TAC Fest 2008 Pages
Symposium on Heritage Film
1-5 PM, Friday, May 23, 2008
Singer Room
Eugene Public Library
10th and Olive
Eugene, Oregon, USA
Open to all those interested in film making about the human cultural heritage.
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The Symposium on Heritage Film provides an opportunity for film makers, distributors, broadcasters, indigenous groups, and archaeologists to come together and share ideas and perspectives. The Symposium format will be fairly informal, involving presentations from individual producers followed by a round-table discussion on goals, problems, techniques, and experiences among those who are connected with, or wish to be connected with, the genre of film on archaeology and indigenous peoples.
Schedule:
Friday, 23 May 2008, 1-5 PM
Location:
Eugene Public Library, Singer Room, 10th & Olive, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Fee:
None required
Presenters:
Native American Storytelling
3-4:30 p.m., Friday, May 23, 2008
Bascom-Tykeson Room
Eugene Public Library
10th and Olive
Eugene, Oregon
A special TAC Festival event featuring Native American storyteller Esther Stutzman
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Join Esther Stutzman, a Native American storyteller from Yoncalla, Oregon, and teacher and Chair of the Komemma Cultural Protection Association. The program will begin with 15 minutes of Native drumming and conclude in the same fashion. Esther will tell stories from her Kalapuya and Coos ancestors, including Coyote stories, Origin stories, and stories involving audience participation. Her stories will harken back to the time when animals could talk and people could talk to animals.
Esther is a keeper and teacher of her indigenous Oregon cultures, which she shares widely through stories and arts handed down from her ancestors. She has worked with the Oregon Folklife Council at the Oregon Historical Society, the Applegate House Arts and Education program in Yoncalla, as a Board Member of Archaeological Legacy Institute.
Ages: All ages
Location: Tykeson Room, Eugene Public Library, 10th and Olive, Eugene, Oregon
Storyteller: Esther Stutzman
Fee:: Library events are free and open to the public. Donations are accepted to support the Festival
No pre-registration required.
Day Trek to Cascadia Cave
Thursday, 22 May, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Ages: 12 and up, in good physical condition
Guide: Tony Farque, Archaeologist, Sweet Home Ranger District, Willamette NF
A special TAC Festival guided tour to one of the most visually impressive archaeological sites in western Oregon. This tour is hosted by our partner, the Willamette National Forest.
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Join us on a hike to one of the most visually impressive archaeological sites in western Oregon. Used by people for 8000 or more years, Cascadia Cave is located along significant indigenous travel routes and provided important cultural functions to more than one tribal group. Here the largest group of rock art panels in western Oregon remains in excellent condition. Come view the site, hear excavation conclusions, discuss current rock art interpretations, and help plan site restoration, protection, and interpretation. Transportation will be through car-pooling.
Ages: 12 and up, in good physical condition
Guide: Tony Farque, Archaeologist, Sweet Home Ranger District, Willamette National Forest
Registration: Please contact Archaeological Legacy Institute
(filmfest@archaeologychannel>.org or or 541-345-5538 or 541-515-5976) to register. Please register as early as possible. TAC Festival tickets will be required of all participants.
Fee: No registration fee is required. However, we would appreciate a $20 or more donation to support the program.
Location: Meet at the Seventh Ave. turnout alongside the Hult Center, Eugene, Oregon
Trip Information: Last year's Cascadia Cave trek met with such an enthusiastic response that we decided to do it again! Bring a lunch to eat in the cave. Transportation will be through car-pooling and the drive is two hours each way. Be prepared for a two mile round trip hike through the woods along a flat river terrace. Also bring rain gear and boots and a change of warm clothes. We will cross one stream and follow a muddy path less traveled. We park at Cascadia State Park and use the rest rooms to change clothes if necessary. We plan to return to the Hult Center by 4 p.m.
Awards Reception
Saturday, 24 May, 6-8:30 pm
Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA)
110 W. Broadway
Eugene, Oregon, USA
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$5 general admission. Tickets at the door. No pre-registration required.
