Elisa Manzini

The House of Crossed Destinies Budget: $100K - $1M | Sci-fi ⋄ Drama COMPS: THE ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND meets PETITE MAMAN When a troubled forensic psychiatrist visits her childhood home, she finds herself trapped in 1978 with her parents’ younger selves and the chance to prevent the tragedy that made her an orphan.

Mabel Budget: $5M - $10M | Horror ⋄ Drama COMPS: DONNIE DARKO meets ROOM When a hot-headed orphan is incarcerated for assault, she must examine the decade of horrific trauma that turned her into a killer in order to escape the terrifying woman in her nightmares. Semifinalist at WeScreenplay Diverse Voices – 2021 Semifinalist at The Script Lab – 2021 Semifinalist at SoCal Screenplay – 2022

Portrait of a Soul Budget: $1M - $5M | Drama COMPS: PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE meets ELLE Years after being sexually abused, a successful art curator encounters her now famous abuser and seeks to get her revenge. Second rounder at Austin Film Festival (2023)

Samhain Budget: $1M - $5M | Horror COMPS: CABIN FEVER meets DRAG ME TO HELL After four friends rent a lake cabin to escape the commercialism of Halloween and celebrate Samhain in a more spiritual way, they get inked by a demon tattoo artist and begin to fall victim to their new tattoos, which come to life and push them to horrifying actions.

Of Love and Madness Budget: $5M - $10M | Drama COMPS: BODY HEAT meets UNFAITHFUL Suffocated by her small-town life and a passionless marriage, a battered young woman in the 1980s begins an affair with her husband’s best friend, only to find herself trapped in a maddening spiral of events. Based on the acclaimed novel "Thérèse Raquin" by Émile Zola

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