When we were in high school, it was a recurring joke between my best friend and I that someone should make a movie out of our lives. It wasn't because we were doing anything particularly cinematic – in fact, I learned through writing Halfbaked that all those hours spent aimlessly driving make for a pretty uninteresting watch. Rather, I think we made that joke so often because we knew it'd be selfish to hoard the universe we'd created for and between one another. This world that two best friends together – particularly two female, and then queer female best friends – build together is one tailored to every shared memory, inside joke, and perfectly-timed glance from across the room. These relationships are far more dynamic than anything that could ever be captured on screen; In writing Halfbaked, I tried my best to do right by the Lu's and Zoe's of the world. Halfbaked is a film about friendship, homecoming, and the feeling of at once being perfectly comfortable and yet completely scattered. It's about queerness, womanhood, and the people who identify as both but feel particularly attached to neither. I hope that this film sweeps you along into Lu and Zoe's endless summer, as their love is forever preserved at nineteen. This film is for all the best friends out there, like me and mine, like you and yours, who know they've found their once in a lifetime love.
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