Wildscreen, the not-for-profit behind the world’s biggest gathering of the wildlife film, TV and content industry, the Wildscreen Festival, has announced that next year’s event, slated for 19-22 October 2026, will move 12 miles down the road to the historic city of Bath, a World Heritage Site. Alongside Bristol, the home of the Wildscreen Festival … Read more
Wildscreen has announced Maun, Botswana, as the location for its third African-based Wildscreen Festival. BBC Studios Natural History Unit are Headline Sponsor once again and Botswana Ignite is the in-country partner. The two-day event runs 12-13th June in Maun, the gateway to the Okavango Delta. It builds upon the BBC NHU’s collaboration with Wildscreen on … Read more
Wildscreen, the UK not-for-profit behind the Wildscreen Festival, the world’s biggest wildlife film and TV Festival, opens its call for entries for its world-renowned Panda Awards. This also marks the competition’s move to an annual event, for the first time in the organisations 43-year history. This year’s Awards will see the introduction of three new … Read more
Wildscreen has launched its first short film fund in partnership with On the Edge, to catalyse new and creative projects by emerging filmmakers to bring new perspectives and fresh approaches to the natural history filmmaking genre. The fund will provide grants of up to £15,000 to 6 emerging filmmakers or teams, to produce new, innovative, … Read more
The first ever Wildscreen Festival Nairobi debuted on 30th June and 1st July to an overwhelmingly positive reception, showcasing talent from across the continent. Delivered in partnership with Headline Sponsor BBC Studios Natural History Unit, over 230 people attended the two-day event held in Nairobi, Kenya. The first of its kind, delegates from across the industry … Read more
The introduction of the Festival Global Hubs will offer the opportunity for storytellers and change makers based in global natural history content hotspots to be part of the Festival. Headline Festival Sponsor, BBC Studios Natural History Unit, is supporting the Nairobi hub, Principal Sponsor Save our Seas Foundation is supporting the Cape Town edition, with our final hub based … Read more
Canon UK and Ireland is to exhibit at Wildscreen Festival in Bristol from 10th to 14th October 2022 showcasing its latest products in-front of an audience of wildlife filmmakers and broadcasters. As one of the biggest events in the calendar for wildlife film and TV, Canon will be taking along an array of its latest products including … Read more
Wildscreen Festival 2022 has announced a series of exclusive film premieres, screenings and director Q&As for its 40th edition on 10 – 15 October in Bristol. Screenings include industry premieres of The Letter and Frozen Planet II, Episode 6, a UK premiere of Lynx, an international premiere of Jaguaretê and a world premiere of I Am … Read more
Wildscreen Festival has announced the programme for their 2022 event, which will explore “The Future of Natural World Storytelling for a Better Planet” with the BBC Studios Natural History Unit as Headline Sponsor. The star-studded lineup includes Imogen Heap, Pattie Gonia, Chief Dadȧ and Steve Backshall among many other agents of change, to provide an inclusive platform for the LGTBQIA+, indigenous and … Read more
Wildscreen Festival have announced more speakers for this year’s festival, including one of their many impressive headline speakers, Tom McDonald, EVP of global and factual for National Geographic. Wildscreen Festival 2022 Headline Speaker McDonald oversees a broad slate of programming from Documentary to Investigation, History to Natural History for National Geographic & Disney +. Previously, … Read more
Wildscreen has announced the nominees for the Wildscreen Panda Awards 2022 – the highest honour in the international natural world storytelling industry – for its 40th anniversary edition. One of the standout productions with 5 nominations is feature film My Garden of a Thousand Bees. The Passion Planet production is in the running for the … Read more
Wildscreen opens its call for entries for the world-renowned Panda Awards and innovative Official Selection competitions. Not only will 2022 see the first ever hybrid edition of the Festival but it also marks the 40th birthday of the Wildscreen Festival. “Despite unprecedented challenges over the past two years, our community of global storytellers have demonstrated … Read more