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TAC Fest 2023 Pages

List of Festival and Conference Activities

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Wednesday, May 17th, through Sunday, May 21st, 2023

TAC Festival Banquet, Gordon Tavern, Wednesday 6-9 pm ($65/plate)

Keynote Speaker, Nick Card, Festival Banquet at Gordon Tavern

 

Film Screenings, The Shedd Institute (free)

  • Thursday 7:00 - 10:00 pm
  • Friday 7:00 - 10:00 pm
  • Saturday 9:30 - 7:00 pm
  • Sunday 10:00 - 7:00 pm

Video Bar, The Shedd Institute, 868 High Street, Thursday through Sunday during film screening sessions (free)

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

Saturday Social, Capitello Wines 7 - 10 pm (free)

Awards Reception, Capitello Wines, Sunday 7-9 pm ($5; free for Conference registrants))

  

 Keynote Speaker Nick Card

Gordon Tavern

555 Oak Street

Wednesday, 17 May, TAC Festival Banquet 6-9pm

Ages: Open to all ages

Fee: Must register for Festival Banquet

Nick Card will appear as our Keynote Speaker at the Festival Banquet, presenting on the Ness of Brodgar Project that is investigating a Stone-Age Complex in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, a World Heritage Site, where excavations are revealing a 5,000 year old complex, socially stratified and dynamic society. Nick has directed and managed a wide range of projects for the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology within the University of Highlands and Islands (UHI) Institute of Archaeology that he assisted in establishing.

 

 Saturday Social

Capitello Wines

540 Charnelton Street

Saturday, 20 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.

 

 Awards Reception

Capitello Wines

 540 Charnelton Street

Sunday, 21 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!

 

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TAC Festival Banquet

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Wednesday, May 17th, 2023, 6 - 9 pm ($65 per plate)

Location: Gordon Tavern, 555 Oak Street, Eugene, OR

Who Can Come: Everybody who is interested, up to the capacity of the room

Description: We invite all those interested, including local community members and official TAC Festival and Conference participants, to attend the Banquet and get to know one another. A Banquet highlight will be the Festival Keynote Address by Nick Card, who is Director of the Ness of Brodgar Project. This Project is investigating a Stone-Age Complex in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, a World Heritage Site, where excavations are revealing a 5,000 year old complex, socially stratified and dynamic society.

Menu entree choices will include chicken and pasta.  Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free entrees also available upon request.

Registration:

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Call us at 541-345-5538 or email form to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Payment can be made:

by check (made out to ALI or Archaeological Legacy Institute and sent to PO Box 5302, Eugene, OR 97405)

credit card (call 541-345-5538 with the number)

or by PayPal.

Deadline for Registration: Wednesday,  May 10th, 2023

TAC Festival 2023 Screening Schedule

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Thursday, May 18th

Session 1 - 7:00-10:00 pm (3:00 hours)

7:04-7:10 Introductions (6 min.)

7:10-7:26 A Gallarus Story (15 min.)

7:26-8:23 Music Sets You Free: A Story of Musical Notes, Imprisonment, Horrors and Hopes (56 min.)

8:23-8:31 Break (8 min.)

8:31-9:47 Shepherds of the Earth (75 min.)

9:47-10:00 Q&A for "Shepherds of the Earth," with film-maker Iiris Härmä  

 

Friday, May 19th

Session 2 - 7:00-10:00 pm (3:00 hours)

7:04-7:10 Introductions (6 min.)

7:10-8:04 Into the Paleolithic: Nomads of the Rhone valley of France (53 min.)

8:04 - 8:12 Break (8 min.)

8:12-9:54 Run Raven Run (101 min.))

 

Saturday, May 20th

Session 3 - 9:30am-12:15pm (2:45 hours)

9:34-9:40 Introductions (6 min.)

9:40-10:33 The Mystery of the Cosquer Cave(52 min.)

10:33-11:14 Persepolis - Chicago (40 min.)

11:14-11:22 Break (8 min.)

11:22-12:15 The True Story of Pirates (52 min)

 

12:15-12:30 Intermission (15 min)

 

Session 4 - 12:30-3:20 pm (2:50 hours)

12:30-1:24 Burnt City (53 min.)

1:24-1:32 Break (8 min.)

1:32-3:20 Unpacking the Universe: The Making of an Exhibition (108 min.)

3:20-3:30  Intermission; Q&A for “Unpacking the Universe” with Alexa Oona Schulz
(in the Cole Gallery)

 

3:20-3:30 Intermission (10 min.)

