The Wildscreen Festival
is internationally acknowledged as the most prestigious event of its kind
in the world. Its aim is to celebrate, applaud and encourage excellence,
and responsibility, in wildlife and environmental filmmaking - films which
increase the global viewing public's understanding of the natural world,
and the need to conserve it.
Founded
by Sir Peter Scott in 1982, and held biennially in Bristol ever since, the festival
attracts many hundreds of international delegates from the worldwide film and
television industry, academic institutions, conservation campaigns and statutory
and voluntary environmental organisations.
The delegates are drawn
to Bristol by a week-long programme of screenings, debates, keynote lectures,
workshops, masterclasses and networking events, culminating in the Panda Awards
Ceremony - wildlife film's equivalent of Hollywood's 'Oscars'.
In addition,
the festival is a crucial market-place, where completed films are bought and sold,
where new commissions and contracts are awarded and where fresh ideas and skills
are traded.
Wildscreen takes place in association with WWF-UK. As befits its international
standing, the festival is backed by many world-famous corporations - among
them, broadcasters and film-makers, such as the BBC, FIVE and Granada;
camera manufacturers, Sony and Panasonic; scientific institutions such
as The Natural History Museum and The Save Our Seas Foundation, as well
as businesses with a growing awareness of their environmental responsibilities,
such as CEMEX and Shell.
The next festival takes place in October 2008. For up-to-date information visit the Festival website: www.wildscreenfestival.org
PANDA AWARD WINNER 2006
Cherub of the Mist
(Ajay and Viijay Bedi)
