Wildscreen programme of events now available26/08/2010

You can now view a daily schedule of the 150+ talks, debates, film screenings, training workshops and social events. Keep checking the Festival website over the coming weeks as we add more details of speakers, sessions and trade show exhibitors.
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Outline of Wildscreen's 2010 programme unveiled12/08/2010

The outline of the 2010 Wildscreen Festival programme has been launched. More than 150 events and film screenings will take place during the Festival week. You can now view each day's events on the Festival website. Keeping checking the page to see the latest speaker additions, session themes, and timings so you can get the best out of your time at Wildscreen.
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Wildscreen's early bird deadline extended until Friday13/07/2010

To register for October's Wildscreen Festival, book now at the festival website and save £135 off the normal price for another four days.
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Wildscreen early bird registration deadline approaches02/07/2010

If you are planning to attend the 2010 Wildscreen Festival you only have a week left to take advantage of the early bird delegate registration deadline and benefit from a £135 saving off the full delegate rate. Book your ticket now to take advantage of the early bird rate.
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Wildscreen 2010 finalists announced14/06/2010

We are delighted to unveil the names of the 58 productions that will compete for this year's coveted Panda Awards. It was another bumper year for the competition with 446 entries from 45 countries, with the new 'Best Short Film' category proving particularly popular. The 2010 Panda Awards will be presented at a gala awards ceremony held during the Festival week where 650 leading industry figures will gather together to celebrate and applaud the winning films.
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Panda Awards entry deadline extended30/03/2010

There's good news for those of you who missed the deadline for entering the Panda Awards: Wildscreen has formally extended the film entry deadline until Friday 9 April. Wildlife and environmental films from more than 40 countries have already been entered including from nations without an established tradition of wildlife filmmaking, such as Angola, Taiwan and Puerto Rico.
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Countdown to Wildscreen's film competition deadline22/03/2010

There are only five days left to enter your production into Wildscreen's prestigious Panda Awards. If you'd like the chance to be presented with one of Wildscreen's prestigious awards at the glittering Awards Ceremony during the Festival, complete the online film entry form at www.wildscreenfestival.org.
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Wildscreen's film entry deadline draws closer02/03/2010

Entries are continuing to flood in for this year's Panda Awards film competition but there are just over three weeks until the final deadline.

All films entered will be given a full listing in the Wildscreen delegate directory - the essential listings guide for the wildlife media industry - and will be available for viewing in the fully digitised videotheque throughout the Festival week.
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Wildscreen 2010 call for entries now open25/01/2010

The Wildscreen Festival is back, searching for the world's best wildlife and environmental films. Entries for the Festival's prestigious Panda Awards, dubbed the green OSCARS, will be welcomed from Monday 25 January until Friday 26 March.

In 2008, the Festival attracted 440 films from 43 countries: 62 productions were selected for viewing by the Final Jury and 22 prizes were awarded in fields as diverse as animal behaviour to campaigning, editing to newcomer. The 2010 awards will be presented at a gala Award Ceremony held during the Festival week where over 650 leading industry figures are gathered together to celebrate and applaud the winning films.

Full details of all the award categories and entry requirements can be found on the Wildscreen Festival website.
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Dates confirmed for 2010 Wildscreen Festival02/12/2009

We are proud to announce that our 15th Wildscreen Festival will take place in Bristol from Sunday 10th October until Friday 15th October 2010.

This internationally highly regarded and anticipated event attracts leading filmmakers and industry professionals as well as newcomers. It is the place to celebrate success in the wildlife filmmaking industry, find out about the latest developments as well as buy and sell films.

The Festival hosts a packed programme of screenings, debates, keynote lectures, workshops, masterclasses and networking events.

The centre point of the programme will be the glittering Panda Awards ceremony when the winners of the film competition are announced.

We will raise the curtain on our 2010 Festival in January, with the launch of the website and our call for film entries.
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