Many in Highland Park and around the world have enjoyed the Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival in years past, led by local resident, Jean Guilleux. The Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival is in its 8th year, but for the first time a virtual festival, for obvious reasons. Arkhaios is an educational event to showcase the discovery of past cultures gained from ethnological or archaeological research, and illustrated by documentary films. A free festival presenting films from around the world, half of them for the first time in the USA ! It is a juried competition, covering World Heritage, Local Heritage (SC & PA), and Underwater Archaeology. Twenty-five films will be presented at the festival, which can be screened during the whole week from the comfort of your home, Monday October 5, 9am EST, to Sunday October 11, 11:59pm EST, with the Awards announced Saturday October 10 at 5 pm. The program is composed of the Arkhaios Official Selection (14 films in competition) and Selected Registered Films (11 films out of competition). The audience has a chance to vote on-line for the Audience Favorite Film award. The festival site is accessed by going to: https://arkhaiosfilmfestival2020.eventive.org/welcome <https://arkhaiosfilmfestival.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=34e0a84d2a22ac54c27cd0224&id=829860b58f&e=60f3e3247a> The festival is free and requires a one-time registration. Each film is accessed by unlocking the film, and pressing "Watch now". Pre-registration on the festival site will start on 9/26/2020. In the meantime, enjoy a cursory look at the Official Selection films trailers. Here is a link to the snappy festival trailer: https://vimeo.com/457365979 <https://vimeo.com/457365979> The Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Events corporation is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization producing the Arkhaios Film Festivals in South Carolina, and in Pennsylvania. The multi-day Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival is an annual juried competition, part of the annual States Archaeology Month. It is free, open to the public, and is an educational event showcasing the discovery of past cultures often gained from archaeological research and illustrated through documentary films. The Arkhaios Film Festival is sponsored in South Carolina by the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) and the Department of Anthropology of the University of South Carolina, the Greater Piedmont Chapter of The Explorers Club, and private individual donations, and in Pennsylvania by the Department of Anthropology of the University of Pittsburgh, and the Allegheny Chapter #1 of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology. Information is available at: http://www.arkhaiosfilmfestival.org/ <https://arkhaiosfilmfestival.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=34e0a84d2a22ac54c27cd0224&id=8a309219cc&e=5f7ab22a24>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArkhaiosFilmFestival <https://arkhaiosfilmfestival.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=34e0a84d2a22ac54c27cd0224&id=22178d5ca0&e=5f7ab22a24> For more information, contact Arkhaios Film Festival info@arkhaiosfilmfestival.org <mailto:info@arkhaiosfilmfestival.org>.
