Awards Selections

Awards Reception

Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA)
280 W. Broadway, Eugene, Oregon
(Broadway and Lincoln)

Saturday, 11 May, 6:30-9:00 pm

Open to all ages

$5 general admission. Tickets at the door. No pre-registration required.

After all the films have been screened and you have cast your ballots, joins 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 no more than 50 people, so don’t be late!

Film Screening Schedule

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

6:00 Seating begins

6:30 Opening Ceremony

6:50-7:43 The Lady of Cao: The Mystery of the Tattooed Mummy (Spain)

Break

7:50-8:48 6 Generations (USA)

Break

8:55-10:15 Silent Storytellers (USA)

Wednesday, 8 May 2013 

5:50 Seating begins

6:20 Introductions

6:30-7:21 Lost Cities of the Amazon (USA)

Break

7:28-8:26 Mystery of Easter Island (USA)

Break

8:33-9:52 778: The Song of Roland (Spain)

Thursday, 9 May 2013

5:50 Seating begins

6:20 Introductions

6:30-8:11 Mi Chacra (Peru)

Break

8:18-8:52 I Remember, I Believe (USA)

8:52-9:58 Canicula (Mexico)        

Friday, 10 May 201 

5:50 Seating begins

6:20 Introductions

6:30-6:46 Unsettled Outlook for Central Gaul (France)

6:46-7:40 Ethiopia: In the Footsteps (France)

Break

7:47-8:46 The World of Arslantepe (Italy)

Break

8:53-9:53 Keynote Address (Dr. Tom Dillehay)

Saturday, 11 May 2013 

Session 1

10:20 am Seating begins

10:50 Introductions

11:00-11:54 Iceman Murder Mystery (USA)

Break

12:01-12:54 Mysteries of the Ancient Architects (USA)

Break

1:01-1:48 Unburying the Past (Malaysia)

1:48-3:00 Lunch Break

Session 2

300:-3:54 Brigitte Senut: The Fossil Hunting Lady (France)

Break

4:01-4:52 Nasca Lines: The Buried Secrets (USA)

Break

4:59-5:59 The 2000 Year Old Computer (UK)

 

                                 

 

  

 

Sometimes considered a heretic in her struggle against preconceptions, Brigitte Senut is a paleontology professor with the French Museum of Natural History who has a passion for both research and transmitting knowledge. While questioning the position of women in the world of research and that of science in our societies, this film takes us to the Rift Valley in Kenya, the land of Orrorin, and the Tugen community who have progressively acquired scientific knowledge and made this heritage their own with the help of every mission by Brigitte and her team.

 

 

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Length: 52 min.
Country: France
Language: English, French, Swahili, and Tugen with English subtitles
Director: Philippe Ayme      
Producer: Adalios
Producer Web site: www.adalios.com
Distributor: Adalios
Distributor Web site: www.adalios.com

 

Awards/Selections:
N/A

Become a Sponsor!

The tenth installment of The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival will take place May 7-11, 2013, in the Recital Hall of The Shedd Institute, in downtown Eugene, Oregon, USA.  This event is the only international competition in the Western Hemisphere featuring films on archaeology and indigenous peoples.  (Scroll down to learn more about the Festival.)  We invite you and your organization to be a part of this unique event by joining our sponsorship group.  Sponsorship opportunities and benefits are listed on our Sponsorship Commitment Form [link to SponsorForm&Benefits.pdf] and at the bottom of this page.  You can send us your completed form or query us via e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., fax it to 541-339-3109, or mail it (with your check) to ALI, P.O. Box 5302, Eugene, OR 97405.

Similar festivals exist in several European countries, but our Festival is the only one on this side of the planet.  As a corporate or organizational sponsor helping to make this event the success it can be, you will be acknowledged in our Festival program, in our on-screen slide show, and on The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org), which is one of the most popular Web sites of its kind in the world.  Other benefits to you are listed on the Sponsorship Commitment Form.

