Two friends drink at a café in the mountains on the 31st of December. The two were members of a band called The Magicians′. Jae-sung is the owner of the café and Myung-soo looks a white collar worker. They gather to remember Ja-eun, a member who killed herself three years ago, and wait for another member, Ha-young. The space in the films of Song Il-gon is bathed with a mythical atmosphere. On the contrary, the characters are concretely pictured and full of vitality. The Magicians is a short piece of work which shows the full capability of Song Il-gon as a director. The structure of this film shows the present and past continuously in one shot without editing, and also the acting is outstanding. Song Il-gon is now making a 95-minute feature film including this short film, which is also composed of one shot without editing. (Huh Moon-yung)