After all the films have been screened and you have cast your ballots, join us for some finger food and beverages as we compile the results of the competition. When the jury and audience voting tallies are complete, sit back and watch the announcement of the winners. We will show clips of the top films and open sealed envelopes to reveal the final outcome. The room holds only about 50 people, so don’t be late!
About Dr. Donny George
Former Director-General of Iraqi Museums
The life of Dr. Donny George is interwoven with some of the world's most famous antiquities and archaeological sites and with the international struggle to save the world’s threatened cultural patrimony. A native of Al-Anbar Province, Iraq, Dr. George received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. credentials in prehistoric archaeology at the University of Baghdad and carried out archaeological fieldwork at such fabled sites as Nineveh and Babylon, where he served as Field Director for site restoration.
Dr. George, a Christian, was a mid-level official in the Baath Party under Saddam Hussein’s government, serving as Director-General of Iraqi Museums from 2003 until 2005. As Director of the National Museum at the time U.S. forces entered Baghdad in 2003, he further distinguished himself in his attempts to protect the museum’s priceless collections from the looting that followed. After the looting of the Baghdad Museum, Dr. George’s name appeared in newspapers the world over as the international press struggled to comprehend and to document this historic tragedy.
In the years since the Baghdad looting, Dr. George’s tireless efforts were instrumental in the recovery of nearly half of the more than 15,000 stolen cultural objects, including many of ancient Mesopotamia’s most important treasures. Through his continuing efforts as an advocate for the recovery and protection of antiquities generally, Dr. George has since become the international face of the plight of ancient archaeological sites throughout Iraq and the “Fertile Crescent,” which suffer today as extensive, organized site-looting continues.
In 2005 Dr. George became Chairman of the prestigious Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage, but in 2006 was forced by death threats to flee his native country. From relative safety in Damascas, Dr. George and his family eventually found refuge in this country, where he is currently Visiting Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Since his arrival in the U.S., Dr. George has been busy speaking to international audiences about the destruction of Iraq’s cultural heritage, and he works to raise public awareness about ongoing threats to the world’s irreplaceable cultural record. In carrying out this important work, Dr. George has lectured internationally in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. He also has spoken widely in this country, with public engagements in Boston, Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Taos, and elsewhere.
In May 2008, Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) will host Dr. George’s first West Coast appearance, where he will deliver the opening address for the fifth anniversary of The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival, in Eugene, Oregon. ALI is honored and delighted that Dr. George has accepted this invitation. It is with great pleasure that we welcome him to Eugene and to Oregon as distinguished Keynote Speaker for the Western Hemisphere’s only juried competition of international archaeological film.
Award Selections
| Best Film (by Jury) |
| Komi: A Journey Across the Arctic (Produced by Seppia/Barbara Etz Filmproduktion; distributed by ZED; France/Germany)
Honorable Mention (in order): Yamana: Nomads of the Fire (Produced by GA&A Productions; distributed by GA&A Productions; Italy) The Mummy Who Would Be King (Produced by Gemini Productions LLC for WGBH/Boston, with Channel Four, Spiegel TV GmbH, Sveriges Television and Zöe TV; distributed by WGBH Educational Foundation; USA) Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods (Produced by ArcheoProductions, Inc.; distributed by Solid Entertainment; USA) Unlocking Pharaoh’s Cellar (Produced by Laengengrad Filmproduktion GmbH; distributed by German United Distributors; Germany) |
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| Special Mention (by Jury) |
| The Giant Buddhas (Produced by Christian Frei; distributed by Films Transit International; Switzerland); for combining the importance of cultural heritage with the context of current global politics.
Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods (Produced by ArcheoProductions, Inc.; distributed by Solid Entertainment; USA); a fascinating and delicious story that links the past to the present. |
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| Best Narration (by Jury) |
Yamana: Nomads of the Fire (Produced by GA&A Productions; distributed by GA&A Productions; Italy) |
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Honorable Mention (in order): The Mummy Who Would Be King (Produced by Gemini Productions LLC for WGBH/Boston, with Channel Four, Spiegel TV GmbH, Sveriges Television and Zöe TV; distributed by WGBH Educational Foundation; USA) The Wild West Uncovered: The Rise and Fall of Virginia City (Produced by Gedeon Programmes; distributed by Terranoa; France) Komi: A Journey Across the Arctic (Produced by Seppia/Barbara Etz Filmproduktion; distributed by ZED; France/Germany) Pocahontas Revealed (Produced by Lone Wolf Documentary Group for WGBH/Boston; distributed by WGBH Educational Foundation; USA) |
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| Best Animation (by Jury) |
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Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods (Produced by ArcheoProductions, Inc.; distributed by Solid Entertainment; USA) Honorable Mention (in order): Unlocking Pharaoh’s Cellar (Produced by Laengengrad Filmproduktion GmbH; distributed by German United Distributors; Germany) The Giant Buddhas (Produced by Christian Frei; distributed by Films Transit International; Switzerland) The Sign On the Stone: The Unknown Sahara of the Peoples With No Name (Produced by Studio Film TV; distributed by Studio Film TV; Italy) Yamana: Nomads of the Fire (Produced by GA&A Productions; distributed by GA&A Productions; Italy) |
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| Best Script (by Jury) |
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The Mummy Who Would Be King (Produced by Gemini Productions LLC for WGBH/Boston, with Channel Four, Spiegel TV GmbH, Sveriges Television and Zöe TV; distributed by WGBH Educational Foundation; USA) Honorable Mention (in order): Yamana: Nomads of the Fire (Produced by GA&A Productions; distributed by GA&A Productions; Italy) Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods (Produced by ArcheoProductions, Inc.; distributed by Solid Entertainment; USA) Komi: A Journey Across the Arctic (Produced by Seppia/Barbara Etz Filmproduktion; distributed by ZED; France/Germany) The Giant Buddhas (Produced by Christian Frei; distributed by Films Transit International; Switzerland) |
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| Best Cinematography (by Jury) |
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Komi: A Journey Across the Arctic (Produced by Seppia/Barbara Etz Filmproduktion; distributed by ZED; France/Germany) Honorable Mention (in order): The Sign On the Stone: The Unknown Sahara of the Peoples With No Name (Produced by Studio Film TV; distributed by Studio Film TV; Italy) Unlocking Pharaoh’s Cellar (Produced by Laengengrad Filmproduktion GmbH; distributed by German United Distributors; Germany) The Wild West Uncovered: The Rise and Fall of Virginia City (Produced by Gedeon Programmes; distributed by Terranoa; France) Yamana: Nomads of the Fire (Produced by GA&A Productions; distributed by GA&A Productions; Italy) |
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| Best Music (by Jury) |
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Komi: A Journey Across the Arctic (Produced by Seppia/Barbara Etz Filmproduktion; distributed by ZED; France/Germany) Honorable Mention (in order): Hidden Worlds: Underground Rome (Produced by Vicki Dunakin; distributed by Off the Fence BV; USA) The Giant Buddhas (Produced by Christian Frei; distributed by Films Transit International; Switzerland) Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods (Produced by ArcheoProductions, Inc.; distributed by Solid Entertainment; USA) Treasures of the Ashmolean Museum (Produced by Eye to Eye Television, Ltd.; distributed by Journeyman Pictures; UK) |
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| Most Inspirational (by Jury) |
| Komi: A Journey Across the Arctic (Produced by Seppia/Barbara Etz Filmproduktion; distributed by ZED; France/Germany)
Honorable Mention (in order): The Mummy Who Would Be King (Produced by Gemini Productions LLC for WGBH/Boston, with Channel Four, Spiegel TV GmbH, Sveriges Television and Zöe TV; distributed by WGBH Educational Foundation; USA) Yamana: Nomads of the Fire (Produced by GA&A Productions; distributed by GA&A Productions; Italy) Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods (Produced by ArcheoProductions, Inc.; distributed by Solid Entertainment; USA) The Giant Buddhas (Produced by Christian Frei; distributed by Films Transit International; Switzerland) |
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| Audience Favorite Competiton (by Festival audience) |
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The Giant Buddhas (Produced by Christian Frei; distributed by Films Transit International; Switzerland) Honorable Mention (in order): Komi: A Journey Across the Arctic (Produced by Seppia/Barbara Etz Filmproduktion; distributed by ZED; France/Germany) Yamana: Nomads of the Fire (Produced by GA&A Productions; distributed by GA&A Productions; Italy) Unlocking Pharaoh’s Cellar (Produced by Laengengrad Filmproduktion GmbH; distributed by German United Distributors; Germany) Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods (Produced by ArcheoProductions, Inc.; distributed by Solid Entertainment; USA) |
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The Yamana were the indigenous peoples of Tierra del Fuego and were at one time the guardians of an extraordinary culture. Now gone from the face of the Earth, they used their ingenious instinct to survive for thousands of years in an extreme land. They were dismissed by history, their race’s extinction caused by Europeans. But we still have much to learn from the Yamana. Ernesto Piana has spent the last thirty years of his life studying traces of these people and his research is helping overturn the prejudice and stereotyping the Yamana have suffered from their first encounters with “civilization.”
