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The Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video Festival
Film Screenings: Exploring the human cultural legacy on screen!
Broadway Metro, Eugene, Oregon, USA
May 9-12, 2016
Recital Hall, The Shedd Institute, Eugene, Oregon, USA
May 12–15, 2016
The Archaeology Channel
Conference on Cultural Heritage Media
Hilton Eugene and Conference Center, Eugene, Oregon, USA
May 11–15, 2016
Short video on our 2016 TAC International Film and Video Festival:
Four days of juried films and videos on archaeological and indigenous topics:
- Thursday, May 12: evening
- Friday, May 13: evening
- Saturday, May 14: afternoon and evening
- Sunday, May 15: afternoon
- Awards Reception – Sunday, May 15: evening
Five days of presentations, discussions and exhibits on cultural heritage media at The Archaeology Channel Conference on Cultural Heritage Media:
- Wednesday, May 11, through Sunday, May 15
Local information:
- Downtown Eugene Map
- Downtown Eugene Restaurant Guide
- Travel to TAC Festival via Train!
- Hotel Information
- Download a copy of our complete Festival Schedule [PDF]
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
- Bazaar: From Tehran to Tehran
- Chavin de Huantar: The Theater of the World Beyond
- Dawn of Humanity: Ancient Human Death Trap
- Eternal Monuments: Hagia Sophia
- First Footprints
- Footprints Into the Past
- The Jewish Cemetery
- The Lady in Lead
- Landscapes of Power
- Life and Death at Preah Vihear
- The Lost Gold of Corsica
- Metal Ages or the Hierarchization of Society
- Monuments Revealed: Petra, Capital of the Desert
- Monuments Revealed: The Secrets of the Colosseum
- The Real Story of the Raft of the Medusa
- Roman Engineering: Cities
- Siege of Masada
- Stolen Warriors
- Stonehenge: Bringing Back the Dead
- Viking Women: Jova’s Heritage and the Fall of Haithabu
- The X-ray Time Machine
Exhibited Films
- Arles Rhone 3: From the River to the Museum
- Carolina Stories: The Mapping of Kosciuszko’s Tunnel at the Ninety Six National Historic Site
- Dark Room
- Dead Birds: Re-Encountered
- First Language: The Race to Save Cherokee
- Kokom
- Message from Mungo
- More Than Just a Mirror
- New Horizons in Cambodia
- Sikyon: An Excavation
Keynote Speakers (Wednesday evening)
- Tony and Martin Freeth, "The Antikythera Mechanism: Re-writing the History of Technology"
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 films screened at the Broadway Metro may be obtained on location before each showing. Pricing may vary; for more information visit here.
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 in the Hilton Conference Center. For more information about the Conference on Cultural Heritage Media and Registration before the event, click here.
Sponsors for the 2016 TAC International Film and Video Festival
Dr. William Maier and Kathy Black
Toftemark & Olesen, LLC
Starbucks @ 29th and Willamette, Eugene, OR.
Jean and Ray Auel
Starbucks @ East 18th, Eugene, OR.
Starbucks @ 13th and Alder, Eugene, OR.
Carmichael, Robert DDS
Starbucks @ W 11th Ave, Eugene, OR.
Albertsons on Coburg RD., Eugene, OR.
The Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video Festival
May 15-17, 2015, Recital Hall, The Shedd Institute, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Exploring the human cultural legacy on screen!
May 18-19, 2015, U. of O. Baker Downtown Center, Eugene, Oregon USA
TAC Conference on Cultural Heritage Film
Three days of juried films and videos on archaeological and indigenous topics:
Friday evening, May 15
Saturday, May 16: morning, afternoon and evening
Sunday, May 17: morning and afternoon
Awards Reception Sunday evening, May 17
Two days of presentations on cultural heritage film:
Monday, May 18
Tuesday, May 19
Travel to TAC Festival via Train!
Download a copy of our complete Festival Schedule (pdf format)
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:
Breaking New Ground: Native Americans in Archaeology
Kingdom of Salt: 7000 years of Hallstatt
On the Trail of the Far Fur Country
Operation Lune: The Sun King’s Secret Shipwreck
Search for Josiah Henson: The Man Behind the Story of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Talking Stone: Rock Art of the Cosos
Keynote Speaker (Friday Evening):
David Lebrun, Distinguished Archaeology Filmmaker. More on Mr. Lebrun...
