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Award winning short filmmaker and screenwriter Michael Trachiotis creates original and compelling stories that feature diverse cultures, genders, races and genres including: Action, adventure, drama, thriller, suspense, martial arts, history, mystery, fantasy, supernatural, horror, Sci-Fi, spiritualism, noir, inspirational and coming of age stories written to appeal to domestic and international markets that focus on 18-34 demographics but also teen, young adult and older audiences.
BLUE GIRL
BLUE GIRL - ONE PAGER
Teen-Young Adult-Adult-Female-Multicultural-International
Coming of Age-Drama-Hero-Spiritual-Fantasy-Adventure-Sci-Fi
This is a big, sincere, visually distinctive fantasy feature with a real hook: Blue Girl reimagines the superhero origin as a spiritual, internal, irreversible metamorphosis.
It is a sci-fi, YA, coming-of-age, thrilling, spiritual, suspenseful fantasy for girls and audiences who want to see power as something that changes the world without destruction, cosmic stakes without violence, and a hero whose strength comes from within who saves the world by becoming something entirely new. That combination gives it a genuine market identity.
Blue Girl speaks to fans of "Captain Marvel," a female-led coming-of-age origin story with large-scale cosmic consequences, identity discovery, high-impact sci-fi spectacle wrapped in a journey from suburban normalcy to universal, transcendent power; “Everything Everywhere All At Once” where cosmic stakes are deeply emotional and personal; “The Hunger Games” who connect with a girl pushed into a role she never asked for; and the spiritual struggle between destiny and humanity in “Princess Mononoke.”
Blue Girl is more than a superhero, she’s a divine Goddess ready to make the ultimate sacrifice to save humanity.
In conclusion, It is a cool sci-fi IP franchise for young adult females and global audiences that portends sequels, TV spinoffs, streaming content, games and comics.
LOGLINE
She glows indigo. She levitates. She brings the dying back from the edge. A teenage girl reincarnates as the prophesied Goddess; a superhero destined to save the world, but to fulfill this ancient prophecy and awaken her cosmic healing power, she must undergo a perilous metamorphosis on a heroic, superhuman journey to the highest place on Earth.
THE CHRYSANTHEMUM GARDEN
THE CHRYSANTHEMUM GARDEN - ONE PAGER
Adult-Female-Male-American-Japanese-Multicultural-International
Drama-Romance-Tragedy-Historical-Psychological-Rebirth-Spiritual-Inspiration
The Chrysanthemum Garden is a female-centered study of grief, choice and rebirth.
It is character driven, historical, romance, grief themed psychological drama that examines human behavior and moral dilemmas when confronted with death and isolation and the consequences of choices while under extreme duress and hardship while struggling to survive.
The Chrysanthemum Garden speaks to audiences that identify with The Secret Garden – restoration of land mirroring renovation of self; Pieces of a Woman – female-centered psychological unraveling after tragedy; Manchester by the Sea – devastating grief rendered with restraint and Minari – land as survival, intimate cultural storytelling.
This story is based on real events during an anomalous period of humanity - the COVID pandemic.
It is easy to empathize with Misaki’s experience, who is trapped in America, because humanity everywhere was affected by the disease, especially as she spirals through loneliness, misery, alcoholism and poverty.
When she discovers she is pregnant – a miracle once thought impossible – Misaki must choose to surrender to despair or step into the fragile promise of new life.
Through the guidance of an elderly gardener, Yomo, who rebuilt his shattered life by restoring ruined chrysanthemum gardens after WW II, replanting her chrysanthemum garden is a testament to the strength it takes to uproot sorrow, plant new life, and bloom again – even in the darkest soil.
Suitable for younger and older audiences while holding strong break-out potential, The Chrysanthemum Garden is particularly attractive for domestic and global audiences, especially in the Pacific Rim, as all people can relate to the pandemic, being quarantined, loss of loved ones and the struggle of rebuilding life after a disaster.
