Three films took the top prizes when awards were announced at the second annual Pittsburgh 48 Hour Film Project's "Best Of" screening Friday night, with Michael Fuller's "Training Film" taking "Best Film of Pittsburgh 2008."

The filmmakers were given a theme and 48 hours to complete their submissions. "Training Film" was a sci-fi entry.

"Hotel California" (thriller) by Adam Taylor won the Group B Audience Choice Award and was runner-up for the "Best of Pittsburgh" prize, and "Handsome Prince" (fable) by Bill Moore took the Group A Audience Choice Award at the screening and ceremony at the Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall in Carnegie.

Best Costumes: "R.P.A." (fantasy), DuBois Business College, Ephraim Stockwell. Honorable mention: "Hotel California" (thriller), Galaxy454, Adam Taylor.

Best Choreography: "Hotel California." HM: "Ringers" (silent), Dangerwood Pictures, Jeff Vandergrift.

Best Musical Score: "Hotel Feliz" (silent), YINZERS, JJ Williams. HM: "Ringers."

Best Special Effects: "Training Film" (sci-fi), Mike Productions, Michael Fuller. HM: "Channel 138" (sci-fi), Jet Boy Jet Girl, Jessica Jacob.

Best Graphics: "Ten 56" (detective/cop), Corkwood, Ray Tragesser. HM: "48" (spy), TBC, Grant Carroll.

Best Sound Design: "Training Film." HM: "Check Out" (horror), The C-47's, Maranda Wodzinski.

Best Cinematography: "Check Out." HM: "Ten 56."

Best Acting: "Still" (horror), Astrosmash Productions, Ryan Fuhrig. HM: "Training Film."

Best Use Line of Dialogue: "Family Foyt Built" (thriller) Ugly Duckling, George Hampe. HM: "Hotel California."

Best Editing: "Training Film." HM: "Legally Bound" (film de feme), 482 Crew, Mike Hough.

Best Use of Prop: "Checking Out" (road), Everything but the Name, Edwin Huang. HM: "Ringers."

Best Writing: "Training Film." HM: "Handsome Prince."

Best Use of Character: "Ten 56." HM: "Handsome Prince."

Best Directing: "Check Out." HM: "Still" (horror), Astrosmash Productions, Ryan Fuhrig.

Also at the "Best Of" screening: "Complications" (road), Pinkerton Meat Killers, Jarriphen.