 In the meantime S.E. Kenlon & Arayna Thomas won free special F/X  from Santa Monica & San Francisco based CGI Company RADIUM for their  short film "CORNERED" which placed 1st in the category of fiction  video at the International Mexican Film Festival Expresión en Corto  in 2003 this addition to the films package helped attract the  films investors as well as later when the crew was hired on a  deferred payment basis.