The 2026 edition of The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival wrapped in Eugene, Oregon, with a collection of films celebrating cultural memory, archeology and artistic traditions from around the world.
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The Archaeology Channel’s International Film and Video Festival is the only international competition for this genre in the entire Western Hemisphere! Archaeological Legacy Institute is based in Eugene, Oregon, and organized to share the human cultural heritage widely through the use of cutting-edge technology. ALI’s principal project is The Archaeology Channel , a streaming-media Web site featuring video and audio programs on the human past and indigenous peoples and reaching an audience of 250,000 visitors monthly.
Archaeology Channel International Film Festival, The started in 1999 and takes place in Eugene, Oregon, USA
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The Archaeology Channel Film Festival Reveals 2026 Award Winners, Oya Wins Best Film
Oya: The Unique Art of Anatolian Women, by Sevinç Baloğlu (screenshot)
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Glenda Hambley’s ‘Homeland Story’ Wins Best Film by Jury at The Archaeology Channel Film Festival
Homeland Story Homeland Story directed by Glenda Hambley took the top jury award, Best Film by Jury, at the 2024 The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival. This film focuses on the Donydji, a small Indigenous homeland in North East Arnhem Land in the far north of Australia. It charts the Donydji community’s transition from nomadic life to the digital age, starting in the 1960s and all the way to the present day. This is a moving and representative portrait of one family’s struggle to preserve their culture and remain on their homeland despite the severe obstacles they face: sub-standard education, deplorable service delivery, lack of job opportunities for youth, inadequate government policy, bureaucratic mismanagement, and pressure from mining interests.
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21st The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival Unveils Lineup of Cultural Heritage Films
A Bronze Halberd: A Symbol of Civilizational Change directed by Krzysztof Paluszyński The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival returns with some of the world’s best cultural heritage films for its 21st annual edition in Eugene, Oregon from May 15th to the 19th, 2024
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The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival Unveils 20th Anniversary Edition Lineup
Run Raven Run directed by Michael Rainin The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival return for its 20th anniversary edition in Eugene, Oregon from May 17th to 21st, 2023. The five-day event offers film screenings, feature expert speakers and the TAC Conference on Cultural Heritage Media.
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The Archaeology Channel Film Festival 2022 Announces Winners, SONGS OF WATER SPIRITS Wins Best Film
Songs of the Water Spirits directed by Nicolò Bongiorno The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival which took place May 11-15, featuring many of the world’s best films on archaeology and cultural heritage announced the award winners with the top jury award (Best Film by Jury) going to Songs of the Water Spirits directed by Nicolò Bongiorno. Songs of the Water Spirits highlights the struggle in the Ladakh region of northern India to preserve traditional cultural identity and a pristine environment without withdrawing into a shell, giving value to the incentives of a modernity that does not imply a cultural mutation. This film shows how brave and visionary minds are working to overcome this conflict by proposing a virtuous mediation.
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19th The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival Announces Lineup of 19 Films
Burren Girl by Rita Davern The 19th annual edition of the The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival will run from May 11th to the 15th, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon, offering film screenings and also feature expert speakers, a guided tour and TAC Conference on Cultural Heritage Media.
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The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival Reveals 19 Films on 2022 Lineup
Raymond Lewis: L.A. Legend Lane County’s longest-running film festival, The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival, opens its 19th annual edition on May 11th with the Festival Banquet at the Gordon Hotel in Eugene, Oregon. This edition represents another step in the growth of this event that brings international prestige to the local community.
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‘Riddle of the Bones: Gender Revolution’ Wins Best Film at The Archaeology Channel Film Festival 2021
Riddle of the Bones: Gender Revolution directed by Birgit Tanner and Carsten Gutschmidt The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival 2021 which took place June 23-27, featured many of the world’s best films on archaeology and cultural heritage, as well as in-person presentations by Jaime Bach, an anthropologist and archaeologist who played a key role in the search for Amelia Earhart.
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The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival Announces 2021 Lineup of 30 Films
No Roses on a Sailor’s Grave The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival opens its 18th annual edition on May 12th at the Oregon Electric Station in Eugene, Oregon. The five-day event offers film screenings and will also feature expert speakers, a guided tour, TAC Conference on Cultural Heritage Media, a TAC Conference symposium on the search for Amelia Earhart and possibly other symposia, and a Saturday social gathering, and will conclude with an awards reception on May 16th.
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The Archaeology Channel Film Festival 2020 Announces Awards Winners
Neandertal: The Mystery of the Bruniquel Cave directed by Luc-Henri Fage The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival 2020 which screened the films online after plans for all public Festival gatherings were dropped due to the COVID-19 pandemic announced the winners.
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Archaeology Channel International Film Festival Announces 2019 Awards, CONFUCIUS Wins Best Film
Confucius directed by Hugo Mac Grégor (via screengrab) After featuring many of the world’s best films on archaeology and cultural heritage, the competitive results are now available for 2019 The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival, for which films were screened the at The Shedd Institute in Eugene, Oregon.
