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Thursday, May 12th

Session 1

7:00-7:10 Introductions (10 min.)

7:10-7:19 The Pillar of Strength (8 min.)

7:19-8:13 The Colosseum in Quarantine (53 min.)

8:13-8:21 Break (8 min.)

8:21-9:47 Caesar's Doomsday War (85 min.)

Friday, May 13th

Session 2

7:00-7:10 Introductions (10 min.)

7:10-8:01 The Trojan Horse: On the Trail of a Myth (50 min.)

8:01 - 8:09 Break (8 min.)

8:09-9:48 The Trace of Time (98 min.))

Saturday, May 14th

Session 3

9:30-9:40 Introductions (10 min.)

9:40-10:40 Roman Engineering: Mining (59 min.)

10:40-10:48 Break (8 min.)

10:48-12:02 The Oath of Cyriac (73 min.)

12:02-12:30 Intermission/Q&A

Session 4

12:30-2:02 The Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry (91 min.)

2:02-2:10 Break (8 min.)

2:10-3:03 National Archaeological Museum of Naples: Treasury of Civilization (52 min.)

3:03-3:30 Intermission and Q&A

Session 5

3:30-5:12 Songs of the Water Spirits (101 min.)

5:12-5:20 Break (8 min.)

5:20-5:45 Parizad (24 min.)

5:45-6:43 Burren Girl (57 min.)

Sunday, May 15th

Session 6

10:00-10:10 Introductions (10 min.)

10:10-11:05 Who Wrote the Bible? Revelations about one of the Greatest Mysteries in History (54 min.)

11:05-11:13 Break (8 min.)

11:13-11:34 Daughters of Courage (20 min.)

11:34-12:29 D'Artagnan: Searching for the Real Musketeers (54 min.)

12:29-1:00 Intermission and Q&A

Session 7

1:00-1:57 Roman Engineering: Roads, The Neural Network of the Empire (56 min.)

1:57-2:05 Break (8 min.)

2:05-3:29 Raymond Lewis: L.A. Legend (83 min.)

3:29-3:45 Q&A for “Raymond Lewis: L.A. Legend,” with film-maker Ryan Polomski

3:45-4:00 Intermission (15 min.)

Session 8

4:00-5:10 William Waldren: The Alchemist's Footprint (69 min.)

5:10-5:18 Break (8 min.)

5:18-6:42 The 1001 Faces of Palmyra: The Lost Jewel of the Desert (83 min.)

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List of Festival and Conference Activities

Wednesday, May 11th, through Sunday, May 15th, 2022

TAC Festival Banquet, Gordon Tavern, Wednesday 6-9 pm ($60/plate)

Keynote Speaker, Dr. Don Blakeslee, Festival Banquet at Gordon Tavern

Conference presentations, Civic Winery, 50 E. 11th Ave; Friday and Saturday 10 am - 5 pm (ticket prices vary)

Film Screenings, The Shedd Institute (free)

Thursday 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Friday 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Saturday 3:30 - 7:00 pm
Sunday 4:00 - 7:00 pm

Video Bar, Civic Winery, 50 E. 11th Ave; Friday and Saturday 10 am - 5 pm (free) [PDF]

Saturday Social, Wow Hall, 291 W. 8th St.; Saturday 7 - 10 pm (free)

Awards Reception, Wow Hall, 291 W. 8th St.; Sunday 7 - 9 pm ($5; free for Conference registrants)

Keynote Speaker Dr. Don Blakeslee

Gordon Tavern

555 Oak Street

Wednesday, 11 May, TAC Festival Banquet 6-9pm

Ages: Open to all ages

Fee: Must register for Festival Banquet

Dr. Don Blakeslee will appear as our Keynote Speaker at the Festival Banquet, presenting on his fieldwork and documentary research focused on the Wichita town of Etzanoa, the present location of Arkansas City, Kansas. Dr. Blakeslee is a professor of Anthropology at Wichita State University, where he has been since 1976. One of the leading archaeologists working in the Great Plains, his research interests range from the time of the earliest settlement of the Americas to the historic period and his work has carried him from Montana to Texas.

Saturday Social

Wow Hall

291 West 8th Steet

Saturday, 14 May, 7 - 10 pm

Ages: Open to all ages

Fee: FREE! No pre-registration required.

