school friend reminds Chris of what could have been his future. Jimmy wants his son to reach his full potential but burdened by duty and tradition Chris feels he needs to be there to look after his Dad since his Mother's death. 

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Orson Welles attempts to wrangle a reluctant Joseph Cotten into his next project far from the familiar bright lights of Hollywood. 

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A quirky support group for survivors of narcissists turns into a secret revenge club, but when one mission goes wrong, their quest for justice takes a dangerously unexpected turn. 

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Peter Eden is suffering from a nervous condition and is being harassed by hostile neighbors. In an attempt of relax he goes on a walk but is swept off on a bazaar journey that leads him to the place where he belongs.

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A determined Irish barfly is unknowingly tracked across County Cork thanks to a new mobile phone - gifted by his spouse. Neither are aware that the epic pub-crawl will end with an unforeseen event from beyond the grave.

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Couples discover that only one of them likes cilantro, sparking an erotic and bloody debate. Five times!

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A women goes through a day where everything goes wrong as she is awaiting word from a promotion and dealing with a creep of a coworker.

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A struggling writer takes a part time gardening job in a neo-Gothic mansion in The Grange, Edinburgh's most affluent suburb. As his relationship grows with the house's only resident & owner, the mysterious old lady living in perpetual twilight, he is offered a proposition that will change his and his growing families life for ever.

Mini-Series

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From the battlefields of World War II Europe to the villages of Okinawa, the life of Nariyoshi Miyagi unfolds across two timelines. War, loss, and survival shape the trials he endures, forging the resilience, humility, and balance that will ultimately define the man behind a legendary legacy.

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On December 12, 1910, New York heiress Dorothy Arnold vanished from Fifth Avenue and was never seen again. The Disappearance Of… explores multiple plausible explanations for her fate, reconstructing her final day from shifting perspectives. As each theory unfolds, the mystery deepens, revealing how power, secrecy, and circumstance can erase someone completely.

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Aliens invade the minds of two lovers, distort their realities and pit them in a battle to the death... while the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.

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In an epic retelling of the first Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842), interwoven stories of courage, folly, and romance unfold as various characters on both sides of the conflict wrestle for control of Afghanistan which has become a pawn in a larger geopolitical game. A six-part limited series that illuminates recent Western experience in Afghanistan.

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For 400 years, America’s winemakers have been adventurers, pioneers,

and risk-takers, battling overwhelming challenges in their quest to

transform wild, untamed land into a world-class wine region. They faced

pestilence, drought, war, and even Prohibition, yet time and again, these

visionaries refused to give up.

First-time Screenwriter

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When a quiet island town is suddenly overrun by zombies, vampires, werewolves, and other deadly creatures, an unlikely band of ordinary residents must rely on a horror-obsessed movie geek to survive the ultimate monster apocalypse.

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Donovan “Donnie” Daniels is a rising NFL quarterback with discipline, talent, and a future that looks untouchable. Raised in Brooklyn around quiet power and unspoken rules, Donnie has always understood one thing: outcomes matter more than process.

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A man-child gets a job at a hotel to win back his ex.

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After years of estrangement caused by parental alienation, a father, Alejandro, is devastated when his teenage daughter Lucía's school plane crashes in the Andes.

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The story takes place just after the events of the Odyssey, when Odysseus is on quest so that he can pay his final debt to Poseidon. On consulting the Oracle, he discovers that the communication between the world of the mortals and the world of the Gods has broken down.

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Scarlett Willis is a single mother of two wonderful children . Forced, financially, Scarlett and the children live with her Uncle. A new idea from a friend might end her money woes. But at what cost?

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In the fog shrouded streets of Agnoia City, a sprawling urban labyrinth where ignorance is bliss and knowledge is deadly, Detective Eli Cross is a shell of a man, drowning his grief over his daughter's agonizing death in whiskey and relentless police work.

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In the West of Ireland, a washed-up Englishman seeks redemption by reviving the game of Hurling in his home town, teaming up with a fierce teen and a ragtag group of rebels and refugees to battle personal demons and corrupt local politics for a shot at glory.

Multiple Screenwriter

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A hooded Ubume, approaches Albert. Forces him to hold her baby. The infant sinks its teeth into Albert's throat and kills him.

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Imagine Se7en meets Blink Twice; Nine Perfect Strangers meets Parasite; A Cure for Wellness meets The White Lotus. Elevated, surreal, visually bold. A luxury nightmare meets high-concept horror in a world where the line between healing and horror is thinner than you think.

TV Pilot Script

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On the edge of losing her business, her custody battle, and her peace of mind, Carrie walks into what should be a simple listing appointment. Instead, she finds a dead body, a briefcase filled with diamonds, and a carry-on packed with $500,000. In a moment of desperation, she takes the money never imagining it belongs to Hector Ochoa’s cartel or that it sits at the center of a covert DEA mission.

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A group of longtime friends reunite for a casual evening at Liam’s apartment, games, takeout, and idle talk about their hyper-connected lives.

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The pilot for "The Missed Adventures of Dick Jones," "Ricardo Fuentes of Chavez Ravine" introduces people important to Dick Jones' life in 1934, and the happenstance leading him to escape Los Angeles for New York City.

Animation Script

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When precocious 10-year-old Maddie Davis discovers she can turn her dog T-Rex into a stuffed animal, it gives her the idea to sneak off to Kenya and save the rare southern purple rhino.

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In the heart of a gothic, pre-war apartment building full of charm, creaks, and eccentric residents lives Darla, a curious tween with an overactive imagination and a relentless drive to prove herself as the building’s undisputed detective.