Friends and colleagues: The competitive results of this year's edition of 
The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival are posted at 
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/film/filmawards_06.html.

The Festival, which took place March 7-11, featured many of the world's best 
films and videos on archaeology and indigenous peoples, as well as an 
in-person presentation ("Chaco Canyon: America's Stonehenge") by leading 
author and archaeologist Dr. Brian Fagan.  Producers and distributors from 
15 countries worldwide submitted 56 film entries to the Festival, of which 
17 films from 7 countries were screened in front of the McDonald Theatre 
audience.  Awards are listed in three categories: Best Film (by jury), Best 
Use of Animation (by jury), and Audience Favorite, as well as a Special 
Mention Award designated by the Festival jury.  The biggest winner of the 
event was Queen of the Mountain (produced by Martha Goell Lubell), which was 
the Audience Favorite as well as Best Film as chosen by the Festival jury.

Next year's edition of TAC Festival will take place May 1-5, 2007, at the 
same venue and will feature Dr. Louise Leakey as Keynote Speaker.  
Information on this event will be posted at 
http://www.archaeologychannel.org/content/TACfestival.shtml.

TAC Festival is a companion program to our nonprofit streaming-media Web 
site, The Archaeology Channel (http://www.archaeologychannel.org).  These 
resources are available for your use and enjoyment.  We urge you to support 
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visitor-supported programming.  We also welcome new content partners as we 
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Richard M. Pettigrew, Ph.D., RPA
President and Executive Director
Archaeological Legacy Institute
http://www.archaeologychannel.org