A short satirical fiction film, originally made for the Sci-Fi London 48h film challenge. In 2044, Earth has been polluted to such an extent that humanity subsists on a diet of ‘Manna-Moolah’, a white, tasteless substance made with minerals mined on asteroid MSG100 by the omnipotent RON corporation. Its former chief chemist, Professor Markus Pokus developed Manna-Moolah with the hope of saving humanity from starvation. Instead, Ai took over and altered the chemistry so that it now renders humans numb and docile. To ensure total dominance on society, The RON corporation has wiped all culinary knowledge from the internet and destroyed all cookery books. Against it, Victor Kenstein, Professor Pokus’ former pupil, has been leading the Camden Underground, a resistance group charged with collecting seeds and food recipes to save onboard “the Ark”, a spaceship disguised as a restaurant, concealed inside a hotel built in the heart of Kings Cross.
The time has come for the Ark to fulfil its true purpose and save humanity remaining culinary knowledge, as the wanton resource extraction from MSG100 has been so efficient that the asteroid has lost its centre of gravity and is now hurtling towards Earth.
With 5 hours before the asteroid impact, Victor has tracked down his former mentor in a desperate bid to get him onboard and leave Earth before it’s too late.