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The Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video Festival
March 7-11, 2006, McDonald Theatre, Eugene, Oregon, USA

 

Exploring the human cultural legacy on screen!

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    Award Selections for 2006

McDonald Theatre
McDonald Theatre

  • Five days of juried films and videos on archaeological and indigenous topics:
    Tuesday evening, March 7
    Wednesday evening, March 8
    Thursday evening, March 9
    Friday evening, March 10
    Saturday morning and afternoon, March 11

  • Awards banquet Saturday evening, March 11

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  • Festival Mission: To exhibit for our audience the wonderful diversity of human cultures past and present in the exploration of our place in history and in our world. To promote the genre and the makers of film and video productions about archaeology and indigenous peoples.

  • Films selected for screening include:

    Blood of the Vikings, Episode 1: First Blood (UK) Paul Bradshaw (BBC)
    Blood of Vikings, Episode 2: Invasion (UK) Paul Bradshaw (BBC)
    The Disappearing of Tuvalu–Trouble in Paradise (USA, France) Gilliane Le Gallic
    Following Antigone: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights Investigations (Argentina, USA) Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF), Witness
    From the Inside Out (USA) April Chabries
    Gone to Pat (India) Mainak Bhaumak and Adirya Kashyap
    In the Land of the Black Pharaohs (Switzerland) Climage
    Journey Into the Great Unknown (USA) Gray Warriner (Camera One)
    The Kingdom of the Nabateans: From Petra to Medain Saleh (France) Gedeon Programmes - Valerie Grenon
    King Solomon’s Tablet of Stone (UK) Lara Acaster (BBC)
    Qudad: Re-inventing a Tradition (USA) Caterina Borelli
    Queen of the Mountain (USA) Martha Goell Lubell
    The Secrets of the Karakoum (France) Gedeon Programmes - Valerie Grenon
    Slave Island (UK) Ian Potts (BBC TV)
    The Truth of Troy (UK) Aidan Laverty (BBC Worldwide)
    Vesuvius: Deadly Fury (Italy) DocLab SRL
    Viking Voyages (Sweden) Bo Landin (Scandinature Films USA and Muddy Boots Productions)


  • Keynote speaker (Tuesday evening): Brian Fagan, Ph.D., from UC Santa Barbara, one of the world's leading archaeological writers, serves as archaeological consultant to National Geographic Society, Time/Life, Encyclopedia Britannica, Microsoft Encarta, Time/Life Television's Lost Civilizations, and a National Geographic Television series called Treasure . More about Brian Fagan . . .

  • Associated activities will include a guided trip to Cascadia Cave, the Symposium on Heritage Film, a family program at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History, a special Stone Age Day at Dorris Ranch, and a special presentation on Sacajawea (Lewis and Clark's famous guide and interpreter) at the Eugene Public Library.

    Family Program

    Special Presentation on Sacajawea

    Stone Age Day

    Symposium on Heritage Film

    Trek to Cascadia Cave
    • Ticket Prices:

      5-day film and video theater package, March 7-11 @ $30.00 each
      1-day theater ticket Tuesday evening, March 7 @ $7.00
      1-day theater ticket Wednesday evening, March 8 @ $7.00
      1-day theater ticket Thursday evening, March 9 @ $7.00
      1-day theater ticket, Friday evening, March 10 @ $7.00
      1-day theater ticket, Saturday, all-day, March 11 @ $11.00

      Children 12 and under free

      Admission free to standard Individual Members ($45 Membership or more) of The Archaeology Channel

      Admission free to Festival volunteers

      Advance ticket sales will be by reservation–we will not mail you the tickets but rather hold them for you at the door. To reserve tickets, please make your check out to "ALI" and mail to TAC Festival Tickets, P.O. Box 5302, Eugene, OR 97405, and specify your Festival attendance dates and the number of tickets needed for each date. To reserve tickets with VISA or MasterCard, please e-mail a name and phone number to filmfest@archaeologychannel.org and we will call you to obtain your credit card information.