 

Session 5

3:30-4:12 The Tumuk Humak Expedition (41 min.)

4:12-5:17 Detached (64 min.)

5:17-5:25 Break (8 min.)

5:25-6:56 Peru: Sacrifices in the Kingdom of Chimor (90 min.)

 

Sunday, May 21st

Session 6 - 10:00am-12:50pm (2:50 hours)

10:04-10:10 Introductions (6 min.)

10:10-10:15 Pink Pottery (4 min.)

10:15-11:08 Sagrada Família: Gaudí’s Challenge (52 min.)

11:08-11:16 Break (8 min.)

11:16-12:50 Pico Reja (93 min.)

 

12:50-1:00 Intermission (10 min.)

 

Session 7 - 1:00-3:47pm (2:47 hours)

1:00-1:53 Pompeii: The Secret of the Villa of Civita Giuliana (52 min.)

1:53-2:01 Break (8 min.)

2:01-2:54 Ladies and Princes of Prehistory (52 min.)

2:54-3:47 The New Whistlers of Aas (52 min.)

 

3:47-4:00 Intermission (13 min.)

 

Session 8 - 4:00-7:00 (3:00 hours)

4:00-4:53 Mamody: The Last Baobab Digger (52 min.)

4:53-5:501 Break (8 min.)

5:01-5:54 Montaigne and the Mysterious Tomb (52 min.)

 5:54-6:49 Beloved (54 min.)

 

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Award Selections

TAC Festival 2023

Best Film (by Jury)

Run Raven Run

(Produced and directed by Michael Rainin; distributed by Rainpix, Inc.; USA)

 

Honorable Mention for Best Film Category (in order): 

The Tumuk Humak Expedition

(Produced and directed by Freek de Goeje; distributed by Freek de Goeje; Netherlands)

Beloved

(Produced by Elaheh Nobakht; directed by Yaser Talebi; distributed by Eli-Image; Iran)

Mamody: The Last Baobab Digger

(Produced, directed and distributed by Cyrille Cornu; France)

Detached

(Produced by Olga Michi and Maksim Koveshnikov; directed by Vladimir Krivov; distributed by Natalia Blagova; Russia)

 

Best Narration (by Jury)

Beloved

(Produced by Elaheh Nobakht; directed by Yaser Talebi; distributed by Eli-Image; Iran)

 

Honorable Mention for Narration (in order): 

Detached

(Produced by Olga Michi and Maksim Koveshnikov; directed by Vladimir Krivov; distributed by Natalia Blagova; Russia)

The True Story of Pirates

(Produced by Valérie Guerin; directed by Stéphane Bégoin; distributed by Terranoa; France)

Persepolis - Chicago

(Produced and directed by Orod Attarpour; distributed by IRIB Media Trade; Iran)

The Tumuk Humak Expedition

(Produced, directed and distributed by Freek de Goeje; Netherlands)

 

Best Animation & Effects (by Jury)

Pompeii: The Secret of the Villa of Civita Giuliana

(Produced by Stephane Milliere; directed by Thomas Marlier; distributed by Gedeon Programmes; France)

 

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

Music Sets You Free: A Story of Musical Notes, Imprisonment, Horrors, and Hopes

(Produced by Luigi Bertolo, directed by Alessandra Peralta; distributed by Rai Com; Italy)

The True Story of Pirates

(Produced by Valérie Guerin; directed by Stéphane Bégoin; distributed by Terranoa; France)

The Mystery of the Cosquer Cave

(Produced by Stephane Milliere; directed by Marie Thiry; distributed by Gedeon Programmes; France)

A Gallarus Story 

(Produced, directed and distributed by Matthew Emmet Sullivan; Ireland)

Best Public Education Value (by Jury)

The Tumuk Humak Expedition

 (Produced, directed and distributed by Freek de Goeje; Netherlands)

 

Honorable Mention for Public Education Value (in order):

Mamody: The Last Baobab Digger

(Produced, directed and distributed by Cyrille Cornu; France)

Ladies and Princes of Prehistory

(Produced by Camille Monin, Jan Vasak and Jakub Kostal; directed by Pauline Coste; distributed by Aude Gruyer; France)

The Mystery of the Cosquer Cave

(Produced by Stephane Milliere; directed by Marie Thiry; distributed by Gedeon Programmes; France)

Run Raven Run

(Produced and directed by Michael Rainin; distributed by Rainpix, Inc.; USA)

 

Best Script (by Jury)

