Short film scripts

Pithy and punchy, and designed to be economical in scale. Contact me if you need material and like my style.

MEET VENUS

A statue comes to life to answer a maiden’s prayers. (9 pages)

NEXT DOOR

If you’re going to engage with the world, start with the neighbours. After a sad break-up, Bill reluctantly realises he’s the man to help the couple next door not make the same mistake, but no good deed goes unpunished. (7 pages)

THE AUDIT

Silent short of a lonely man and an office worker whose work is affecting him. (8 pages, dialogue-free)

THIS IS NOT MY BABY

A childless woman and an unhappy mother meet. Can you trust a stranger? (11 pages)

THE BRIDE

A dark tale of an internet bride’s arrival. (7 pages)

FAIR, DIVINELY FAIR

The challenges of being an unconventional beauty. (11 pages)

FORGET IT JAKE, IT’S PANTOMIME

A chance meeting evokes an unexpected past. (10 pages)

UP ON THE ROOF

A moral dilemma and a matter of life and death. (12 pages)

SOUS LA TABLE

An underhand, undercover struggle under a table. (3 pages, dialogue-free)

CRYSTAL BALLS

This fortune-telling malarkey’s all rubbish, isn’t it? Isn’t it? (5 pages, dialogue-free)

HONOUR AMONGST THIEVES

A prisoner double-crosses her reluctant partner. (5 pages)

ELEVATOR MUSIC

The last person you want to help you in a tight spot is your ex. (15 pages)

BFF

Didn’t like you when I met you. (4 pages)