Hobnob with filmmakers, festival organizers, conference presenters and other festival-goers while enjoying food, drink and live music in the historic WOW Hall. This is all free, but we’ll give you a chance to make a contribution if you like!

Audience Balloting

You, our audience, have a critically important role to play in this international competition. As you enter the Recital Hall at The Shedd for each session, you will receive an Audience Ballot listing the films to be screened during that session. Using that ballot, please score each film that you see in that session on a scale from 0.0 (lowest) to 10.0 (highest). Before you leave the screening room, please drop your ballot into the specially marked Ballot Box outside, or hand it to an usher. We will use your ballot in the process of selecting the Audience Favorite film. The results of the Audience Favorite competition will be announced at the Awards Reception, to be held at the WOW Hall.

Awards Reception

Wow Hall

291 West 8th Street

Sunday, 15 May, 7 - 9 pm

Ages: Open to all ages

Fee: $5 general admission; free for Conference full-package registrants. 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 competition results. 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 has limited capacity, so don’t be late!

Award Selections

TAC Festival 2022

Best Film (by Jury)

Songs of the Water Spirits

(Produced and directed by Nicolò Bongiorno; distributed by Filigranowa; Italy)

Honorable Mention for Best Film Category (in order):

(Produced by Antoine Bamas; directed by Alexis De Favitski; distributed by Louis Bernard - Taxi Rights; France)

(Produced by Núria Cano; directed by Joan Bonet; distributed by La Perifèrica Produccions; Spain)

Parizad

(Produced, directed and distributed by Mehdi Imani Shahmiri; Iran)

The Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry

(Produced by Olivier Bourgeois, Franck Meyer and Houmam Saad; directed by Olivier Bourgeois; distributed by La Caixa de la Llum Produccions; Andorra)

Best Narration (by Jury)

(Produced by Antoine Bamas, directed by Alexis De Favitski; distributed by Louis Bernard - Taxi Rights; France)

Honorable Mention for Narration (in order):

Parizad

(Produced, directed and distributed by Mehdi Imani Shahmiri; Iran)

Songs of the Water Spirits

(Produced by Núria Cano; directed by Joan Bonet; distributed by La Perifèrica Produccions; Spain)

(Produced and directed by Nicolò Bongiorno; distributed by Filigranowa; Italy)

Who Wrote the Bible? Revelations about one of the Greatest Mysteries in History

(Produced by Tournez S’il Vous Plaît, directed by Nathalie Laville; distributed by Grand Angle Distribution; France)

Best Animation & Effects (by Jury)

The Pillar of Strength

(Produced by Ayie Ibrahim and Suriya Samsudin; directed by Ayie Ibrahim; Malaysia)

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

Roman Engineering: Roads, The Neural Network of the Empire

(Produced by Antoine Bamas, directed by Alexis De Favitski; distributed by Louis Bernard - Taxi Rights; France)

(Produced by José Antonio Muñiz and José Antonio Sánchez De León; directed by José Antonio Muñiz; distributed by Charo Penedo - Surreal TV; Spain)

Best Public Education Value (by Jury)

Songs of the Water Spirits

(Produced and directed by Nicolò Bongiorno; distributed by Filigranowa; Italy)

Honorable Mention for Public Education Value (in order):

(Produced by Antoine Bamas, directed by Alexis De Favitski; distributed by Louis Bernard - Taxi Rights; France)

(Produced by Olivier Bourgeois, Franck Meyer and Houmam Saad; directed by Olivier Bourgeois; distributed by La Caixa de la Llum Produccions; Andorra)

Who Wrote the Bible? Revelations about one of the Greatest Mysteries in History

(Produced by Núria Cano; directed by Joan Bonet; distributed by La Perifèrica Produccions; Spain)

(Produced by Tournez S’il Vous Plaît, directed by Nathalie Laville; distributed by Grand Angle Distribution; France)

Best Script (by Jury)

The Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry

(Produced by Antoine Bamas, directed by Alexis De Favitski; distributed by Louis Bernard - Taxi Rights; France)

Honorable Mention for Script (in order):

Who Wrote the Bible? Revelations about one of the Greatest Mysteries in History

(Produced by Núria Cano; directed by Joan Bonet; distributed by La Perifèrica Produccions; Spain)