Associated Activities:
Conference on Cultural Heritage Film
Video Bar at the Baker Downtown Center
Other associated activities to be announced.
Ticket Prices:
Tickets will be available at the door for sessions that are not sold out before the performance. The seating capacity of the Recital Hall is 200.
All tickets general admission
3-day, 8-session, ticket package: $80 before April 15; $90 beginning April 15
Friday, Session 1: $20 (Films plus Keynote Address)
Saturday, Session 2: $12
Saturday, Session 3: $12
Saturday, Session 4: $12
Saturday, Session 5: $12
Sunday, Session 6: $12
Sunday, Session 7: $12
Sunday, Session 8: $12
Students (HS and under): $5 per session ticket
You can purchase tickets at The Shedd prior to the event in person or by phone (541-434-7000). The Shedd Ticket Office is located at 868 High Street and is open M-F 9 am-6 pm and Saturday 9 am-12 pm.
Important Notice to TAC Film Festival goers: Online Ticket ordering is possible through The Shedd’s Web site (https://tickets.theshedd.org/). However, restriction apply: ticket packages and discounts are not available, and currently there is a $2.50 online processing fee.
Admission is free to The Archaeology Channel Conference on Cultural Heritage Film (University of Oregon Baker Downtown Center, May 18 and 19, 2015).
Festival Sponsors
| Dr. William Maier and Kathy Black | Jean and Ray Auel | First Insurance Agency |
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University of Oregon, Dept. of Brand Management |
Robert Carmichael, DDS | Toftemark & Olesen Co. |
| Starbucks, 29th & Willamette | Starbucks, Broadway and Willamette |
University of Oregon Latin American Studies |
| Bill and Tim’s Barbeque |
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The Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video Festival
May 9-11, 2014, Recital Hall, The Shedd Institute, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Exploring the human cultural legacy on screen!
May 12-13, 2014, U. of O. Baker Downtown Center, Eugene, Oregon USA
TAC Conference on Cultural Heritage Film
Three days of juried films and videos on archaeological and indigenous topics:
Friday evening, May 9
Saturday, May 10 morning, afternoon and evening
Sunday, May 11 morning and afternoon
Awards Reception Sunday evening, May 11
Two days of presentations on cultural heritage film:
Monday, May 12
Tuesday, May 13
Download a copy of our complete Festival Schedule (pdf format)
Travel to TAC Festival via Train!
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:
Angkor Rediscovered (France) Jean-Baptiste Gallot (ARTE France and Iliade Productions)
Building Pharaoh’s Chariot (USA) Martin O’Collins for WGBH/NOVA and TV6
Completing the Circle (Canada) Dan Forgues (Sound Venture Productions for Parks Canada)
Dance of the Maize God (USA) David Lebrun (Night Fire Films)
Dancing Salmon Home (USA) Will Doolittle (Moving Image Productions)
Davis Bottom: Rare History, Valuable Lives (USA) Thomas M. Law (Voyageur Media Group)
Discovering Dave: Spirit Captured in Clay (USA) George Wingard and Mark Albertin (Savannah River Archaeological Research Program and Scrapbook Video Production)
Framing the Other (Netherlands) Ilja Kok and Willem Timmers (I Camera You)
Isle of Princes (Poland) Zdzislaw Cozac (Media Promocja)
Lost Nation: The Ioway 2 (USA) Kelly Rundle (Fourth Wall Films)
Millennial Peru (Spain) Jose Manuel Novoa (Explora Films)
Peoples of the Ring (France) Fred Hilgemann (EKLA Production)
Perahu With a Silent Soul (Malaysia) Azhar Rudin (Monsoon Pictures and FINAS)
The Royal Press (Malaysia) Pam Heng (DB Pictures SDN BHD Finas)
Searching for the Truth (Italy) Giorgio Serafini Prosperi (Association of Subterranean Culture)
Smokin’ Fish (USA) Luke Griswold-Tergis and Cory Mann (Kaudli Nutz Productions)
Stori Tumbuna: Ancestor’s Tales (New Zealand) Paul Wolffram (Handmade Productions)
The Story of the Arabian Nights (France) Bruno Ulmer and Catherine Ulmer-Lopez (13 Productions)
Keynote Speaker (Friday Evening):
Dr. Jean Clottes, leading researcher on world rock art. More on Dr. Clottes...
