CIFF 2023

SHORTS: BIOCHEMICAL EQUATION

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8 films in package
POWER SIGNAL
While trying to navigate a city that won’t provide him a bathroom, a delivery worker discovers an unearthly presence infecting women all over New York.
BLOND NIGHT
At night, Victor walks without supervision to live his life.
MYSTIC TIGER
After suffering a mysterious accident, a man acquires the ability to transgress time and space.
WHITE ANT
A man is summoned from Mumbai to his childhood home to deal with a termite infestation.
SOLEIL DE NUIT
During a space exploration training mission, an astronaut is interrupted by an Atikamekw elder and is asked to deliver an important message to the moon.
LO-TECH REALITY
Against the post-industrial landscape of Detroit, visitors arrive from the sky in search of knowledge.
À LA VIE À L'AMOR
What is unconditional love? Cesar turns 30, grabs his camera, and sets off to find out.
DEATH & RAMEN
A ramen chef spends his final night alive hanging out with the Grim Reaper. Through a bowl of ramen, they discover what it means to be human.
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Electric touches meet a lavender haze. Technology, noise, glitch, and life blend together in this package that is equal parts spiritual and mystical. 


Timmy Lee (Bobby Lee, MADTV) is a depressed ramen chef. After botching his suicide, he is visited by Death (Matt Jones, BREAKING BAD). Upon realizing that Timmy is still alive, Death struggles to make sense of this once-in-a-millennium fiasco. Insistent that he "can't die on an empty stomach", Timmy convinces Death to go to his ramen shop for one final meal. After getting drunk and eating ramen, Death starts to empathize with Timmy and follows him through the night as he tries to make peace with his own life. Through witnessing Timmy's humanity, Death learns a little about being human himself.


Content Warning-themes of suicide


DEATH & RAMEN will be screened as a part of the SHORTS: BIOCHEMICAL EQUATION package.


Director Tiger Ji will be in attendance at the September 22 screening.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    14 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Tiger Ji
  • Screenwriter
    Tiger Ji
  • Producer
    Sam Kaminer, Scott Aharoni, Peter Gold, Tiger Ji
  • Executive Producer
    Jonathan Sanger, Mustafa Kaymak, Sinan Eczacibasi
  • Cast
    Bobby Lee, Matt Jones
  • Cinematographer
    Stefan Nachmann
  • Editor
    Tiger Ji
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