Ellen Puff

MIASMA Budget: $1M - $5M | Film Noir ⋄ Mystery In a city drowned in fog and whispered lies, private investigator Foam teams up with Viola, a dazzling actress whose smile hides shadows. Their hunt for a missing heiress drags them through corrupt drawing rooms and a trail of evidence that keeps pointing back to Viola herself. As desire coils around doubt, Foam must decide whether she’s his only ally, or the femme fatale who has been playing him from the start.

DUST TRACKS Budget: $10M - $30M | Biopic / True Story ⋄ Drama When a fiercely independent African American writer refuses to let poverty, racism, or sexism define her, she blazes an uncharted path from obscurity to literary immortality. The true-life story of Zora Neale Hurston, a woman who crafted her own story with unapologetic joy and helped to give a voice to her people.

THE RETREAT Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy ⋄ Romance When a no‑nonsense New York businesswoman unexpectedly inherits a quirky California health spa, she jets west determined to sell the place to golf developers and get back to her real life. But between yoga‑obsessed guests, sun‑drenched chaos, and a maddeningly charming love interest, she starts to wonder if the resort’s “wellness” is working on her too. Now she must decide what matters more: the deal of a lifetime or the life she never knew she wanted.

WEST WITH THE NIGHT Budget: $30M+ | Action ⋄ Drama Raised under the wide skies of Kenya, a fearless young girl grows into a trailblazing aviator whose daring flights captivate the world. But as fame lifts her higher, the unresolved trauma she has spent a lifetime outrunning threatens to pull her back to earth. The true story of Beryl Markham, a woman who learns that courage isn’t flying solo, it’s letting people in.

SOUVENIRS Budget: $30M+ | Drama ⋄ Period Piece As the French Revolution ignites and the world she once painted in elegance collapses, royal portraitist Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun fights to hold her place in a profession ruled by men. Threatened by critics, rival artists, and furious mobs, she must defend her art, her family, and her very life — proving that her talent is not just her legacy, but her only weapon against a nation in turmoil.