Associated Activities:
Conference on Cultural Heritage Film
Video Bar at the Baker Downtown Center
Other associated activities to be announced.
Ticket Prices:
Tickets will be available at the door for sessions that are not sold out before the performance. The seating capacity of the Recital Hall is 200.
All tickets general admission
3-day, 8-session, ticket package: $80 ($50 for mothers) before April 15; $90 ($60 for mothers) beginning April 15
Friday, Session 1: $20 (Films plus Keynote Address)
Saturday, Session 2: $12
Saturday, Session 3: $12
Saturday, Session 4: $12
Saturday, Session 5: $12
Sunday, Session 6: $12 (mothers free)
Sunday, Session 7: $12 (mothers free)
Sunday, Session 8: $12 (mothers free)
Students (HS and under): $5 per session ticket
You can purchase tickets at The Shedd prior to the event in person or by phone (541-434-7000). The Shedd Ticket Office is located at 868 High Street and is open M-F 9 am-6 pm and Saturday 9 am-12 pm.
Festival Sponsors
| Dr. William Maier and Kathy Black | Jean and Ray Auel | Lane County Tourism Special Projects Grant |
| University of Oregon, Dept. of Anthropology | Robert Carmichael, DDS | Mark and Christine Thompson |
| Toftemark & Olesen Co. | First Insurance Agency |
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The Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video Festival
McDonald Theatre, Eugene, Oregon, USA
July 16-19, 2003
Exploring the human cultural legacy on screen!
Four days of juried films and videos on archaeological and indigenous topics:
Wednesday evening, July 16
Thursday evening, July 17
Friday evening, July 18
Saturday morning and afternoon, July 19
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:
- Atapuerca (Spain) Madrid Scientific Films
- Cave of the Glowing Skulls (USA) Dean Love Productions
- Chaco (USA) Camera One
- Damming the Euphrates (Turkey) Ajans 21
- The Dawn of Man (Germany) Tangram
- Etnias (Peru) Teleandes Producciones
- Galley of the Gods (Germany) Bibo TV
- Ground Zero/Sacred Ground (USA) Karen Aqua
- Hand Made: Three Stories from Guatemala (Guatemala) Ryan Polomski
- The House of Hermogenes (Greece) Foundation of the Hellenic World
- In Pursuit of Lost Time (Turkey) Ajans 21
- A Kalahari Family, Part 2: End of the Road (USA) Kalfam Productions; John Marshall, Lorna Marshall
- A Kalahari Family, Part 5: Death by Myth (USA) Kalfam Productions; John Marshall, Lorna Marshall
- The Last Days of Zeugma (France) Gedeon Programmes
- The Lost Memory of Easter Island (France) Gedeon Programmes
- Return to Belaye (USA) Yellow Cat Productions
- Searching for the Great Hopewell Road (USA) Pangea Productions, Ltd.
- Socotra: The Island of the Phoenix (Belgium) Axell Communication
- Treading the Paths of Time (Italy) Generali Group
- WPA Archaeology: Legacy of an Era (USA) Pangea Productions, Ltd.
Keynote Speaker (Wednesday Evening):
Jean Clottes, Ph.D. , the world's leading expert on prehistoric rock art, former president and current Honorary President of the Société Préhistorique Française, who is widely known for his research and management work at the spectacular Chauvet Cave, site of the oldest known European cave art. More about Jean Clottes . . .
Keynote Speaker (Saturday Evening):
Brian Fagan, Ph.D., from UC Santa Barbara, one of the world's leading archaeological writers, serves as archaeological consultant to National Geographic Society, Time/Life, Encyclopedia Britannica, Microsoft Encarta, Time/Life Television's Lost Civilizations, and a National Geographic Television series called Treasure . More about Brian Fagan . . .
