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Award Selections

TAC Festival 2016

Best Film (by Jury)

Dawn of Humanity: Ancient Human Death Trap

(Produced and directed by Graham Townsley; a production of NOVA and National Geographic Studios for WGBH Boston;

distributed by Fox International Content Sales; USA)

 

Honorable Mention for Best Film Category (in order):

Monuments Revealed: The Secrets of the Colosseum

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

Stonehenge: Bringing Back the Dead

(Produced by Terra Matter Factual Studios and Oxford Scientific Films; distributed by Terra Matter Factual Studios and Oxford Scientific Films; Austria and UK)

Monuments Revealed: Petra, Capital of the Desert

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

The X-ray Time Machine

(Produced by Tony Freeth; directed by Martin Freeth; distributed by Images First Ltd.; UK)

 

Best Narration (by Jury)

Monuments Revealed: The Secrets of the Colosseum

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

 

Honorable Mention for Narration (in order):

Dawn of Humanity: Ancient Human Death Trap

(Produced and directed by Graham Townsley; a production of NOVA and National Geographic Studios for WGBH Boston; distributed by Fox International Content Sales; USA)

Monuments Revealed: Petra, Capital of the Desert

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

Eternal Monuments: Hagia Sophia

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

Roman Engineering: Cities

(Produced by Jose Antonio Muniz; distributed by ONZA Partners; Spain)

Stolen Warriors

(Produced by Wolfgang Luck; distributed by Java Films Paris; Germany)

 

Best Animation & Effects (by Jury)

Roman Engineering: Cities

(Produced by Jose Antonio Muniz; distributed by ONZA Partners; Spain)

 

Honorable Mention for Animation & Special Effects (in order):

Dawn of Humanity: Ancient Human Death Trap

(Produced and directed by Graham Townsley; a production of NOVA and National Geographic Studios for WGBH Boston; distributed by Fox International Content Sales; USA)

Monuments Revealed: The Secrets of the Colosseum

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

The X-ray Time Machine

(Produced by Tony Freeth; directed by Martin Freeth; distributed by Images First Ltd.; UK)

Monuments Revealed: Petra, Capital of the Desert

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

 

Best Public Education Value (by Jury)

Dawn of Humanity: Ancient Human Death Trap

(Produced and directed by Graham Townsley; a production of NOVA and National Geographic Studios for WGBH Boston;

distributed by Fox International Content Sales; USA)

 

Honorable Mention for Public Education Value (in order):

Monuments Revealed: The Secrets of the Colosseum

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

Monuments Revealed: Petra, Capital of the Desert

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

The X-ray Time Machine

(Produced by Tony Freeth; directed by Martin Freeth; distributed by Images First Ltd.; UK)

Roman Engineering: Cities

(Produced by Jose Antonio Muniz; distributed by ONZA Partners; Spain)

 

Best Script (by Jury)

Monuments Revealed: The Secrets of the Colosseum

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

 

Honorable Mention for Script (in order):

Monuments Revealed: Petra, Capital of the Desert

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

Roman Engineering: Cities

(Produced by Jose Antonio Muniz; distributed by ONZA Partners; Spain)

The X-ray Time Machine

(Produced by Tony Freeth; directed by Martin Freeth; distributed by Images First Ltd.; UK)

Stonehenge: Bringing Back the Dead

(Produced by Terra Matter Factual Studios and Oxford Scientific Films; distributed by Terra Matter Factual Studios and Oxford Scientific Films; Austria and UK)

 

Best Cinematography (by Jury)

Monuments Revealed: Petra, Capital of the Desert

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

 

Honorable Mention for Cinematography (in order):

Monuments Revealed: The Secrets of the Colosseum

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

Dawn of Humanity: Ancient Human Death Trap

(Produced and directed by Graham Townsley; a production of NOVA and National Geographic Studios for WGBH Boston; distributed by Fox International Content Sales; USA)

Eternal Monuments: Hagia Sophia

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

Roman Engineering: Cities

(Produced by Jose Antonio Muniz; distributed by ONZA Partners; Spain)

 

Best Music (by Jury)

The X-ray Time Machine

(Produced by Tony Freeth; directed by Martin Freeth; distributed by Images First Ltd.; UK)

 

Honorable Mention for Music (in order):

The Lost Gold of Corsica

(Produced by Constance Films and ARTE France; distributed by ARTE France; France)

Dawn of Humanity: Ancient Human Death Trap

(Produced by Graham Townsley for WGBH NOVA; distributed by PBS Distributions; USA)

Viking Women: Jova’s Heritage and the Fall of Haithabu

(Produced by Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion Hamburg GmbH & Co. KG; distributed by Autentic GmbH; Germany)

Life and Death at Preah Vihear

(Produced by David Feingold; distributed by Documentary Educational Resources; USA)

Metal Ages or the Hierarchization of Society

(Produced by Petrus Van der Let; distributed by Petrus Van der Let; Austria)

 

Most Inspirational (by Jury)

Dawn of Humanity: Ancient Human Death Trap

(Produced and directed by Graham Townsley; a production of NOVA and National Geographic Studios for WGBH Boston;

distributed by Fox International Content Sales; USA)

 

Honorable Mention for Inspiration (in order):

Monuments Revealed: The Secrets of the Colosseum

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

Viking Women: Jova’s Heritage and the Fall of Haithabu

(Produced by Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion Hamburg GmbH & Co. KG; distributed by Autentic GmbH; Germany)

Monuments Revealed: Petra, Capital of the Desert

(Produced by Valerie Abita; distributed by ZED; France and USA)

The X-ray Time Machine

(Produced by Tony Freeth; directed by Martin Freeth; distributed by Images First Ltd.; UK)

 

Audience Favorite Competition (by Festival audience)

Winner: First Footprints

(Produced by Martin Butler and Bentley Dean; distributed by ARTE France; Australia)

 

Honorable Mention in Audience Favorite Competition (in order):

Dawn of Humanity: Ancient Human Death Trap

(Produced and directed by Graham Townsley; a production of NOVA and National Geographic Studios for WGBH Boston; distributed by Fox International Content Sales; USA)

The X-ray Time Machine

(Produced by Tony Freeth; directed by Martin Freeth; distributed by Images First Ltd.; UK)

The Jewish Cemetery

(Produced by Peter Blystone; distributed by Blystone Films; Germany)

Stolen Warriors

(Produced by Wolfgang Luck; distributed by Java Films Paris; Germany)

 

Special Mention (by Jury)

Footprints Into the Past (Produced by PAOLO-Film in Cooperation with ARTE/ZDF; distributed by Sylvia Strasser; Germany) for Best Use of Indigenous Knowledge

The X-ray Time Machine (Produced by Tony Freeth; directed by Martin Freeth; distributed by Images First Ltd.; UK); for Best Documentation of New Scientific Methods

The X-ray Time Machine (Produced by Tony Freeth; directed by Martin Freeth; distributed by Images First Ltd.; UK); for Best Short Documentary

Stonehenge: Bringing Back the Dead (Produced by Terra Matter Factual Studios and Oxford Scientific Films; distributed by Terra Matter Factual Studios and Oxford Scientific Films; Austria and UK); for Best Use of Osteological Analysis