When a woman can’t refill her Ozempic because of a national shortage, her suppressed hunger spirals out of control—and she starts to eat people.
Martine, a single mother juggling the demands of her ad agency career, her five year old daughter’s demands, and her controlling boyfriend’s expectations, has kept her desires and frustrations tightly contained for years. When a national Ozempic shortage prevents her from refilling her prescription, her long-suppressed hunger begins to awaken, both physically and emotionally. As her carefully curated life spirals out of control, Martine discovers a primal and pleasure of her hunger —one that can no longer be ignored. HUNGER is a visceral journey of self-discovery, on the rollercoaster of suppression and indulgence, forcing Martine to confront the cost of keeping herself small.
Tricia Lee is an accomplished AAPI female filmmaker whose ability to blend heart-warming and heart-breaking stories with uplifting humor has earned her recognition on the 2020 (GOOD CHANCE), 2021 (IDOL) & 2023 (AMERICAN DREAMS) Black List. As a fellow of the SONY Diverse TV Writers Program, Tricia creates from a Canadian perspective, exploring themes of belonging, voicelessness, and shared humanity through the lens of the American Dream. Her feature script, GOOD CHANCE has received numerous accolades, including being a top 50 finalist in The Academy Nicholl Fellowship, winning the grand prize at Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Screenplay Competition, a top 14 finalist Universal Studios Writers Program, on the CAPE List and being selected for the prestigious Producers Guild of America Power of Diversity Master Workshop. Tricia's impressive directing credits include working with top talent such as Eva Longoria (DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES), Simu Liu (Marvel's SHANG-CHI), Ingrid Rogers (BOSCH), and James Kyson (HEROES). She has written a pilot for and will be a showrunner of the animated anthology A BANQUET FOR HUNGRY GHOSTS produced by 108 Media. Lee has directed 3 award-winning features including BLOOD HUNTERS, which sold to Hulu and was presented in Cannes by Frontieres and SILENT RETREAT, which was theatrically released across Canada and sold to NBC Universal’s Chiller Network.