Associated Activities:
The Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video Festival
Film Screenings: Exploring the human cultural legacy on screen!
McDonald Theatre, Eugene, Oregon, USA
July 13-17, 2004
Exploring the human cultural legacy on screen!
Five days of juried films and videos on archaeological and indigenous topics:
Tuesday evening, July 13
Wednesday evening, July 14
Thursday evening, July 15
Friday evening, July 16
Saturday morning and afternoon, July 17
Awards Reception Saturday evening, July 17
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:
- Alexandria—Center of Knowledge (Germany) TANGRAM Christian Bauer Filmproduktion/PIXCOM Productions
- Bilad Chinqit—The Land of Chinguetti (Italy) Studio Film TV
- Ephesus—Metropolis of the Ancient World (Austria) Interspot
- A Forgotten Place: the History of an Abandoned Farming Community (USA) Thomas Carr
- Guardians of Angkor (USA) Live Art International/Dean Love
- Guardians of a Legacy (USA) Black Cat Productions
- The House of Julius Polybius in Pompeii (Italy) Altair 4 Multimedia S.R.L.
- Iraq's Lost Treasure (USA) Jason Williams, National Geographic Film & Television, USA
- Kurtal - Snake Spirit (Australia) Nicole Ma
- The Mummies of Taklamakan (France) Gedeon Programmes
- The Mystery of Chaco Canyon (USA) Anna Sofaer, The Solstice Project
- Sagalassos, the Forgotten City (Belgium) Philippe Axell
- Sastun: My Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer (USA/Belize) Guido Verweyen and Eva Langsdorff
- Searching for Blue (Peru) Fernando Valdivia, Pedro Noguchi
- Secrets of the Dead: Search for the First Human (USA) JWM Productions
- The Splendor of Rome (Italy) Franco Porcarelli - RAI International
- Time Team—Garden Secrets (UK) Videotext Communications
- Tonto (USA) Camera One
- Tubabs in Africa (USA) Michael Ford
Keynote Speaker (Friday Evening):
Dr. Jane Waldbaum, President of the Archaeological Institute of America, and Dr. David Hurst Thomas of the American Museum of Natural History.
Associated Activities:
The Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video Festival
May 7-11, 2006, McDonald Theatre, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Exploring the human cultural legacy on screen!
Five days of juried films and videos on archaeological and indigenous topics:
Tuesday evening, March 7
Wednesday evening, March 8
Thursday evening, March 9
Friday evening, March 10
Saturday morning and afternoon, March 11
Awards Banquet Saturday evening, March 11
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:
- Blood of the Vikings, Episode 1: First Blood (UK) Paul Bradshaw (BBC)
- Blood of Vikings, Episode 2: Invasion (UK) Paul Bradshaw (BBC)
- The Disappearing of Tuvalu–Trouble in Paradise (USA, France) Gilliane Le Gallic
- Following Antigone: Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights Investigations (Argentina, USA) Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF), Witness
- From the Inside Out (USA) April Chabries
- Gone to Pat (India) Mainak Bhaumak and Adirya Kashyap
- In the Land of the Black Pharaohs (Switzerland) Climage
- Journey Into the Great Unknown (USA) Gray Warriner (Camera One)
- The Kingdom of the Nabateans: From Petra to Medain Saleh (France) Gedeon Programmes - Valerie Grenon
- King Solomon’s Tablet of Stone (UK) Lara Acaster (BBC)
- Qudad: Re-inventing a Tradition (USA) Caterina Borelli
- Queen of the Mountain (USA) Martha Goell Lubell
- The Secrets of the Karakoum (France) Gedeon Programmes - Valerie Grenon
- Slave Island (UK) Ian Potts (BBC TV)
- The Truth of Troy (UK) Aidan Laverty (BBC Worldwide)
- Vesuvius: Deadly Fury (Italy) DocLab SRL
- Viking Voyages (Sweden) Bo Landin (Scandinature Films USA and Muddy Boots Productions)
Keynote Speaker (Friday Evening):
Brian Fagan, Ph.D., from UC Santa Barbara, one of the world's leading archaeological writers, serves as archaeological consultant to National Geographic Society, Time/Life, Encyclopedia Britannica, Microsoft Encarta, Time/Life Television's Lost Civilizations, and a National Geographic Television series called Treasure. More about Brian Fagan . . .