Beloved

(Produced by Elaheh Nobakht; directed by Yaser Talebi; distributed by Eli-Image; Iran)

Honorable Mention for Script (in order):

The Mystery of the Cosquer Cave

(Produced by Stephane Milliere; directed by Marie Thiry; distributed by Gedeon Programmes; France)

Mamody: The Last Baobab Digger

(Produced, directed and distributed by Cyrille Cornu; France)

The Tumuk Humak Expedition

(Produced and directed by Freek de Goeje; distributed by Freek de Goeje; Netherlands)

Detached

(Produced by Olga Michi and Maksim Koveshnikov; directed by Vladimir Krivov; distributed by Natalia Blagova; Russia)

 

Best Cinematography (by Jury)

Pompeii: The Secret of the Villa of Civita Giuliana

(Produced by Stephane Milliere; directed by Thomas Marlier; distributed by Gedeon Programmes; France)

 

Honorable Mention for Cinematography (in order):

Mamody: The Last Baobab Digger

(Produced, directed and distributed by Cyrille Cornu; France)

The Mystery of the Cosquer Cave

(Produced by Stephane Milliere; directed by Marie Thiry; distributed by Gedeon Programmes; France)

Sagrada Familia: Gaudi's Challenge

 (Produced by Maya Lussier-Seguin, directed by Marc Jampolsky; distributed by Terranoa; France)

Beloved

(Produced by Elaheh Nobakht; directed by Yaser Talebi; distributed by Eli-Image; Iran)

 

Best Music (by Jury)

Music Sets You Free: A Story of Musical Notes, Imprisonment, Horrors, and Hopes

(Produced by Luigi Bertolo, directed by Alessandra Peralta; distributed by Rai Com; Italy)

 

Honorable Mention for Music (in order):

Run Raven Run

(Produced and directed by Michael Rainin; distributed by Rainpix, Inc.; USA)

Detached

(Produced by Olga Michi and Maksim Koveshnikov; directed by Vladimir Krivov; distributed by Natalia Blagova; Russia)

The Tumuk Humak Expedition

(Produced and directed by Freek de Goeje; distributed by Freek de Goeje; Netherlands)

The True Story of Pirates

(Produced by Valérie Guerin; directed by Stéphane Bégoin; distributed by Terranoa; France)

 

Most Inspirational (by Jury)

The Tumuk Humak Expedition

(Produced and directed by Freek de Goeje; distributed by Freek de Goeje; Netherlands)

 

Honorable Mention for Inspiration (in order):

Run Raven Run

(Produced and directed by Michael Rainin; distributed by Rainpix, Inc.; USA)

The Mystery of the Cosquer Cave

(Produced by Stephane Milliere; directed by Marie Thiry; distributed by Gedeon Programmes; France)

Persepolis - Chicago

(Produced and directed by Orod Attarpour; distributed by IRIB Media Trade; Iran)

Shepherds of the Earth

(Produced by Visa Koiso-Kanttila; directed by Iiris Härmä; distributed by The Finnish Film Foundation; Finland)

 

Special Mention (by Jury)

 

Mamody: The Last Baobab Digger

(Produced, directed and distributed by Cyrille Cornu; France)

for Excellent Environmental Awareness

 

The Mystery of the Cosquer Cave

(Produced by Stephane Milliere; directed by Marie Thiry; distributed by Gedeon Programmes; France)

for Excellent Dramatization of Global Warming

 

The New Whistlers of Aas

(Produced by Serge Houot; directed by Richard Martin-Jordan; distributed by Mara Films; France)

for Excellence in Cultural Preservation

  

Audience Favorite (by Festival audience)

Sagrada Familia: Gaudi's Challenge

(Produced by Maya Lussier-Seguin, directed by Marc Jampolsky; distributed by Terranoa; France)

 

Honorable Mention for Audience Favorite (in order):

Shepherds of the Earth

(Produced by Visa Koiso-Kanttila; directed by Iiris Härmä; distributed by The Finnish Film Foundation; Finland)

Beloved

(Produced by Elaheh Nobakht; directed by Yaser Talebi; distributed by Eli-Image; Iran)

Unpacking the Universe: The Making of an Exhibition

(Produced by Agnes Stauber; directed by Alexa Oona Schulz and Agnes Stauber; distributed by Los Angeles County Museum of Art; USA)

Pompeii: The Secret of the Villa of Civita Giuliana

(Produced by Stephane Milliere; directed by Thomas Marlier; distributed by Gedeon Programmes; France)

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