Wildscreen Festival was established in 1982, in Bristol UK, the global hub of the natural history film and TV industry, by Sir Peter Scott, founder of WWF, and Christopher Parsons OBE, former Head of the BBC Natural History Unit.
Now the world’s leading wildlife film and TV industry gathering, our biennial event, has grown significantly since those early years and evolved with the changing industry landscape and community.
In 2020 we hosted a fully virtual edition of the Festival with over 2,000 delegates from 40 countries joining us online. Not only did this remove barriers to access and support a more sustainable event, but the new format created a blueprint for a new hybrid format, providing the best of both worlds: an in-person and online experiences for our global audience.