Archaeology Film Festivals/Events

1995

November 17-19
KINEON-Festival International du Film d'Art et d'Archéologie, Brussels
Asbl Kineon, 29 rue Wafelaerts, B-1060 Brussels, Belgium. Tel./Fax.(32.2) 538.6138.

Resumed the name, location, and mission of a previous festival, focusing on recent production about art and archaeology with an emphasis on education and good cinematography. November 1995 was the first new festival. A biennial schedule is anticipated in future, with the next festival to be held in 1997. Contact: Didier Dehon, President or Françoise Fontaine, Secretary.

1996

January 24-27
Festival du Film d’Archéologie d’Amiens
Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Archéologiques de la Somme (CIRAS), 5 rue Henri Daussy, 80044 Amiens, France. Tel.(33) 22.97.33.44. Fax.(33) 22.97.33.56.

Biennial festival of recent films on archaeology, organized by themes. Selective and pedagogic, parts of the program tour regional schools and cultural centers following the festival. The fourth festival featured sections on Roman and pre-Roman Italy, computer-assisted reconstructions, frozen tombs, and archaeology in the news. Established in 1990. Director: Tahar Ben Redjeb.

March 2-16
Immagini del Passato, Futuro Immaginato, Florence
Istituto francese di Firenze, Piazza d'Ognissanti 2, 50123 Florence, Italy. Tel.(39.55) 287521.

Franco-Italian cultural event consisting of two weeks of screenings and related talks presented by Istituto francese di Firenze with the collaboration of Archeologia Viva magazine and Concordia, a local cultural organization. Selective audiovisual programing is handled by Rassegna Internazionale del Cinema Archeologico di Rovereto (see below). The second year's program covered eight diversified archaeological topics, as well as an afternoon devoted to films about the restoration of paintings by three Italian early Renaissance masters. Established in 1994; an annual schedule is anticipated in future. Contact: Michel Pierre, Director, Istituto francese di Firenze.

April 22-28
CINARCHEA Internationales Archäologie-Film-Festival, Kiel
CINARCHEA, Preusserstrasse 1-9, D-24105 Kiel, Germany. Tel.(49.431) 56.04.78. Fax.(49.431) 56.61.43.

Biennial festival and scholarly conference on recent films about archaeology. Focuses on recent international production, previous international prize winners, notable older productions, and experimental archaeology. In addition, the second festival included special sections focusing on early moving image devices (accompanied by an exhibition) and the presentation of a new restored version of Nosferatu, both in honor of the centenary of the cinema. Established in 1994. Director: Kurt Denzer.

May 30-June 2
AGON, International Meeting of Archaeological Film, Athens
c/o Archaiologia. 4a Karytsi Square, 102 37 Athens, Greece. Tel.(30.1) 3312.990. Fax.(30.1) 3312.991.

New biennial festival focusing on short films about archaeology in the Mediterranean region from prehistory to modern times. The first festival included daytime programming of films about archaeology in competition. Evenings were devoted to documentaries about other aspects of Mediterranean culture. Plans for 1998 should be in place by April 1997. Contact: Anna Lambraki-Simirioti, Editor.

September 10-15
Archeofilmfest - Rassegna Internazionale del Film Archeologico, Forlì
Athena File (formerly Athena S.C.r.l.), c/o A.B.A.C.O. srl, via S. Marchesi 12, 47100 Forlì, Italy. Tel.(39.543) 35.494. Fax.(39.543) 35.805

Festival of recent films about archaeology held annually from 1990-1994. The sixth festival, to be held concurrently with the UISPP meetings and the separate Archeoexpo [see below], will feature a section on pre- and protohistory. A roundtable on the relationship between archaeology and cinema is planned on the afternoon of the 15th. Director: Roberto Penza.

September 11-15
Archeoexpo - UISPP Salone Internazionale dell'Audiovisivo in Archeologia, Forlì
Athena File, c/o A.B.A.C.O. srl, via S. Marchesi 12, 47100 Forlì, Italy. Tel.(39.543) 35.494. Fax.(39.543) 35.805.

Sidebar at the 13th Congress of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP), held every five years in a different location. For the first time, the 1996 Congress will include an audiovisual market and exhibition with non-stop screenings on pre- and protohistory, sales and demonstration facilities equipped for video, videodiscs, and CD-ROMs. Organizer: Roberto Penza, Athena File.

October 8-11
Rassegna Internazionale del Cinema Archeologico, Rovereto
Museo Civico, Largo S. Caterina 43, 38068 Rovereto (TN), Italy. Tel.(39.464) 439.055. Fax.(39.464) 439.487.

Annual festival of recent films on archaeology, organized by themes. In honor of the Unesco's 50th anniversary, the seventh festival will focus on the preservation and appreciation of archaeological sites and artifacts with a special section on ancient Rome. A popular section on international news reports about the field continues into its third year. Established in 1990. Entry deadline: May 15. Director: Dario Di Blasi.

October 21-27
ICRONOS Semaine Internationale du Film Archéologique, Bordeaux
Association du Festival International du Film Archéologique (AFIFA), 20 Quai de la Monnaie, 33300 Bordeaux, France. Tel.(33) 56.94.22.20. Fax.(33) 56.94.27.87 or (33) 56.39.29.66.

Biennial festival of recent films on archaeology, partly organized around a theme, which serves as centerpiece of a week-long, regional archaeology awareness program. Theme for fifth festival in 1996 is Asia Minor. Established in 1988. Entry deadline: April 30. Director: Philippe Dorthe.

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