By Margaret A. McGurk
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Twenty-one short works created by local filmmaking teams in August are now available on DVD.

The 48 Hour Film Project enlisted hundreds of professional and amateur artists and technicians in a race to write, shoot and edit the best 12-minute movie in town. All films had a line of dialogue, prop and character in common, from a random drawing.

Audiences at two public screenings voted three favorites. Judges chose winners in several best-of categories, including CIA Holes by Stupid Johnny, which will compete against other cities in a showdown at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, Texas, in March.

The finished works are available on two DVDs for $15 each or $25 for both from Impact Video in Northside, 681-9191.

Disc A: Blackout by Red Thread; Forever Dawn by KAN Productions; Chez Nora by TVACOM (best graphics, best acting - Daniel Von Bargen); Efficiency by If It Moves, Shoot It! (best set design); Act of Contrition by IDEA; Unconscious Objectors by Black Box (best use of assigned dialogue line); Pasquack by Pentangular Pictures; Exit Interview by Light Stretching; Expendable Assets by WHO; Casual Friday by Jeboda Beasli Productions (audience award; best music)

Disc B: Spiked Punch by Brawny Lads; Blood Stripe by the Collective; El Dia de Los Diablos by Timeless Image; Mystery of the Terminal Count by the Countering Group; A Better Place by Team WCET; CIA Holes by Stupid Johnny (audience award; best film, best cinematography, best sound design); Belly of the World by Pixel Farmers (audience award; best use of assigned character; best use of prop; best costumes); Backhand by the Red Team; The Chance by Watertower Pictures (best editing; best directing); Dawn Sperling, Efficiency Expert on Finding True Love by Impact Video Productions (best script); Hero War: The Menacing Menace by Team Banzai