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2025 Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival
Short Script Competition

Available outside for your review and consideration, we encourage you to reach out to the writers and inquire about collaboration. We will be asking you for your opinions in order to select a “winning” script (even though they are ALL winners).

Framed (Script)

A student’s recognition causes a jealous peer to act maliciously.

The Random Option (Script) 

When an office worker with nothing in his life decides to end it all, he meets a pregnant teen, ready to end it all herself, and the two share a deep conversation on a bridge.

My Dad’s a Sofa Athlete (Script) 

Dom and Delores love their couch potato dad, so they get creative in order to motivate change.

Overdue (Script)

Tom meets a strange man in a cafe whilst returning some library books for his mother. It soon becomes apparent that there is something rather sinister about him.

The Last Hooker (Script)

A weary fisherman and a spirited pub owner struggle to make a living against an unstoppable force that imperils their livelihood. They realize they must face the threat together or risk losing everything they cherish.

Stationary (Script)

After 50 years’ dedicated service, Alys has five days until her Lost Property office closes. With her boss’ awkward son, Alfie, she must pack a lifetime’s worth of forgotten things before the door’s locked for the final time. 

Final Encounter (Script)

A woman’s body is found. Another woman is leaving her husband to free herself from his abuse. A man is going out to have a good time but his idea of a good time is murder.

The Fate of Teddy Pendernaps (Script)

After being excluded from a competition by her twin brother and his friends for the last time, McKenna takes matters into her own hands by infiltrating their friendly outdoor match and taking them down one-by-one in humiliating fashion.

Bar in the Woods (Script)

A hiker stumbles upon a bar in the middle of the woods. The Woods Tavern serves anyone, and everything that happens to find it.

Hell Hath No Fury (Pi)m (Script)

In this metaphysical neo-noir short, Luc(ifer) falls hard for the Boss’ dame, and they attempt their getaway.

High Screams (Script)

A kid’s birthday party in a suburban backyard turns into a nightmare when a poorly secured bouncy castle, set up by two careless delivery guys, Brad and Denny, is swept into the sky by strong winds with several children inside.

What’s in the Blood (Script)

A mentally disturbed young man named Henry uncovers secrets about his friends and family that result in unspeakable, bloody consequences.

Estranged (Script)

Best of Times (Script)

Four Vietnam veterans in a retirement home play their own version of Blackjack until a strange, new, entertainment employee changes the rules of the game and one veteran’s life.

Teacher’s Pet (Script)

A young student’s affair with his teacher makes him an outcast at his school.

Aliens & Powers & Lily Omai! (Script)

Two stranded aliens declare Vietnamese American teen Lily to accept the coveted Dire Crystal which grants her new random power each day.

Three Little Words (Script)

Logan is dumped – again – by his beautiful but impossible-to-please girlfriend Tiffany. Instead of letting him wallow in his grief, his friends Clancy, Leeroy, and Haley scheme to get him to give speed dating a try at their local pub. 

Bagel Dog (Script)

This is a comedy about a stray bulldog, who one day is found on the doorstep of a bakery called Stanley’s Bagels. Stanley soon discovers the bulldog’s love of eating bagels and appropriately names him “Bagel Dog”. Bagel soon becomes a permanent fixture at the bakery by greeting customers, taste testing, showing off flirty dog behavior with various female dogs, etc. 

Short Script Survey

Submit your film today and join the fun on April 25-27, 2025!