A PRAYER

1 min. - California

Director: Simone Bailey    Writer: Simone Bailey

Starring: Simone Bailey

Despite being an atheist for over 15 years, I decided to pray to  God.

This was one minute in length.  Very short.  It was a visual tone poem and it was lovely to watch.  The prayer asking for forgiveness was a nice background.  It never inspired me to ask any questions or wander any more than what I heard. 

RACE WAR: THE MUSICAL

9 min. - Louisville

Director: James Cronin    Writer: The Indicators

Starring: The Indicators

Apparently this was a 48 hour film.  That usually means conceptualized, written and shot and edited in 48 hours.  I find that to be an extremely impressive feat.  However, the Louisville based improv group The Indicators created this one joke film that was cute but lasted just a little too long.  What would have worked perfectly as a music video in 3-4 minutes just didn’t work for me at nine minutes.  It lost a lot of its humor quickly and never found anything new to keep running on. 

REVENGE OF LIE

12 min. - South Korea

Director: Kim Sang-Jun   Writer: Kim Sang-Jun

Animation

This place is a closed city that has only small size trains those can run only on designated Rail as transportation. There are two snack bars those located in each side of railroad of street, having the struggle for existence. Both snack bars are run in the way or Drive-in for drivers who pass the railroad. The proprietress of the diner which is located in right side of the railroad succeeds in having so many customers with her own beauty and sensual service of waitresses. So the proprietor who owns the snack bar in left side of the railroad lost all of his customers, so almost lose his common sense because he feels crisis extremely. After some thoughts, in very late night when it is deserted, he try to put poison into their foods after sneaking into the women's snack bar. But there is no food or ingredient in the kitchen those he can put poison into.

He founds out enormous secret of the women in the steal door which is at another side of the kitchen. That was a secret that the advertisement which say they cook with fresh ingredients with their own hands, actually the foods have been cooked by unsanitary facility and automatic machine. The beautiful women were actually ugly women who were covered their face with masks. However, he doesn't tell it after much thought. He decides to deceive the proprietress and take the property with his fake muscle clothes and mask of handsome man.  He chose to do it because he has to do the hard work at the snack bar even if he kick the women out from the town.

The above is the synopsis from the director.  I found this films animation fine.  A little anime for my taste but it had an interesting feel to it.  What failed for me was the story.  I didn’t get it and when the film was over I was still confused.