TAC Fest 2004 Pages
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This is the personal exploration of the history and folklore of an abandoned farming community in the Piedmont of North Carolina. The area was alternately occupied and abandoned from the 1700s to the 1900s. This film features interviews with descendants of the original European-American inhabitants of the community, as well as historians.
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Length: 54 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Producer: Thomas Carr
Distributor: Thomas Carr
Festival Screenings and Awards:
Previously Screened At: Charlotte History Museum, 2001; Kineon 5th International Festival of Archaeological Film, Festival, Brussels, 2003; Southeastern Archaeological Conference, North Carolina, 2003
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A city of fabled wealth, one of antiquity's leading ports, home of the Temple of Artemis, Ephesus still stirs the imagination of anyone interested in past civilizations. This documentary details the excavations being conducted at Ephesus, showing how up-to-the-minute high-tech equipment has revolutionized traditional archaeology. With the help of digital animation technology, the city that witnessed such historical figures as Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar is brought to life.
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Length: 50 min.
Country: Austria
Language: English
Producer: Interspot
Distributor: Oesterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)
Festival Screenings and Awards:
Awards/Selections: Previously Screened At: Sheffield; Telescience; AGON Film Festival
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Distant and deep, the history of Mauritania is marked by great passages of civilizations. It is a pivotal point linking Mediterranean Africa to black Africa with a proud and memorable past. This country has fearlessly embraced different peoples and traditions and is a complex cultural universe. In order to best understand this cultural kaleidoscope, we must travel back in time to the empires and towns that were beacons in the ancient and medieval world, and further back to the beginnings of human activity, into the uncertain horizons of the Neolithic period.
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Length: 59 min.
Country: Italy
Language: English
Producer: Studio Film TV
Distributor: Studio Film TV
Festival Screenings and Awards:
Previously Screened At: ICRONOS, France, 2002; NYON, 2003; Amiens, France, 2003
Special Mention Prize: ICRONOS, France, 2002; NYON, 2003
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The Hellenistic culture of the Greeks mingled with the legacy of the Pharaohs and bore the fruits of a glorious new heritage in Alexandria. This film is part of a series called Metropolis–The Power of Cities, which peers into the very heart of urban life in the hub of the ancient Mediterranean world. Complete with stunning computer graphics and re-enactments, this film is a very comprehensive view of this extremely important ancient city.
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Length: 52 min.
Country: Germany
Language: English
Producer: TANGRAM Christian Bauer Filmproduktion/PIXCOM Productions
Distributor: ZDF Enterprises
Festival Screenings and Awards:
Awards/Selections: Shown On: ZDF Television, Germany, 2003; ARTE Television, Germany and France, 2004