Wildscreen Festival 2024
The biggest global gathering of natural world storytellers.
Hybrid Edition // 14-18 October
Wildscreen Festival is our world-leading international festival, held biennially, which celebrates and advances natural world storytelling. In it’s 42nd year, we provided a fully hybrid festival to all our delegates with headliners, masterclasses, screenings and more available in person in Bristol, UK and online via our exclusive Wildscreen Festival platform.
Post-Festival Online Passes
Our Online Pass gives you post-festival access to our delegate app, allowing you to catch up and watch back live streams of dozens of sessions from this year’s festival including Headliners, Masterclasses, Decision Maker Clinics and more!
PLUS access our full film library of this year’s Official Selection and Panda Award Nominees. That’s over 60 natural history films and episodes at your fingertips!
Tickets start at just £25!
2024 Festival Report
In its 42nd year, Wildscreen Festival 2024 saw 2055 delegates come togeather from 62 countries around the world.
With an increase in the breath and depth of subjects and themes covered in the programme and more speakers than ever before, the festival proved to be our largest yet.
“To everyone who came, thank you for being part of our family and this amazing community. We can’t wait to follow your journey.” – Lucie Muir, Wildcreen CEO
Explore the full festival report below to find out more.
Tickets
A variety of live and online passes are available to experience the Wildscreen Festival.
Full hybrid passes, including concessions, provide entry to live industry events in Bristol and the online event platform for 3 months.
Live events take place in Bristol, UK from Monday 14 – Friday 18 October.
Programme
From industry thought-leaders and celebrities, to award-winning filmmakers, photographers, NGOs and high-end kit and camera companies, Wildscreen Festival boasts an unmissable programme of events.
Check out the incredible line up we had for Wildscreen Festival 2024 below!
About the Festival
The Wildscreen Festival was first held in 1982, in Bristol, UK. It was founded by Sir Peter Scott and Christopher Parsons OBE, former Head of the BBC Natural History Unit. Today, as always, it brings together industry thought leaders, emerging talent and the most exciting, innovative voices in natural world storytelling.
Official Selection
The Official Selection competition is an innovative platform for new talent and underrepresented voices in the natural world storytelling industry.
Check out our Official Selection 2024 announcement.
Panda Awards
The globally acclaimed Panda Awards, the ‘Green Oscars’ of the international wildlife film and TV industry, have sat at the heart of the Wildscreen Festival since 1982. They celebrate the very best in the natural world storytelling craft, and remain the highest honour in the industry.
Check out our 2024 winners below!
Kit Show
Meet the world’s leading providers of natural history kit to hear about their latest products and expert insights.
Wildscreen 2024 saw the return of our iconic kit show, dedicated to showcasing the companies and technology at the cutting edge of natural world storytelling.
Check out the full list of exhibitors.
Community Content Proposal
This year we are opening up our programming to our community.
This is an opportunity to propose to the Wildscreen team and Festival Advisory Board, a session addressing a topic or showcasing work that hasn’t yet been done, or could be done in a new and innovative way.
There is one slot in the Festival programme available for community-driven content. Options include:
- Panels: a diverse and candid discussion around a specific topic (4 speakers maximum incl. moderator). 1 hour long
- Masterclasses: practical take-away session providing insight to a technique or craft (3 speakers maximum incl. moderator). 1 hour long
- Alternative sessions: a space for outside of the box sessions. Examples of content could include: lightening talks or content based around a central theme; spoken word; an immersive audience experience. Alternative sessions should be 30 minutes long max.
Volunteer
Emerging Talent Bursaries
The Wildscreen Festival 2024 Bursary Scheme aims to nurture talent in the Wildlife Film and TV industry by providing fully and part funded access to Wildscreen Festival 2024.
Applications are now closed.
Global Hubs
Wildscreen introduced Festival Global Hubs in 2022 which 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, supported the Nairobi hub, Principal Sponsor Save our Seas Foundation supported the Cape Town edition, with our final hub based in Bangalore, India, supported by Felis Creations.
WildPitch
Whether you are a producer, cinematographer, presenter or scientist, WildPitch is open to all with a story to tell about our natural world, its beauty and its fragility.
Nine individuals (or teams) each had 3 minutes to pitch their nature-centred film idea to a jury of leading commissioners and senior executives, in front of a live audience at Wildscreen Festival 2024.
The three most original and exciting projects won a cash prize of $8,000.
Press
Festival Info
Got a question? Check out our FAQs section or watch our Festival information webinar.
World-leading International Festival
Wildscreen Festival is our world-leading international festival, held biennially, which celebrates and advances natural world storytelling. The festival focuses on four key elements:
Craft
Storytelling, Developing Technologies and Techniques
Industry
Networking, Collaborating, Trends, Sustainability, Future Audiences
Global Voices
Talent, EDI, Indigenous Communities
Planetary Crisis
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Social Injustice
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