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The Archaeology Channel
International Film and Video Festival
May 20-24, 2008, Soreng Theater, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, Oregon, USA

 

Exploring the human cultural legacy on screen!

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Hult Center for the Performing Arts
Hult Center for the Performing Arts

  • 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

    Daily Screening Schedule
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  • 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) Thomas Weidenbach and Andreas Voigt (SEPPIA)
    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 will include a guided trip to Cascadia Cave, Native American Storytelling by Esther Stutzman and our Symposium on Heritage Film.

    Guided Trek to Cascadia Cave

    Native American Storytelling

    Symposium on Heritage Film

  • Ticket prices:
    Ticket package prices available only by calling direct to the Ticket Office. Phone 541-682-5000.
    Individual Festival session tickets available online at the Hult Center Ticket Office
    All seats reserved; no general admission.
    5-day film and video ticket package, May 20-24 @ $70 each ($60 before April 1)
    1-day ticket Tuesday evening, May 20 @ $12 each
    1-day ticket Wednesday evening, May 21 @ $12 each
    1-day ticket Thursday evening, May 22 @ $12 each
    Wednesday-Thursday ticket package $20 each
    1-day ticket Friday evening, May 23 @ $12 each
    1-session ticket Saturday, Session 1 (10:50 am – 1:08 pm), May 24 @ $12 each
    1-session ticket Saturday, Session 2 (2:08– 5:35 pm), May 24 (including Keynote Address by Dr. Donny George), @ $25 each ($30 for orchestra seating)
    All-day Saturday ticket package $30 each ($35 for orchestra seating)
    Students (High School and younger) $5 each for daily or session ticket




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