Tue, May 19, 2009 - 6:30pm
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Wed, May 20, 2009 - 6:20pm
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Thu, May 21, 2009 - 6:20pm
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Fri, May 22, 2009 - 6:20pm
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Sat, May 23, 2009 - 10:50am
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Sat, May 23, 2009 - 3:00pm
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The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival
Location: Soreng Theater
Presented by The Archaeological Legacy Institute
The only festival of its type in the Western Hemisphere, The Archaeology Channel (TAC) International Film and Video Festival is a juried international competition in the heritage film genre. In its sixth year, the annual festival features films about archaeology, indigenous cultures and the timeless world of human culture. *A special attraction this year is internationally recognized speaker, Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary-General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities and Egypt's chief archaeologist. TAC Festival is the American counterpart to popular European archaeological and cultural film festivals and brings to Eugene the world's best films on ancient cultures, archaeology and indigenous peoples.
Individual Festival session tickets available online.
Ticket package prices available. Call Ticket Office for package info and purchase. Phone 541-682-5000.
*World-renowned Egyptian archaeologist, Fadel Gad, will replace Dr. Zahi Hawass. Visa restrictions imposed by the Canadian government prevented Dr. Hawass from coming to Eugene. Please see News Release below the listing of Schedule of Events.
Photo of keynote speaker, Dr. Zahi Hawass
TAC Festival 2009
Film Screening Schedule
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
6:30 pm Opening Ceremony
6:50-8:11 Guédelon: The First Ten Years (Germany)
8:18-9:11 Uncle Sem and the Bosnian Dream (Italy)
9:18-9:48 The Passion of Memory: Arslantepe, Turkey (Italy)
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
6:20 pm Introductions
6:30-8:27 Breaking the Maya Code (USA)
8:34-9:27 Island Home Country (Australia)
9:27-9:41 The Antikythera Mechanism: Decoding an Ancient Greek Mystery (UK)
Thursday, May 21, 2009
6:20 pm Introductions
6:30-7:24 From Grief and Joy We Sing (USA)
7:31-8:19 From Honey to Ashes (USA)
8:26-9:14 Timbuktu (USA)
9:21-9:47 Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum (UK)
Friday, May 22, 2009
6:20 pm Introductions
6:30-7:23 The Last Romans (Belgium)
7:30-8:25 Secrets of the Parthenon (USA)
8:32-9:32 Keynote Address by Dr. Zahi Hawass
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Session 1:
10:50 pm Introductions
11:00-11:53 The Mummy Who Came In From the Cold (France)
12:00-12:53 The Twilight of the Celts (Switzerland)
1:00-1:53 Borneo: The Memory of Caves (France)
1:53-3:00 Lunch Break
Session 2:
3:00-3:53 Rapayan (Canada)
4:00-4:53 Twilight of a Land (Canada)
5:00-5:48 Guge: The Lost Kingdom of Tibet (Singapore)
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Ticket package prices available. Call Ticket Office for package info and purchase. Phone 541-682-5000.
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NEWS RELEASE
May 21, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Richard Pettigrew, Archaeological Legacy Institute (541) 345-5538 or RPettigrew@aol.com
ALTERNATE EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGIST TO SPEAK AT TAC FILM FESTIVAL
Eugene, OR . . . Fadel Gad will replace Zahi Hawass, world-renowned Egyptian archaeologist, as Keynote Speaker for the 2009 edition of The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival. Organized by Eugene nonprofit Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI), this event is scheduled for May 19-23, 2009, in Eugene’s Hult Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Gad will deliver his address on Friday evening, May 22, 2009, in the Soreng Theater. Although not as well known as Dr. Hawass, Fadel Gad is an experienced Egyptian archaeologist who worked with Hawass in Egypt for 11 years, was a colleague of him at Cairo University and maintains close ties with him.
The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival features some of the world’s best films and videos on archaeology and indigenous peoples, as well as presentations by leading authorities in the field of archaeology. "Visa restrictions imposed by the Canadian
government prevented Dr. Hawass from boarding his flight in Frankfurt," said Richard Pettigrew, President and Executive Director of ALI, “ but his good friend Fadel Gad, who resides in Los Angeles, luckily enough for us was already planning to be in Eugene for the Festival. He graciously offered to fill in for his colleague and no doubt will deliver an exciting talk about Egyptian archaeology.” For TAC Festival 2009, producers from 25 countries worldwide submitted 87 film entries to the Festival, from which 18 have been chosen for the competition on the big screen in the Soreng Theater.
Fadel Gad (M.A., Egyptian Archaeology and Art, Cairo University,1981) is the owner of Joy Travel International and the executive producer of TV features and feature films relating to Egyptian archaeology. His more recent feature film is “Spiritual Warriors,” produced in 2007. With his company, Joy Travel International, he leads tours and lecture series on Egypt, where he has guided groups from UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Duke University, the Japanese parliament, and the American National Press Club, among others. His field research experience includes work at Egyptian sites such as Giza; the Monastery of Abu Henes in Upper Egypt; the early Coptic Christian monastery of Kellia; and Fustat, the first Arab capital of Egypt. His presentation at TAC Festival will focus on the topic, “Egyptian Civilization from the Pharaohs to the Arabs.”
ALI produces The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org/), a leading streaming-media Web site with programming on archaeology and indigenous peoples and an audience of several million people. The Festival is one of approximately ten competitions in the world featuring archaeology films and the only one in the Western Hemisphere. Full information about the Festival is posted on the Web at http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml.
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