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Logline

After lighting up and getting the munchies, four college girls’ sleepover takes a dark turn when they stumble into a botched robbery at their local convenience store. They must squash their giggles and outsmart the robber to make it out alive.

Synopsis

Munchies is a fun, fast-paced crime comedy following an estranged high school clique reuniting the summer before their junior year of college. Unresolved sexual tension between the group and teasing that goes too far pushes Lennon, Tessa, Ronnie, and Mack to get stoned together like old times.

Their sleepover takes an unexpected turn when junk food cravings land them in the middle of a botched convenience store robbery. Despite becoming hostages, the girls are still stoned as f*ck. Tensions boil over as Cal, the bumbling burglar, turns his gun on them, determined to be taken seriously. They work together to cause a distraction, managing to get the gun from him. In their inebriated escape plan, they accidentally shoot him dead. Still in shock, the group discovers Cal’s five-year-old daughter waiting in the car outside, oblivious to it all.
 

Meet the Filmmakers

Brittany Young – Writer/Director
Brittany Young is a Florida born, LA-based filmmaker whose mission is to make coming-of-age films following black, queer protagonists through a lens that diverges from trauma. Following her career playing Division 1 lacrosse at the University of Delaware, she earned her MFA at Florida State University’s College of Motion Picture Arts, where she was honored with the program’s Strickland Pathfinder Award. Her films have screened at numerous festivals including the Miami Film Festival and National Festival for Talented Youth, where she earned the Kathy Reichardt Inspiration Award.

Jaelyn Ellis – Producer
Jaelyn Ellis is an NYC based producer and director who is committed to bringing stories to the screen that uplift marginalized and underrepresented voices. She received her BFA in Film Production from Florida State University, where she was a recipient of the 2022 Future of Film is Female grant for outstanding and promising work, strong visual language, and inventiveness in narratives. She has produced short films and music videos that have premiered at festivals such as FrightFest, Dances with Films, Out on Film, and the National Festival for Talented Youth.

Luc Ung – Director of Photography
Luc Ung is a Franco-Chinese cinematographer based in Los Angeles. His creative influences include cinematographers Sven Nykvist, Darius Khondji, Mark Lee Ping-Bing; directors Ingmar Bergman, Céline Sciamma, Xavier Dolan, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Lynne Ramsay; architect Frank Lloyd Wright and his parent’s cooking. Some of his notable work include Chicken which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2022 and won Best Student Narrative at NFFTY in 2023, New Shoes which premiered at the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, The Martyr of Hudson Yards which premiered on NOWNESS ASIA and Talk to me in Silence which won Best Short Film and Best Director at Los Angeles Short Film Festival and was nominated for Best Short Film and Best Director at Nice International Film Festival.

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