Associated Activities:
Family Program at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History
The Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video Festival
May 1-5, 2007, Jaqua Concert Hall, The Shedd Institute, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Exploring the human cultural legacy on screen!
Five days of juried films and videos on archaeological and indigenous topics:
Tuesday evening, May 1
Wednesday evening, May 2
Thursday evening, May 3
Friday evening, May 4
Saturday morning and afternoon, May 5
Awards Reception Saturday evening, May 5
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 Amphora of Eleusis (Greece) Eleni Stoumbou
- Butrint: The Rise and Fall of a Mediterranean City (UK) The Butrint Foundation
- The Curse of Talakad (India) Sashi Sivramkrishna (Kabooka Research & Documentaries)
- Echo of Water Against Rocks: Remembering Celilo Falls (USA) Steve Mital
- Genghis Khan–Rider of the Apocalypse (Austria) Dr. Heinrich Mayer (Austrian Broadcasting Corp., Natural History Unit)
- Journeys Into the Ring of Fire: Peru (UK) Jeremy Phillips and Arif Nurmohamed (BBC)
- Koguryo Tombs (Germany) Southwest Broadcast and Dr. Elke Werry (Along Mekong Productions)
- The Lost Ship of Venice (France/Italy) Maurice Ribiere (Taxi-Brousse Company)
- Network (Greece) Andreas Apostolidis
- Novgorod: Letters From the Middle Ages (France) Valerie Grenon (Gedeon Programmes)
- The Obsidian Trail (USA) Phil Gross (Cinnabar Video) and Far Western Anthropological Research Group
- Parnian (Iran) Orod Attarpour
- Prehistoric Saba: Echos From the Present (The Netherlands) Jimmy Mans
- Proving Up and Settling Down (USA) Sue Arbuthnot and Richard Wilhelm (Hare in the Gate Productions)
- Puglia, The Acropolis, Odysseus and the Swallow (Greece) Nicoletta Gouli (Periegesis Film Productions)
- Secrets of the Lost Canyon (USA) Ken Verdoia (KUED-TV)
- Secrets of Stonehenge Revealed (USA) JWM Productions
- Signs Out of Time: The Story of Marija Gimbutas (USA) Donna Read (Belili Productions)
- Tibet Tibet (Japan) Kim Seong Yong
- Unearthing the Lost Kingdom of Aratta (France) Marie-Pierre Aulas (Gedeon Programmes)
- Yvan's Masterpiece (Egypt) Center for Alexandrian Studies
Keynote Speaker (Friday Evening):
Louise Leakey, Ph.D., from Kenya, renowned paleoanthropologist and Director of the Koobi Fora Project on Lake Turkana. More about Louise Leakey...
Associated Activities:
The Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video Festival
May 19-23, 2008, Soreng Theater, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Exploring the human cultural legacy on screen!
Five days of juried films and videos on archaeological and indigenous topics:
Tuesday evening, May 20
Wednesday evening, May 21
Thursday evening, May 22
Friday evening, May 23
Saturday morning and afternoon, May 24
Awards Reception Saturday evening, May 24
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:
Always Blue Days (Spain) Laureano Montero Palacio (Cre-Accion Films)
Ausangate(USA) Andrea Heckman, Tad Fettig, and Judy Walgren
Chocolate: Pathway to the Gods(USA) Meredith L. Dreiss, Grant Mitchell and Sharon Edgar Greenhill (ArcheoProductions, Inc.)
