Wildscreen
is the world's largest and most prestigious
wildlife and environment film festival.
It was founded by Sir Peter Scott in 1982
and its patrons include Sir David Attenborough,
Prince Philip & E.O. Wilson. It celebrates
its 25th anniversary in 2006.
Held in Bristol every two years, the festival
culminates with the Panda award which has
been won thrice each by eminent Indian conservationists
& filmmakers, Mike Pandey & the Bedi brothers.
Wildscreen attracts the famous names from
wildlife, conservation and environmental
backgrounds and has an increasing role in
promoting films as a conservation tool to
highlight key environmental issues amongst
a wider network www.wildscreenfestival.org
The Wildscreen Festival is coming to India
for the first time in January 2007.
Significance: 2007:
100 years of British environmental filmmaking
50 years of the BBC Natural History Unit
25th year of the Wildscreen festival
| Wildscreen
India Festival |
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It’s a great networking
opportunity for top class environment
film professionals in both the countries
to meet and together promote the theme
of nature conservation and environment
protection. |
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Rare opportunity for
young Indians to train with the UK experts,
some of the best in the world, on the
latest techniques in environment filmmaking
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Films are an important
conservation tool in India, a county
known for mega biodiversity with three
global hotspots, several rare and endangered
species of flora and fauna. |
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| Activities
planned: |
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To be held from 19-21 January 2007 in
New Delhi |
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| (2) |
To
be held from 23-25 January 2007 simultaneously
in Chennai, Kolkatta & Pune |
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Festival
Events: |
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Workshops
and Master Classes with UK experts -
to nurture young Indian talent |
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Film
Screenings of latest Panda Award Winning
films from 2005-2006 |
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Film
screenings accompanied by talks and
panel discussions |
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(3.4) |
Networking
opportunities |
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(3.5) |
ARKive:
centralised digital library of the world's
biodiversity, making a key educational
resource available for scientists, conservationists,
educators, students and the general
public. |
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http://www.arkive.org/about.html www.arkiveeducation.org |
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