Please help us make the Festival a grand success.  Thanks very much for your consideration.

More About TAC Festival

What is it?

The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival is the only public competition in the Western Hemisphere featuring films about the human past and our shared cultural heritage.  This international event draws worldwide participation.  Our 2013 edition represents the tenth annual installment of this event.  For the 2013 Festival edition, we expect to receive dozens of film entries from many countries and will screen the best of these for the May competition.  As part of this event, we again will host an internationally acclaimed Keynote Speaker, whose name is yet to be announced.  Again this year, will conduct a field tour to the Cascadia Cave rock art site.  In 2013, as we do each year, we plan a suite of complementary activities at the University of Oregon Baker Downtown Center, which will include our Conference on Cultural Heritage Film, and our Video Bar, where all can see any of our film entries at individual viewing stations.

When and Where?

The tenth installment of TAC Festival will be held May 7-11, 2013.  Film screenings take place in the Recital Hall at The Shedd Institute, in downtown Eugene, with other activities at the Baker Downtown Center.

Why is it?

• • To exhibit for our audiences the wonderful diversity of human cultures past and present in the exploration of our place in history and in our world.  As a structured display of culture both in terms of heritage and the visual arts, this event excites and educates audiences about the human cultural legacy and encourages their support of heritage preservation.  By demonstrating the many ways of being human, we promote a sense of tolerance and brotherhood among people of different geographic and ethnic backgrounds.

• • To promote this film genre and the makers of film and video productions about archaeology and indigenous peoples.  The Festival encourages and inspires film producers to create more works exploring the human past and human cultural diversity

• • To foster cultural literacy and promote diversity for all ages by broadening their outlook and understanding of other peoples, their cultural lifeways, and their diverse relationships with the natural world.  Such knowledge of the human past can inform future choices and behaviors in our relations to each other and to the earth.

Who benefits?

• • The benefits of the Festival extend well beyond the immediate pleasures of the viewing audience and out into the wider community.

• • The focus on the surprising diversity of cultures that exist and have existed on our planet benefits audience members by enriching their knowledge of the human cultural legacy.

• • This high-quality program meets the need for Eugene to develop a strong downtown with dynamic cultural activities that will attract tourism and investment into the future.  In fact, the Festival is exactly the kind of cultural activity encouraged by the Eugene Downtown Plan.

• • The Convention and Visitors Association of Lane County estimates an annual net financial gain of $250,000 for the community from the Festival.  This is good for the Lane County and Oregon economies and additional support for the non-profit sector, which provides 12.2 percent of all Lane County jobs.

• • The state of Oregon and Lane County benefit from the prestige of having an international film festival within their borders.  The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival bridges the past and present and positions Oregon as a key meeting ground for this important cultural dialogue.

• • This event creates a positive impression of our community and our state at the international level and generates continued community support for the festival.  Because this is the first and only competitive festival of its kind in all of the Western Hemisphere, it puts Oregon on the map as a cultural leader in our nation.

• • The films offer an arena for indigenous groups and their often-ignored stories to be voiced and heard.  Films presented illustrate the many faces of humanity and demonstrate that although human cultures are distinct, we are indeed all one people.  By including indigenous peoples and cultural representatives from different countries, we provide a forum for inter-cultural dialogue and diverse cultural perspectives.

• • TAC Festival affords producers and directors from around the world the opportunity to present their works to live audiences in a juried festival and to learn from each other through our Conference on Cultural Heritage Film, thus encouraging the production of more and better works in this important film genre.

• • Our worldwide participants and presenters create the opportunity for a global dialogue concerning diversity, art and culture.  The cross-cultural exchange that occurs among international participants, cultural representatives and our Oregon audiences is a contribution to the pan-human culture evolving in the 21st Century and is an educational resource for young and old.

How do sponsors benefit?

