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The Wildscreen Festival is internationally acknowledged as the most influential and 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.

The Wildscreen Festival first took place in Bristol in 1982. Since then, every two years, Bristol has played host to hundreds of international delegates from the wildlife media industry. People come to the event to learn about latest developments, as well as to compete in the Panda Awards, nicknamed the green OSCARS®. Delegates are drawn to Bristol by the week-long programme of screenings, debates, keynote lectures, workshops, masterclasses and networking events. In addition, the Festival is a crucial marketplace, where films are bought and sold, where new commissions and contracts are awarded and where fresh ideas and skills are traded.

As befits its international standing, the Festival is backed by many world-famous corporations - among them, broadcasters and filmmakers, such as the BBC, Animal Planet and Parthenon; 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.

The next Wildscreen Festival will run from Sunday 14 – Friday 19 October 2012. To keep up-to-date with Festival news and to be the first to know about the launch of the 2012 Panda Awards competition, please visit the Festival website www.wildscreenfestival.org and sign up to our e-newsletter.