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Length: 52 min.
Country: Italy
Language: English
Producer: Tullio Bernabei / GA&A Productions SRL, with RAI 3
Producer Web site:www.gaea.it and www.raitre.rai.it
Distributor: GA&A Productions SRL
Distributor Web site: www.gaea.it
Copyright: 2004 by GA&A Productions
Festival Screenings and Awards:
Best Film (by jury), International Review of Archaeological Cinema, Rovereto, Italy, 2007
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The American Wild West of legend was a sprawling desert fraught with promise and danger, a land of characters larger than life whose exploits were celebrated and embroidered by the nation’s romantic perception of the Western landscape. Today, an archaeological dig in the heart of gold rush country— Virginia City , Nevada —is turning old assumptions about the Wild West on their heads. In this film, a dynamic team of experts, unearthing artifacts from iconic Western institutions, including saloons, are finding evidence that the real nineteenth century West was even more intriguing than its legend.
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Length: 52 min.
Country: France
Language: English
Producer: Elmar Bartlemae, Marie-Pierre Aulas / Gedeon Programmes
Producer Web site:www.gedeonprogrammes.com
Distributor: TerraNoa
Distributor Web site: www.terranoa.com/
Copyright: none
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Beneath a dust-laden wooden cover, the shining countenance of a Pharaonic beauty is revealed, awakened by torchlight from her millennia of slumber. This is one of many magical moments investigators experience in their unique scientific expedition, as they venture into the legendary catacombs of the Egyptian museum in Cairo. Here are stored thousands of artifacts not seen since their discovery. Now, a film team gains access to these treasures for the first time, as they search for items thought to have been lost to history.
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Length: 52 min.
Country: Germany
Language: English
Producer: Thomas Weidenbach, Laengengrad Filmproduktion GmbH
Producer Web site: www.laengengrad.de
Distributor: German United Distributors
Distributor Web site: www.germanunited.com
Copyright: none
Festival Screenings and Awards:
ARTE Television, Germany and France, 2007
WDR-Fernsehen, German Public Television, 2007
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The Ashmolean Museum, a part of Oxford University, is believed to be the oldest museum in the world. Founded by father and son gardeners in the 17th century, it has grown over the last three hundred years to become an internationally significant museum of art and antiquity. This film explores the great Ashmolean Museum and includes footage of the largest Minoan Greek art collection outside of Greece and the greatest pre-dynastic Egyptian collection outside of Cairo.
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Length: 28 min.
Country: UK
Language: English
Producer: Andrew Guy / Eye to Eye Television Ltd.
Producer Web site:www.eyetoeyetv.co.uk
Distributor: Journeyman Pictures
Distributor Web site: www.journeyman.tv
Copyright: 2007 by Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Festival Screenings and Awards:
Rassegna Internazionale di Cinema Archeologico del Museo di Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy, 2007