Arkhaios Film Festival and Movie Cosplay Contest

Name: Arkhaios Film Festival and Movie Cosplay Contest
Start: 2024-10-19T16:00:00-05:00
Location: 6050 USA Drive South, Mobile, AL, United States, Alabama 36688

Schedule

Sat Oct 19 2024 at 04:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

6050 USA Drive South, Mobile, AL, United States, Alabama 36688 | Mobile, AL

Neanderthal: The First Artist-52 mins.
Watch the Trailer: https://vimeo.com/998896202/aad5e1a654
Director Thibaud Marchand, Producers Christie and Agnès Molia, (France)
It was 30,000 years ago that art was born, from the mind and hands of our ancestor Homo Sapiens.
But in Touraine, a recent discovery could shake theses certainties. At the bottom of an unknown cave, La Roche Cotard, prehistorians have identified surprising engravings. When do these unique lines date from? Are they the work of Homo Sapiens? Or could they have been made by another, more ancient human species, Neanderthals? These mysterious engravings that could overturn what we thought we knew about the origins of art.
Diving Into History-33 mins.
Watch the Trailer: https://vimeo.com/917582796/e2fa502961
Director/Producer Michael Pitts, Michael Pitts Limited, (England)
The United Kingdom’s Protected Wrecks Act of 1973 that was introduced to protect historically
important shipwrecks from plunders and unwarranted salvage is of huge importance to the nation's
maritime heritage. Diving into History celebrates the work of maritime archaeologists, the licensees and volunteers that help enforce the act around the coastal waters of England.
BYBLOS Revealed-52 mins.
Watch the Trailer: https://vimeo.com/998914152/867dfbb7ea
Director Philippe Aractingi, (France)
"Thanks to the many successive excavations carried out on the site, we thought we knew everything
about Byblos, Lebanon's emblematic ancient city. But a few years ago, a team of Franco-Lebanese archaeologists opened a new site in a previously unexplored area. They have made a discovery that is as unexpected as it is exceptional: an immense Bronze Age necropolis, untouched for almost 4,000 years."

Movie Cosplay Contest
On Saturday, Oct. 19, during the Film Fest, there will be a Movie Cosplay Contest with prizes for best Archaeology-themed cosplay and Best Overall Cosplay. Please pay registration ($10) on arrival to enter the contest.