SCREEN BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Entries being accepted for Ashland film festival The 2007 Ashland Independent Film Festival - scheduled to be held April 12-16 - is now accepting entries from filmmakers working in all genres, themes and lengths. Films must have been completed after Jan. 1, 2005, to be eligible. Movies can be entered through the Web site, www.withoutabox.com, or through the festival Web site at www.ashlandfilm.org. The final deadline is Dec. 15. Archaeology archaeology (ärkēŏl`əjē) [Gr.,=study of beginnings], a branch of anthropology that seeks to document and explain continuity and change and similarities and differences among human cultures. films visit Turkey, Turkmenistan Program IV of the Best of the Archaeology Film and Video Festival shows at 7:30 p.m. today at the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → , 110 W. Broadway. This weekend's screening features highlights from last year's Best of the Archaeology Film and Video Festival. The films include: "The Secrets of the Karakoum," about archaeologists Archaeology is a discipline that was virtually unknown until the 19th century. Archaeology, originally an amateur pastime, is becoming increasingly popular, and it is now possible for archaeologists to become minor celebrities as a result of media exposure. from three different countries laboring to unearth an ancient city in Turkmenistan. "Queen of the Mountain," a film about a deaf archeologist named Theresa Goell who led the excavation excavation In archaeology, the exposure, recording, and recovery of buried material remains. The techniques employed vary by the type of site, but all forms of archaeological excavation require great skill and careful preparation. of an important burial burial, disposal of a corpse in a grave or tomb. The first evidence of deliberate burial was found in European caves of the Paleolithic period. Prehistoric discoveries include both individual and communal burials, the latter indicating that pits or ossuaries were site in southeastern Turkey. Tickets are $6. The 2007 festival is scheduled for May at the McDonald Theatre. For more information, call 344-3482. Democracy will reign with DIVA cult cult, ritual observances involved in worship of, or communication with, the supernatural or its symbolic representations. A cult includes the totality of ideas, activities, and practices associated with a given divinity or social group. program The audience will have five classic and cult film titles to choose from at 7 p.m. Saturday at the latest installment of DIVA's Viewer's Choice program. Described by organizers as "choose your own film adventure," the series allows viewers to select the evening's film screening. Local filmmaker Henry Weintraub (formerly the host of the Odd Sunday Film Seminar) will oversee the event. Admission is free. A donation is suggested. - The Register-Guard |
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