Sponsors ofTAC Festival will gain visibility to our audience in a wide variety of ways, depending on the level of their sponsorship.  Sponsors will be acknowledged in these ways:

• • In the Festival Program.  All sponsors will be listed by name in the Program and have the option to include their logos there.  Sponsors also have the option to reserve space in the Program for special display messages.

• • The Festival slide show.  These slides, including still images with sponsor logos and messages, will scroll before screenings and during intermissions on the big screen in the Recital Hall.

• • From the podium.  All sponsors will be announced from the Recital Hall podium during the introduction for each Festival session.

• • On The Archaeology Channel Web site.  All sponsors will be listed, either by text name or graphic logo linked to their own Web sites, on the TAC Festival page (www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml).

• • Sponsors wishing to gain visibility in local communities around Oregon can also support the ArchaeologyFest Film Series (AFFS), which takes each year’s top TAC Festival films to venues in six Oregon communities: Ashland, Bend, Eugene, and Portland.  AFFS sponsors will be featured on the TAC pages devoted to the venues that they sponsor.

Depending on contribution level, sponsors will receive complimentary benefits, which may include:

• • Tickets for film screenings

• • A special Vendor Informational table in The Shedd Institute Living Room

• • A private dinner reception to celebrate and mingle with Festival presenters

• • A festival award in the sponsor’s name

• • A listing, logo, banner, or page in the Festival program

• • Passes to the Awards Reception$ A banner or message in the Festival slide show on the big screen

• • Acknowledgement from the podium in The Shedd Institute Recital Hall

• • A Festival page logo and link on The Archaeology Channel (www.archaeologychannel.org)

TAC Festival 2013 Sponsor Levels and Benefits

Hike the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road

Thursday, 9 May, 9:30 am – 5 pm

Ages: 12 and up, in good physical condition

Guide: Steve Hamilton, Archaeologist, Middle Fork Ranger District, Willamette National Forest

Hike about 1 mile along the OCMWR and learn about the local natural and cultural history at two special interest areas. Bring water and lunch to eat. The hike will begin at the archaeological site of a way station, ranch and Forest Service guard station where the wagon road crossed beautiful Rigdon Meadows. From here, hike along the Upper Middle Fork Trail as it follows the wagon road for nearly a mile. Then take a short drive and visit another pristine section of wagon road in old growth forest at Indigo Springs, where travelers once rested and native bull trout spawn. If time allows we’ll find more places to stop and walk.

Registration: Please contact ALI (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 541-345-5538) to register. Please register as early as possible. TAC Festival tickets required of all participants.

Fee: No admission fee is required. However, we would appreciate a $20 or more donation to support the program.

Trip specifics: This hike rates Easy to Moderate for short distance and undulating terrain. A van will be provided (eight passengers maximum) and the drive is two hours each way. Car pooling will be need for additional participants. Be prepared for wet weather. Meet at The Shedd parking area across High Street for 9:30 am departure.

 

        

 

  

 

Etched, as if by giants, onto the arid moonscape of Peru’s southern desert lies one of man’s greatest mysteries; the Nasca Lines. More than 15,000 geometric and animal-like patterns have been discovered criss-crossing the land like a vast puzzle. Who built them and what was their purpose? And are the Lines connected to the gruesome discovery of large cache’s of severed human heads? Now, after decades of misunderstanding, modern archaeology may finally have the answer. Excavations in the surrounding mountains are uncovering extraordinary clues about the people who made them and why. Archaeologist Christina Conlee’s recent discovery of a young male skeleton, ceremonially buried but showing gruesome evidence of decapitation, lead to more questions and possible answers to these great mysteries.

 

 

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Length: 50 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Philip J. Day
Producer: Philip J. Day
Producer Web site: www.edgewest.com
Distributor: Electric Sky
Distributor Web site: channel.nationalgeographic.com

 

Awards/Selections:
Agon 2012: Award of the Archaeology online magazine
Award of the Public Rovereto 2012
“Premio Citta di Rovereto-Archaeology viva” (given by public to most appreciated film)
Submitted to 12^th International Archaeological Film Festival of the Bidasoa 

TAC HOTEL INFORMATION

For TAC Festival 2013, we offer nine choices for Festival patrons desiring accommodations within walking distance of  The Shedd.  Book your rooms as early as possible to take advantage of these opportunities.

