David Bentley

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WSO Theatre and Film Festival Official Selection: Deception
(2026)
The Screenwriter's Script and Screenplay Showcase Official Selection: Dissonance
(2026)
Liberty Films Festival Official Selection: Don't Speak
(2026)
Hollywood International Indie Film and Screenplay Awards Official Selection: Dissonance
(2026)
Horrifc Hope Film Festival Semi Finalist: Don't Speak
(2026)

Filmmatic Horror Screenplay Awards Quarter Finalist: Don't Speak
(2026)

Hollywood Horrorfest Best Short Script: Don't Speak
(2025)

Los Angeles Fantasia Fest Official Selection: Don't Speak
(2025)

Phobia Film Festival Official Selection: Don't Speak
(2025)

Parallax Studioworks Best Short Script Award: Don't Speak
(2025)

Happenstance Horror Fest Honorable Mention: Don't Speak
(2025)

Video Nasties Genre FilmFest Finalist: Don't Speak
(2025)

The Dunwich Horror Fest Best Short Screenplay Under 10 Pages: Cocoon (2025)
(2025)

The Horror Haven Film Expo Best Short Horror Screenplay: Cocoon (2025)
(2025)

LA International Horror Film Festival Best Short Script: Don't Speak
(2025)

Horror Screenings Film Festival Bloody Mirror Best Short Screenplay: Don't Speak
(2025)

Asian Talent International Film Festival Best Script: Don't Speak
(2025)

East Village New York Film Festival Finalist: Don't Speak
(2025)

Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival Finalist: Don't Speak
(2025)

Sinister Horror Film Festival Official Selection: Cocoon (2025)
(2025)

Fortean Film Festival Official Selection: Don't Speak
(2025)

Fortean Film Festival Official Selection: Dissonance
(2025)

Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Contest Quarter Finalist: Dissonance
(2025)

Start Fresh Film Festival Official Selection: Deception
(2025)

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Don't Speak Horror ⋄ Thriller / Suspense Ten years after escaping a childhood marked by silence and violence, a withdrawn young woman is haunted by the darkness she tried to bury — until tragedy forces her to return home and face the horrors she thought she had escaped.
Cocoon (2025) Horror ⋄ Thriller / Suspense When a woman awakens bound in an abandoned warehouse, a familiar voice from her past forces her into a chilling ritual — one that will test the limits of guilt, vengeance, and the supernatural.
Dissonance Drama ⋄ Fantasy While growing up with living, personified emotions known as "alters" in which only she can see, a troubled young woman must harness their power to stop a dark force from reclaiming her soul. *first 3 pages available to read*
Control-Alt-Delete Science Fiction ⋄ Thriller / Suspense Imprisoned and offered a chance at redemption, Nyra (Subject 0195) agrees to join a mysterious AI experiment. But when a system failure leaves her isolated in the lab with only her assigned companion bot, she discovers the experiment hides a far more disturbing purpose: one that could redefine what it means to be human.
Deception (One-Act Play) Experimental ⋄ Thriller / Suspense When a psychiatric patient claims her life is nothing more than a scripted performance, her therapist’s attempts to help unravel turn into a battle of control, identity, and authorship—until she finally snaps.