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The Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA) and ALI present ArchaeologyFest Film Series: Best of 2010!

Archaeological Legacy Institute and the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA) are pleased to present the best films from the 2010 edition of The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival.  Top-rated by the Festival jury and audience, these films are organized into four evening programs (two Fridays and two Saturdays), beginning Friday, August 6, 2010, at DIVA, 110 W. Broadway, in Eugene, Oregon.  This series is a benefit for TAC Festival, an annual spring event in downtown Eugene and the only film competition for its genre in the Western Hemisphere.

Doors open one-half hour before the start times listed below and the programs last approximately two hours. Tickets are $6.00 at the door, at DIVA. All proceeds go to support TAC Festival (next edition: May 24-28, 2011, in the Recital Hall at the Shedd Institute in Eugene).

See below for more details.  Please submit any questions to filmfest@archaeologychannel.org.

The Films (click on film titles to see clips and more information on each film):

August 6: Program A (8:15 pm)
Chumpi’s Adventure (Peru) 47 min. (Special Mention by Jury; Honorable Mention by Jury for Script, Cinematography, and Inspiration)

Lost Nation: The Ioway (USA) 57 min. (Honorable Mention by Jury in the Best Film competition)

August 7: Program B (7:30 pm)
Life in Limbo (USA) 40 min. (Honorable Mention in the Audience Favorite competition; Honorable Mention by Jury in the Best Film competition, Cinematography, and Music)

Stone Age Artists: The Madalenian Masters (France) 52 min. (Best Script by Jury; Honorable Mention in the Audience Favorite competition; Honorable Mention by Jury in the Best Film competition, Narration, Animation, Cinematography, and Inspiration)

August 13: Program C (7:30 pm)
Standing with Stones (UK) 135 min. (Best Narration by Jury; Most Inspirational by Jury; Honorable Mention in the Audience Favorite competition; Honorable Mention by Jury in the Best Film competition, Animation, Script, and Music)

August 14: Program D (7:30 pm)
Herculaneum: Diaries of Darkness and Light (Italy) 52 min.

Paddle Ship “Patris” Lost in 1868 . . . (Greece) 63 min. (Best Film by Jury; Best Cinematography by Jury; Honorable Mention by Jury for Narration, Animation, Special Effects, Script, Music, and Inspiration)