Broadway Inn

476 E. Broadway Avenue

Located just three blocks southeast of The Shedd, the Broadway Inn has established a special price structure for TAC Festival patrons.  For one queen bed, the Festival rate is $48.95   For two beds, the Festival rate is $54.99.  For general information, go to the Broadway Inn Web site.  The special rate is available only over the phone.  To reserve a room, call and ask for the special rate: 800-876-7829 (local calls: 541-344-5233).  Be sure to mention you are there for TAC Festival.

The Campbell House Inn and Restaurant

252 Pearl Street

Located just five blocks northwest of The Shedd, The Campbell House is a bed-and-breakfast with significant amenities and offering their corporate rates for TAC Festival patrons.  Full breakfast is included with the room.  Festival rates range from $99 for a small room to the luxury rate of $229.  As the number of rooms available is limited, we suggest you contact them as early as possible.

To reserve a room, go to The Campbell House Web site  or call 800-264-2519 (local calls:  541-343-1119).  Make sure to mention TAC Festival on the phone or in the notes through the Web site to get the corporate rate.

Campus Inn

390 E. Broadway Avenue

Located three block southeast of The Shedd, the Campus Inn has a  rate of $78.00 for a double. For general information, go to their Web site.  To reserve a room, call 800-888-6313 (local calls: 541-343-3376; fax: 541-485-9392) As the number of rooms available is limited, we suggest you contact them as early as possible.               

Courtesy Inn

345 W. Sixth Avenue

Located eight blocks northwest of The Shedd, the Courtesy Inn rates for TAC Festival patrons are $54.99 for a single (queen or king) and $64.99 for a double (queen bed).  To reserve a room, go to their Web site  or call 888-259-8481 (local calls 541-345-3391).

Downtown Inn

361 W. Seventh Avenue                                            

Located seven blocks west of The Shedd, the Downtown Inn has special rates on a block of rooms for TAC Festival patrons: $45 for a single and $59.99 for a double.  To reserve a room, go to their Web site  or call 1-800-648-4366 (locals calls 541-345-8739).  Be sure to mention you are reserving for TAC Festival.

Hilton Eugene and Conference Center

66 E 6^th Avenue

The Hilton Eugene is located three blocks west of The Shedd and offers some rooms for TAC Festival-goers, but only while the rooms last.  The Festival rate is $99.00 for king or double queen rooms, which includes:

• -- Complimentary hotel self parking
• -- Complimentary airport pick up and drop off
• -- Complimentary Internet in guestrooms
• -- Daily $15.00 food voucher to be used in our restaurant, lounge or room service

Check-in time is after 4:00 pm and check-out time is before 12:00 noon.  A $75.00 early departure fee will be charged if you check out prior to your reserved checkout date.  To avoid this fee, you must advise the hotel at or before check-in.  Reservations must be made no later than Friday, April 20, 2013.  Reservations made after this date are subject to space and availability.  The group rate is only guaranteed for the contracted number of guest rooms up until the cutoff date.

Reservations may be done by individual call-in.  Please contact the hotel directly, toll free at 1 -800-937-6660 or fax 541-342-2000, and mention that you are a TAC Festival patron.  For payment, a valid credit card authorization form may be submitted in lieu of direct billing or advanced deposit.  A front and back copy of the credit card being used is also required.  This card will be charged 72 hours prior to arrival if full payment has not already been received.  In the unlikely event the card would be declined, another method of payment must be received at that time.  In the unlikely event that you should decide to cancel within seven days of arrival, you will be charged one night’s room and tax.

We also have an online page via the Hilton for guest reservations. Please Click Here to go there now to reserve your room today!

