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The Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video Festival
May 1-5,2007, Jaqua Concert Hall, The Shedd Institute, Eugene, Oregon, USA

 

Exploring the human cultural legacy on screen!

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    Award Selections for 2007

McDonald Theatre
The Shedd Institute

  • Five days of juried films and videos on archaeological and indigenous topics:
    Tuesday evening, May 1
    Wednesday evening, May 2
    Thursday evening, May 3
    Friday evening, May 4
    Saturday morning and afternoon, May 5

  • Awards Reception Saturday evening, May 5

    Daily Screening Schedule
    Hotel Information
    Downtown Eugene Map


  • 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:

    The Amphora of Eleusis (Greece) Eleni Stoumbou
    Butrint: The Rise and Fall of a Mediterranean City (UK) The Butrint Foundation
    The Curse of Talakad (India) Sashi Sivramkrishna (Kabooka Research & Documentaries)
    Echo of Water Against Rocks: Remembering Celilo Falls (USA) Steve Mital
    Genghis Khan–Rider of the Apocalypse (Austria) Dr. Heinrich Mayer (Austrian Broadcasting Corp., Natural History Unit)
    Journeys Into the Ring of Fire: Peru (UK) Jeremy Phillips and Arif Nurmohamed (BBC)
    Koguryo Tombs (Germany) Southwest Broadcast and Dr. Elke Werry (Along Mekong Productions)
    The Lost Ship of Venice (France/Italy) Maurice Ribiere (Taxi-Brousse Company)
    Network (Greece) Andreas Apostolidis
    Novgorod: Letters From the Middle Ages (France) Valerie Grenon (Gedeon Programmes)
    The Obsidian Trail (USA) Phil Gross (Cinnabar Video) and Far Western Anthropological Research Group
    Parnian (Iran) Orod Attarpour
    Prehistoric Saba: Echos From the Present (The Netherlands) Jimmy Mans
    Proving Up and Settling Down (USA) Sue Arbuthnot and Richard Wilhelm (Hare in the Gate Productions)
    Puglia, The Acropolis, Odysseus and the Swallow (Greece) Nicoletta Gouli (Periegesis Film Productions)
    Secrets of the Lost Canyon (USA) Ken Verdoia (KUED-TV)
    Secrets of Stonehenge Revealed (USA) JWM Productions
    Signs Out of Time: The Story of Marija Gimbutas (USA) Donna Read (Belili Productions)
    Tibet Tibet (Japan) Kim Seong Yong
    Unearthing the Lost Kingdom of Aratta (France) Marie-Pierre Aulas (Gedeon Programmes)
    Yvan's Masterpiece (Egypt) Center for Alexandrian Studies

  • Keynote speaker (Tuesday evening): Louise Leakey, Ph.D., from Kenya, renowned paleoanthropologist and Director of the Koobi Fora Project on Lake Turkana. More about Louise Leakey... The legacy of the Leakeys . . .

  • Associated activities will include a guided trip to Cascadia Cave, a mock dig for people of all ages at Skinner Butte Park, Native American Storytelling by Esther Stutzman, and our Symposium on Heritage Film.

    Guided Trek to Cascadia Cave


    Native American Storytelling


    Symposium on Heritage Film

  • Ticket Prices:

    5-day film and video theater package, May 1-5 @ $40.00 each
    1-day theater ticket Tuesday evening, May 1 @ $15.00
    1-day theater ticket Wednesday evening, May 2 @ $8.00
    1-day theater ticket Thursday evening, May 3 @ $8.00
    1-day theater ticket, Friday evening, May 4 @ $8.00
    1-day theater ticket, Saturday, all-day, May 5 @ $12.00

    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.