Four days of juried films and videos on archaeological and indigenous topics:

• Thursday evening, May 14
• Friday evening, May 15
• Saturday, May 16: morning, afternoon and evening
• Sunday, May 17: morning, afternoon and evening
• Awards Reception Sunday evening, May 17

Film Screening Schedule

Three days of presentations, discussions and exhibits on cultural heritage media at The Archaeology Channel Conference on Cultural Heritage Media:

• Thursday, May 14, through Saturday, May 16

Local information:

• Downtown Eugene Map
• Festival Food & Beverage Guide
• Hotel Information
• Download a copy of our complete Festival Schedule (PDF) (docx)

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 cultural heritage.

Selected Films

• Art at War
• Becoming Singapore
• The “Boy” with the Nikon
• Bronze: A Forgotten Treasure
• Cedar: Tree of Life
• Hafez and Goethe
• First Horse Warriors
• The Last Bonesetter
• The Last Tribes
• The Lions of Lissa
• Lost Cities with Albert Lin: Stonehenge
• Mayan Time: Archaeo-astronomical Phenomena
• Neandertal: The Mystery of the Bruniquel Cave
• Papua New Guinea: The Fire Dance
• Pyramids Builders New Clues
• Remains: The Search for SFC Samuel J. Padgett
• The Ring People
• River of Treasures
• Samurai in the Oregon Sky
• Saving Places
• Stout Hearted: George Stout and the Guardians of Art
• Theirstory
• Vars
• Versailles Rediscovered: The Sun King’s Vanished Palace
• We, the Voyagers: Our Vaka
• Yam Festival, Ghana

Keynote Speaker (Wednesday May 13th 6-9pm at the Oregon Electric Station)

• Thomas King

Associated Activities

Tickets

Tickets for film screenings at the Recital Hall are free, and will be available in the Living Room. The seating capacity of the Recital Hall is 200.

Tickets for single Conference presentations and full-day Conference passes are available.  Single Presentation Pass ($10); Full Day Pass ($50)–grants entry to all presentations on any given day (Thursday, Friday or Saturday).  Available at the Registration Table.  For more information about the Conference on Cultural Heritage Media and Registration before the event, click here (TBA).

TAC Festival Banquet

An important social event at TAC Festival is the Festival Banquet, which takes place the evening of May 13, 2020, taking place at the Oregon Electric Station.  The Banquet fee is TBA.  This is the venue for our Keynote Address.  Registration for this event is accomplished through our Banquet Registration Form (PDF) (Or our .docx form).

Sponsors for the 2019 TAC International Film Festival

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