Inn at the 5^th 

205 E 6^th Avenue

Located three blocks north of The Shedd, Inn at the 5^th is a new boutique hotel in Eugene.  Their standard rates are $179.00 per night.  Call (541) 743-4099 local or (855) 446-6285 for more information. The following advance purchase information came directly from their website.

Guarantee Policy: All reservations require credit card guarantee due at time of booking.

Cancellation Policy: Reservations must be cancelled 24 hours prior to arrival to avoid charges.
Check-in time after 3 p.m.  Check-out time before 12 p.m.  Rates subject to change. 

Pet Policy: One time pet fee of $50.00 per stay.  Early Checkout - one night charge.  Late Checkout - half price of room before 3 pm and full charge after 5 pm.  Valet Parking $15.00 per day (parking is by valet only).

Oval Door Bed and Breakfast Inn

988 Lawrence Street

Located ten blocks west of The Shedd, the Oval Door is a bed-and-breakfast with significant amenities and is offering a discounted special rate for patrons of TAC Festival.  The least expensive room is $89 and prices go up to $185, including a gourmet breakfast.  Higher rates apply to one-night stays on the weekend.  The number of rooms is quite limited, so please contact them as early as possible.

To reserve a room, go to the Oval Door Web site  or call 800-882-3160 (local calls: 541-683-3160).  Make sure to mention TAC Festival to get the discounted rate.

Timbers Motel

1015 Pearl Street

Located just two blocks south of The Shedd, the Timbers Motel offers rates from $59 to $99.  To reserve a room, go to their Web site  or call 1-800-643-4167 (local calls: 541-343-3345)

 

        

 

  

 

More than a hundred years ago, sponge divers found an extraordinary mechanism at the bottom of the sea near the island of Antikythera. It astonished the international community of experts on the ancient world. Was it an astrolabe? Was it a mechanical model of the solar system? An astronomical clock? Or something else? This film tells the extraordinary story of how, more than 2,000 years ago, the ancient Greeks built a computer. A scientific detective investigation set against the glories of a classical Greece, The 2000 Year Old Computer follows a mysterious trail of numbers to solve the puzzle of the spectacular Antikythera Mechanism. 

 

 

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Length: 61 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Director: Mike Beckham
Producer: Tony Freeth
Producer Web site: www.images-first.com
Distributor: Electric Sky
Distributor Web site: www.electricsky.com/

 

Awards/Selections:
Agon 2012: Award of the Archaeology online magazine
Award of the Public Rovereto 2012
“Premio Citta di Rovereto-Archaeology viva” (given by public to most appreciated film)
Submitted to 12^th International Archaeological Film Festival of the Bidasoa 

Day Trek to Cascadia Cave

Friday, 10 May, 9:30 am – 5 pm

Ages: 12 and up, in good physical condition

Guide: Tony Farque, Archaeologist, Sweet Home Ranger District, Willamette NF

Join us for a special TAC Festival guided tour, hosted by the Willamette National Forest, to one of western Oregon’s most visually impressive archaeological sites. Used by people for at least 8000 years, Cascadia Cave is on significant indigenous travel routes and provided important cultural functions to multiple tribal groups. Here, the largest group of rock art panels in western Oregon remains in excellent condition. View the site, hear excavation conclusions, discuss rock art interpretations, and help plan site restoration, protection, and interpretation.

Registration: Please contact ALI (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 541-345-5538) and register as early as possible. TAC Festival tickets required of all participants.

Fee: No admission fee is required. However, we would appreciate a $20 or more donation to support the program.

Trip Specifics: Bring a lunch to eat in the cave. A van will be provided (8 passengers max.) and the drive is 2 hours each way. Car pooling will be needed for additional participants. Be prepared for a 2 mile round trip hike through the woods along a flat river terrace. Also bring rain gear, boots and a change of warm clothes. We will cross one stream and follow a muddy path. We park at Cascadia State Park and use the rest rooms to change clothes if necessary. Meet at The Shedd parking area across High Street for 9:30 am departure.