LOGLINE
After her husband is killed in a jealous act during the pandemic, a widowed Japanese woman isolated in America spirals into an alcohol-fueled misery, until a prayer delivers an elderly gardener who teaches her before new life can bloom, the dead must be uprooted, forcing her to pick between despair or the miracle growing within her.
DEATH KNOCKED 3 TIMES
(FEATURE SCRIPT WORK-IN-PROGRESS)
Adult-Female-Male-Diverse-Multicultural-International
Heist-Crime-Horror-Revenge-Suspense-Creature-Thriller-Dark Comedy
LOGLINE
A double-crossed gem thief on a heist gone bad returns from six years, six months and six days in prison to nick back the diamonds he was owed, but the decapitated hand he lopped off to steal them back reanimates as a five-finger beast from hell and embarks on a rampage of revenge and murder.
PROOF-OF-CONCEPT SHORT FILM
A BANQUET OF FLESH
(RE-WRITING)
Young Adult-Adult-Female-Male-Diverse-Multicultural-International
Horror-Sci-Fi-Virus-Alien-Walking Dead-Action-Apocalypse-Thriller
This is a high-stakes, globe-trotting thriller with apocalyptic urgency – think “Contagion” and “Night of the Living Dead” melded with “The Thing” and a dash of “Indiana Jones” bio-horror.
LOGLINE
An Alien, flesh-eating virus gorges on humans turning them into rabid, living corpses. The only cure lies in a plant deep within the Malaysian jungle. In a race against time and hunted by drug company mercenaries, native rebels and aboriginal warlords, a rogue American bio-pirate and his team must extract the rare nectar and create a serum before the annihilation of humanity.
SPIRIT WALKER
(NEEDS UPDATING & POLISHING)
Young Adult-Adult-Female-Male-Native American-Diverse-Multicultural
Supernatural-Adventure-Thriller-Crime-Mystery-Mythology-Spiritual
This is a fascinating concept - supernatural thriller meets spiritual mystery, with a morally complex protagonist at the center with a strong mythic undercurrent.
LOGLINE
A bizarre series of seemingly unconnected murders, suicides, abductions and accidents lead FBI agents on a manhunt of a clairvoyant Native American shaman who reluctantly embraces his vision quest to reclaim the dead spirits of the living by intervening and resurrecting their souls so they can fulfill mortal lives. As the agents close in, the line between crime and cosmic justice begins to blur..
MANOSAUR
(NEEDS UPDATING & POLISHING)
Teen-Young Adult-Adult-Female-Male-Native American-Diverse-Multicultural
Superhero-Action-Sci-Fi-Adventure-Thriller-Creature-Mythology-Horror
This is a wild, genre-bending thrill ride - part creature feature, part coming-of-age, with a splash of native lore and high-octane action. The concept is both pulpy and original.
LOGLINE
Buried for centuries, the eggs of a mythic predator are unearthed by a teenage Ute paleontologist. When one hatches and bites him, he mutates into a towering human-dinosaur hybrid. Now, torn between man and beast, he must battle a sadistic biker gang — and a teenage T-Rex with a taste for blood — to protect the girl he loves and the town he calls home.
STAR BABY
(NEEDS UPDATING & POLISHING)
Young Adult-Adult-Female-Male-Multi-Genders-Diverse-Multicultural
Rock & Roll-Drama-Tragedy-Music-Inspiration
This is a gritty, redemptive character arc wrapped in raw rock-star excess - a dark, emotionally charged journey of ego, downfall, and potential rebirth.
LOGLINE
Once a global sensation, now a drunken, fading icon drowning in drugs, ego, and regret. After humiliating a devoted young fan and exploiting a dying cancer patient to resurrect her public image, a bisexual rock star spirals toward oblivion. But at her lowest - with a needle in her arm and the Grim Reaper closing in - she’s given one last shot at redemption. To save a life - and maybe her own.