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| Founded | December 1987 (1987-12) |
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| Founder | |
| Type | Registered charity |
| Registration no. | 299450 |
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| Area served | Global |
| Key people | Lucie Muir (Director) |
| Website | https://wildscreen.org/ |
Wildscreen is a wildlife conservation charity based in Bristol, England.
The charity was founded in December 1987 from a trust which had operated since 1982, with the initial aim of encouraging and applauding excellence in the production of natural history films and television. The founders included Sir Peter Scott and Christopher Parsons OBE, former Head of the BBC Natural History Unit.
Wildscreen Film Festival
| Location | Bristol, England |
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| Founded | 1982 (1982) |
| Awards | Wildscreen Panda Awards Wildscreen Official Selection |
| Hosted by | Wildscreen |
| Website | https://wildscreen.org/festival |
The Wildscreen Festival is the world's leading international festival about nature films. It is held biennially in October in Bristol, England.
The festival began in 1982. In 1994, it merged with a biennial wildlife symposium, previously held in the neighbouring city of Bath. At Wildscreen Festival wildlife filmmakers and broadcasters from different parts of the world met to view the latest productions, discuss issues of mutual interest, exchange ideas and compete for the Panda Awards.
Over the years since then the festival has significantly expanded its scale and content and the charity has also enlarged its remit, including by launching Arkive (now Wildscreen ARK), a centralised collection of films and photographs of endangered species.
Wildscreen Festival 2024
The most recent festival took place on 14-18 October 2024. In it’s 42nd year, the fully hybrid event celebrated and advanced natural world storytelling. The Panda Awards included two new categories; the Children’s Award sponsored by Wildscreen ARK, an online nature inspiration hub for young people. Additionally a there was a Special Recognition Award for Field Craft, which highlighted the essential role of local in-country field crew within the natural history genre.
Wildscreen Festival Nairobi 2023
Wildscreen Festival Nairobi was the their first outside-of-UK festival, in Nairobi, Africa. The two-day event in July 2023 brought talent and storytellers from around the world to Kenya’s capital, as part of the organisation’s mission to help create a more inclusive industry.
Wildscreen Festival Tanzania 2024
Continuing from the success of Wildscreen Festival Nairobi 2023, the second instalment of Wildscreens presence in Africa culminated in Wildscreen Festival Tanzania held in Arusha June 2024. The festival programme included workshops, masterclasses, networking, and WildPitch Tanzania.
Wildscreen Festival 2020
In preparation for the 2020 edition of the festival, Wildscreen announced the launch of the newly revamped Panda Awards, the highest honour in the global wildlife and environmental film industry. The 2020 festival will also feature an Official Selection screening programme and a new award to recognise best practice in sustainable production. David Allen, multi award-winning filmmaker, was also announced as Final Jury Chair.
The 2020 edition of the industry Festival takes place 19–23 October 2020 in Bristol, UK. The Official Selection screening programme will take place between 17 and 25 October and be open to both industry and public audiences
Panda Awards
For 2020, the Panda Awards will recognise talent in the following categories; Cinematography, Editing, Emerging Talent (in both film and photography), Music, Photo Story, Producer/Director, Production Team, Scripted Narrative, Series and Sound. There will also be a new Sustainable Production award.
Official Selection
To recognise the broad range of talent and creative storytellers, Wildscreen introduced an Official Selection competition for 2020.
Other initiatives and Events
WildPhotos 2024
Taking place in October 2024, WildPhotos was a one day hybrid event held in Bristol, celebrating some of the worlds best wildlife photographers. Wildscreen partnered with the Natural History Museum, London’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year to host this photography symposium .
Science in Storytelling 2024
Taking place in Bristol, the new one day event launched in March 2024 . The day included a series of discussion panels, Q&A's, talks and networking, and brought together a diverse community of scientists and storytellers .
Arkive and Wildscreen Exchange
A physical collection of images, footage and information was started, which went online in 2003. This resource has grown to include over 16,000 species profiles and 100,000 images and videos from over 7,500 of the world's filmmakers, photographers and scientists. Arkive also contains topic pages that focus on various conservation issues, geographical regions and biological subjects. Arkive was used by over a million people around the world each month.
In May 2015 Wildscreen launched their newest initiative, Wildscreen Exchange. This conservation initiative provides conservation organisations with access to images, videos and expertise. Wildscreen Exchange contains over 28,000 images and many hours of video that are being used all over the world for campaigns, education resources, community outreach, fundraising and online.
Management
Wildscreen is a registered charity under English law, governed by a board of 10 independent trustees, chaired by Laura Marshall, Co-Founder and CEO of Icon Films. The chief executive is Lucie Muir, appointed in 2015.
Wildscreen is a founder member of the Bristol Natural History Consortium, set up in 2004.
Patrons
- HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- David Attenborough, Naturalist, broadcaster
- Dr Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer
- Professor E. O. Wilson, Harvard University
- Dr George McGavin, Oxford University
References
- ^ WildScreen Annual Review 2010. Wildscreen. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Wildscreen – About". Retrieved 12 July 2011.
- Slade, Caroline (14 October 2012). "Wildscreen Festival, preview". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- "Wildscreen/ARKive, UK". Sterna. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
- "Arkive". Wildscreen. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- "Wildscreen ARK". wildscreenark.org. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ televisual.com; Creamer, Jon (23 January 2024). "Wildscreen Festival 2024 opens call for entries". Televisual. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ televisual.com; Creamer, Jon (23 January 2024). "Wildscreen Festival 2024 opens call for entries". Televisual. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- "BBC Studios Natural History Unit and Wildscreen team up for first-ever Wildscreen Festival in Africa". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- ^ "Wildscreen Tanzania". AFRISOS - African School Of Storytelling. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- "OUR INSIGHTS FROM WILDSCREEN FESTIVAL TANZANIA 2024 IN ARUSHA, TANZANIA - AFO". 3 July 2024. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- "Wildscreen evolves Panda Awards and introduces Official Selection for 2020". Wildscreen. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
- "Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Wildscreen partner to host WildPhotos – a celebration of the world's best nature photography". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- "WildPhotos". Wildscreen. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- "Science in Storytelling". Wildscreen. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- televisual.com; Creamer, Jon (27 February 2024). "Speakers named for Wildscreen's Science in Storytelling". Televisual. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- "Wildscreen conservation charity uses colocation to preserve endangered species media library". Computer Weekly. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- "Wildscreen, registered charity no. 299450". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- "Our People". Wildscreen. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- "Laura Marshall | Producer, Executive". IMDb. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
- http://www.conservationphotographers.org. "International League of Conservation Photographers,". iLCP. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
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