Wildscreen Festival in India – 14-20 February 2011 - Register now

Wildscreen is the world’s largest and most prestigious wildlife and environmental film festival. Its aim is to encourage and applaud excellence in producing films about the natural world, so as to increase global viewing, public awareness and understanding of nature and the urgent need to conserve it.

Founded by Sir Peter Scott in 1982, the festival has been organised every alternate year in Bristol for the past 28 years. The festival attracts hundreds of delegates from around the globe who work in film, television and the press, as well as those actively involved in working to conserve the environment. The Wildscreen Festival came to India in 2007 and toured Delhi, Pune, Kolkata and Chennai.  In 2009, the festival visited Delhi, Guwahati, Bangalore, Mumbai and Colombo.

18 expert filmmakers from the UK, 16 expert filmmakers from India and Sri Lanka, over 50 masterclasses, 70 film screenings, over 8000 participants and 200 media mentions  across 9 cities! These are the statistics of the last 2 festivals.

The festival includes masterclasses on various aspects of filmmaking and screenings of international wildlife and environmental films, some of them winners of the Panda Awards, nicknamed the green OSCARS®.  Its aim is capacity development of environmental film makers.

The festival is a part of the British Council’s Climate Change Programme which aims to mitigate the effects of Climate Change in an urban environment.

The Festival will visit India from 14-20 February 2011 and will visit Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, Kolkata and Bhubaneshwar.

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Schedule:

			Delhi		14 and 15 February 2011 Venue: British Council 17 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi Contact Person: Reesha Alvi Additional programmes at Asian School of Media Studies and Jamia Millia Islamia		Download Programme
			Hyderabad		15 and 16 February 2011 Contact Person: Kumaran Sriram Registration for Hyderabad to close on 9 Feb		Download Programme
			Pune		17 and 18 February 2011 For participation in Pune programme, please contact: Kajari Mitra		Download Programme
			Kolkata		17 and 18 February 2011 Venue: Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, 19A, Gurusaday Road, Kolkata Contact Person: Radhika Singh		Masterclass Schedule Film Screening Schedule
			Bhubaneswar		19 and 20 February 2011 Contact Person: Radhika Singh		Download Programme

Participation by prior registration. there is no fee. For online registration click here.