The Giant Buddhas (Switzerland) Christian Frei (Films Transit International)
The Great Inca Rebellion (USA) National Geographic Television for WGBH NOVA
Hidden Worlds: Underground Rome(USA) Vicki Dunakin (SubTerra Productions)
The Hunley: New Revelations(USA) Brian Leonard (JWM Productions)
From Hutong to Highrise: The Transformation of Beijing(China) Jasper Goldman and Beatrice Chen
In Transit (UK) Greg Bailey (University of Bristol)
Komi: A Journey Across the Arctic (France/Germany) Andreas Voigt (SEPPIA/Barbara Etz Film Production
The Mummy Who Would Be King (USA) Gemini Productions LLC for WGBH NOVA
Pocahontas Revealed(USA) Lone Wolf Documentary Group for WGBH NOVA
The Sign On the Stone: The Unknown Sahara of the People With No Name (Italy) Lucio and Anna Rosa (Studio Film TV)
Tomb 33: An Eqyptian Mystery(France/Germany) Thomas Weidenbach (SEPPIA)
Treasures of the Ashmolean Museum (UK) Andrew Guy (Eye to Eye Television)
Unlocking Pharaoh’s Cellar (Germany) Thomas Weidenbach (Laengengrad Filmproduktion GmbH)
The Wild West Uncovered: The Rise and Fall of Virginia City(France) Elmar Bartlmae (Gedeon Programmes)
Yamana Nomads of the Fire: (Italy) Tullio Bernabei (GA&A Productions)
Keynote Speaker (Saturday afternoon):
Donny George, Ph.D., former Director-General of Iraqi Museums, now Visiting Professor, SUNY Stonybrook. More about Donny George . . .
Associated Activities:
Festival Sponsors
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!
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
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:
Festival Sponsors
The Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video Festival
May 18-22, 2010, Soreng Theater, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, Oregon, USA
Exploring the human cultural legacy on screen!
Five days of juried films and videos on archaeological and indigenous topics:
Tuesday evening, May 18
Wednesday evening, May 19
Thursday evening, May 20
Friday evening, May 21
Saturday morning and afternoon, May 22
Awards Reception Saturday evening, May 22
Daily Screening Schedule
Download our Program Grid
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:
Chumpi's Adventure (Peru) Fernando Valdivia (Teleandes Productions)
Danzak (Peru) Gabriela Yepes
Death of the Megabeasts (Australia) Franco Di Chiera (Prospero Productions)
Death or Canada (Canada, Ireland) Ruan Magan (Ballinran Productions)
The Future of Mud: A Tale of Houses and Lives in Djenne(USA, Mali) Susan Vogel
Herculaneum: Diaries of Darkness and Light (Italy) Marcellino de Baggis (Onionskin)
Life in Limbo (USA) Sakae Ishikawa
Lost Nation: The Ioway (USA) Kelly and Tammy Rundle (Fourth Wall Films)
Mochica’s Sacrifice (Belgium) Axel Beff (ASEHS Company)
The Oasis of Glass (Egypt) Raymond Collet (Center for Alexandrian Studies)
Paddle Ship “Patris” Lost in 1868... (Greece) Vassilis Mentogianis (Texnis)
The Phnom Kulen Archaeological Program(France) Olivier Roussin (ZED)
Secrets of the Nile Valley- Episode 1- Ancient Nubia (Poland) Wladyslaw Jurkow (Arkadia Film)
Secrets of the Nile Valley- Episode 2- Upper Egypt (Poland) Wladyslaw Jurkow (Arkadia Film)
Secrets of the Nile Valley- Episode 3- Lower Egypt (Poland) Wladyslaw Jurkow (Arkadia Film)
Seuthes the Immortal: Secrets of a Thracian King (France) Zlatina Rousseva (Crescendo Films)
Standing with Stones (UK) Michael Bott (Illuminated Word)
Stone Age Artists: The Magdalenian Masters (France) Philippe Plailly (Mona Lisa Production)
When the Egyptians Sailed on the Red Sea (France) Stèphane Bègoin (Sombrero and Co.)
Keynote Speaker (Friday Evening):
Dr. Jon Erlandson, Director, University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, speaking on The Kelp Highway: A Pacific Rim Perspective on the First Americans. More about Dr. Erlandson . . .
Associated Activities:
Conference on Cultural Heritage Film
Guided Trek to Cascadia Cave and Camas Prairie
Lecture by Nancy Arthur Hoskins on Egyptian Textiles
Festival Sponsors