(Produced by Tournez S’il Vous Plaît, directed by Nathalie Laville; distributed by Grand Angle Distribution; France)

(Produced by Olivier Bourgeois, Franck Meyer and Houmam Saad; directed by Olivier Bourgeois; distributed by La Caixa de la Llum Produccions; Andorra)

Caesar’s Doomsday War

(Produced by Samuel Kissous and Fabrice Frank; directed by Claire Benhaim, Alain Brunard, Bertrand Goujard, Christopher Holt, Eric Maillebiau, Vanessa Pontet, and Gywn Williams; distributed by ITV; France)

Best Cinematography (by Jury)

Parizad

(Produced, directed and distributed by Mehdi Imani Shahmiri; Iran)

Honorable Mention for Cinematography (in order):

Songs of the Water Spirits

(Produced by Antoine Bamas, directed by Alexis De Favitski; distributed by Louis Bernard - Taxi Rights; France)

(Produced and directed by Nicolò Bongiorno; distributed by Filigranowa; Italy)

Who Wrote the Bible? Revelations about one of the Greatest Mysteries in History

(Produced by Tournez S’il Vous Plaît, directed by Nathalie Laville; distributed by Grand Angle Distribution; France)

(Produced by Maria Gentekou, Dionysia Kopana and Greek Film Centre; directed by Dionysia Kopana; distributed by Maria Gentekou; Greece)

Best Music (by Jury)

Songs of the Water Spirits

(Produced and directed by Nicolò Bongiorno; distributed by Filigranowa; Italy)

Honorable Mention for Music (in order):

(Produced by Maria Gentekou, Dionysia Kopana and Greek Film Centre; directed by Dionysia Kopana; distributed by Maria Gentekou; Greece)

Parizad

(Produced, directed and distributed by Mehdi Imani Shahmiri; Iran)

William Waldren: The Alchemist's Footprint

(Produced by Olivier Bourgeois, Franck Meyer and Houmam Saad; directed by Olivier Bourgeois; distributed by La Caixa de la Llum Produccions; Andorra)

The Pillar of Strength

(Produced by Ayie Ibrahim and Suriya Samsudin; directed by Ayie Ibrahim; Malaysia)

Most Inspirational (by Jury)

(Produced by Núria Cano; directed by Joan Bonet; distributed by La Perifèrica Produccions; Spain)

Honorable Mention for Inspiration (in order):

Songs of the Water Spirits

(Produced and directed by Nicolò Bongiorno; distributed by Filigranowa; Italy)

(Produced by Olivier Bourgeois, Franck Meyer and Houmam Saad; directed by Olivier Bourgeois; distributed by La Caixa de la Llum Produccions; Andorra)

(Produced by Antoine Bamas, directed by Alexis De Favitski; distributed by Louis Bernard - Taxi Rights; France)

Who Wrote the Bible? Revelations about one of the Greatest Mysteries in History

(Produced by Maria Gentekou, Dionysia Kopana and Greek Film Centre; directed by Dionysia Kopana; distributed by Maria Gentekou; Greece)

Special Mention (by Jury)

(Produced by Tournez S’il Vous Plaît, directed by Nathalie Laville; distributed by Grand Angle Distribution; France)

Best film about cross-cultural faith insights

The Colloseum in Quarantine

(Produced by Olivier Bourgeois, Franck Meyer and Houmam Saad; directed by Olivier Bourgeois; distributed by La Caixa de la Llum Produccions; Andorra)

Best film about wartime protection of cultural heritage

(Produced and directed by Davide Morabito and Luca Lancise; distributed by Davide Morabito; Italy);

Best film about the resilience of culture

The Mysteries of the Bayeux Tapestry

(Produced by Maria Gentekou, Dionysia Kopana and Greek Film Centre; directed by Dionysia Kopana; distributed by Maria Gentekou; Greece)

Best film about the human history of archaeology

Audience Favorite (by Festival audience)

(Produced by Antoine Bamas, directed by Alexis De Favitski; distributed by Louis Bernard - Taxi Rights; France)

Honorable Mention for Audience Favorite (in order):

Raymond Lewis: L.A. Legend

(Produced by Dean Prator and Ryan Polomski; directed by Ryan Polomski and Dean Prator; USA)