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Archeology Film Festival

Archeology Film Festival

International Archaeology Film Festival, Auditorium des MRAH, 10 Parc du Cinquantenaire,Brussels

There’s more to archeology than Indiana Jones and the festival will show the range and diversity of this quest to understand history. There are some debates as part of the festival, discussing the less attractive depictions of their profession as vandals and robbers. Timely, as the Greek government tries to recover the Elgin Marbles from the British Museum. Another major issue is the popularisation of history, by using CGI and dramatisation to bring the past to life.

Do these methods cheapen and debase the science? Can people tell the difference between fiction and fact? all of these issues have a relevance beyond scientific circles and should produce a lively and educational debate.

One film to look out for is Christian Frei’s The Giant Buddhas, a highly acclaimed documentary about the Bamiyan statues that watched over the Silk road for 1,500 years before being destroyed by the Taliban, an event that shocked the world and placed the Taliban beyond the acceptable. We learn more about this event, that took 20 days to achieve and also about the history and culture of the region.

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