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The Lakes List is a collection of exemplary screenplays for movies, short films, web series and TV shows, written by the screenwriting students and alumni of the Screenwriting BA program at Metro State University in St. Paul, Minnesota.

For inquiries, and for access to a writer and their screenplay, please send an email to lakeslist@metrostate.edu.

Logline and summary

A young skater, Kit, has a bad encounter at a skate park one day and makes an enemy out of the new kid in town. Now the tension between these two puts Kit in a very stressful and uncomfortable situation.

  • Year
    2021
  • Set in Minnesota
  • Format
    Short film
  • Genres
    Drama
    Action/Adventure

Logline and summary

Set in a fantasy-esque Wild West, Jack Crescent, wielder of the Scale of the Fire Dragon, hunts down powerful Heirlooms to stop corrupt collectors from abusing their powers.

  • Year
    2023
  • Format
    Web series pilot
  • Genres
    Action/Adventure
    Animated
    Sci-Fi/Fantasy
    Other

Logline and summary

When his daughter is kidnapped, an indecisive mortgage lender struggling with loss, desperately seeks the help of his deranged brother to conduct a scheme that they hope will work in order to get her back safely from the gangsters that took her.

  • Year
    2020
  • Set in Minnesota
  • Format
    Feature film
  • Genres
    Drama
    Comedy
    Action/Adventure

Logline and summary

The eccentric captain Abby and her food critic Kapp set sail across Thousand Seas in this thrilling animated adventure series. Paid to deliver a mysterious pirate chest, they must contend with many dangers, from ravenous sea monsters to failed treasure hunters.

  • Year
    2019
  • Format
    TV pilot
  • Genres
    Comedy
    Action/Adventure
    Animated

Logline and summary

Buried in snow, during the Halloween Blizzard of 1991, a young artist is thrust into the family business. She must use all her skills in snow removal to prove she can be the best of the Plow Boys.

  • Year
    2023
  • Format
    Web series pilot
  • Genre
    Action/Adventure

Logline and summary

Dash, a backwoods drug dealer, attempts suicide after unsuccessfully betraying his own drug family and the opposing French-Canadian cartel... Except Dash doesn’t die, rather suffering amnesia that leaves him a shell of the former douchebag he was. As the reformed Dash tries to remember his past, those he betrayed learn he’s still alive, each renewed for revenge against him for their own cunning futures.

  • Year
    2019
  • Format
    TV pilot
  • Genres
    Comedy
    Action/Adventure
    Thriller

About the Lakes List

The Lakes List is a collection of exemplary screenplays for movies, short films, web series and TV shows, all written by the screenwriting students and alumni of the Screenwriting Program at Metro State University in St. Paul, MN.

The Lakes List is created by Metro State Prof. Jeremy Bandow, who was inspired by other national screenwriting 'lists' - like the Black List, and the Red List - which highlight excellent screenplays and help connect screenwriters to producers.

The Lakes List mission is much the same, to connect our emerging writers and their stories with local & regional directors, producers, and actors looking for future film and TV projects to bring to life.

As new and improved tax credit incentive programs spur production and create a wellspring of film & TV opportunities in Minnesota, there is no better time to ensure that the stories that get told here are our own stories.

Read more about the new film production incentives in Minnesota.

Many of these scripts are Minnesota’s stories, written by local writers. All contribute to the diverse artistic and cinematic culture of Minnesota, and assist in reinforcing our thriving, vibrant, regional artistic identity.

Enjoy your visit. We hope you find a screenplay you like!

Contact us

For inquiries, and for access to a writer and their screenplay, please send an email to lakeslist@metrostate.edu.