Home
Become a Member
Underwriting Program
TAC Festival 2003
TAC Festival 2004
TAC Festival 2006
TAC Festival 2007
TAC Festival 2008


SPONSORS
Become a Sponsor
Allergy and Asthma Center (Dr. Chou)
Ambrosia Restaurant & Bar
April's at Nye Beach
Atlas Chiropractic
Robert A. Carmichael, D.D.S.
Dr. Larry Hirons
Eugene International Film Festival
Imagine Graphics
KWAX Radio 91.9 FM
Lane County Historical Society and Museum
Funded in part by a Lane County Tourism Special Projects Grant
Lufthansa German Airlines
Mo's Enterprises
Paul's Bicycle Way of Life
Perugino
Rapid Refill
Rhythm & Blooms
Sandbar & Grill
Sundance Wine Cellars
Timber Valley Medical Clinic
Tyee Lodge Oceanfront Bed & Breakfast
University of Oregon Bookstore
William Maier/Kathy Black
 
PARTNERS
Community Television of Lane County
Oregon Archaeological Society
Travel Lane County
University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History
USDA Forest Service
 
Tell A Friend!
 
 
  

The Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video Festival
May 19-23, 2009, Soreng Theater, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, Oregon, USA

 

Exploring the human cultural legacy on screen!

Tickets            View film clips

    Award Selections for 2009

Hult Center for the Performing Arts
Hult Center for the Performing Arts
  • Five days of juried films and videos on archaeological and indigenous topics:
    Tuesday evening, May 19
    Wednesday evening, May 20
    Thursday evening, May 21
    Friday evening, May 22
    Saturday morning and afternoon, May 23

    Awards Reception Saturday evening, May 23

    Daily Screening Schedule
    Hotel Information
    Travel to TAC Festival on the Train!
    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 Antikythera Mechanism: Decoding an Ancient Greek Mystery (UK) Martin Freeth (Mfreeth.Com)
    Borneo: The Memory of Caves (France) Luc-Henri Fage (MC4, Arte France, LH Fage)
    Breaking the Maya Code (USA) David Lebrun (Night Fire Films)
    From Grief and Joy We Sing (USA) Holly Wissler
    From Honey to Ashes (USA) Lucas Bessire
    Guédelon: The First Ten Years (Germany) Reinhard Kungel (Reinhard Kungel Film)
    Guge: The Lost Kingdom of Tibet (Singapore) Keiko Bang (Bang Singapore)
    Island Home Country (Australia) Jeni Thornley
    The Last Romans (Belgium) Philippe Axell (Axell Communications)
    The Mummy Who Came In From the Cold (France) Marc Jampolsky (GEDEON Programmes, Arte France)
    The Passion of Memory: Arslantepe, Turkey (Italy) Isabella Astengo (RAI Educational and Duna Film)
    Rapayan (Canada) Francis Delfour (ArRimage Productions)
    Secrets of the Parthenon (USA) Providence Pictures for WGBH/NOVA
    Timbuktu (USA) William Gardner (JWM Productions)
    Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum (UK) Andrew Guy (Eye to Eye Television)
    Twilight of a Land (Canada) David Denton
    The Twilight of the Celts (Switzerland) Stéphane Goël (Climage)
    Uncle Sem and the Bosnian Dream (Italy) Chiara Brambilla (DocLab and Mir Cinematography)

  • Keynote Speaker (Friday evening): Mr. Fadel Gad, Egyptian archaeologist and close associate of Dr. Zahi Hawass. More about Fadel Gad...

  • Associated activities.

    Awards Reception
    Guided Trek to Cascadia Cave
    Maya Hieroglyph Workshop
    Native American Storytelling
    Symposium on Heritage Film
    Video Bar

  • Ticket prices.

    Ticket package prices available only by calling direct to the Ticket Office. Phone 541-682-5000.
    Individual Festival session tickets available online at the Hult Center Ticket Office

    All tickets general admission except Friday, May 22.
    5-day ticket package: $70 ($60 before April 1)
    Tuesday: $12
    Wednesday: $12
    Thursday: $12
    Friday: $25 (Fadel Gad) ($30 Orchestra) (Reserved seats) (Students HS and under half price)
    Saturday, Session 1: $12
    Saturday, Session 2: $12

    $2 discount per ticket for any combination of sessions purchased, not including Friday, May 22, although Friday can be part of the session combination.

    Students (HS and under): $5 per session ticket, not including Friday, May 22.


  • SPONSORS
     
              

    University of Oregon Media Services