Wildscreen Festival 2011

The British Council is presenting the Wildscreen Film Festival  on 15th and 16th February at Prasads IMAX and Prasads Labs Preview Theatre. The 2-day film festival will witness the screening of a few of the world-class films on environmental issues and wildlife. The festival also includes master classes on various aspects of film-making, and screenings of international wildlife and environmental films, some which are winners of the Panda Awards, aka the Green Oscars.



The festival is part of the British Council's Climate Change Program which aims to mitigate the effects of climate change in an urban environment. The schedule for the 2-day festival is below:



15th February



Film Screenings at Prasads IMAX, Screen 5



9:15am to 10:15am - How Earth Made Us - Human Planet

10:20am to 11:10am - BBC Life Series On Birds

11:20am to 11:30am - The Wild Meat Trail



Master classes at Prasad Labs Preview Theatre



2:00pm to 3:00pm - Trends in Environmental and Wildlife Filmmaking by Charlotte Ackrill

3:30pm to 4:30pm - Capturing the Story by Sandesh Kadur

5:00pm to 6:00pm - Editing ? How To Release The Power Of Your Film by Martin Elsbury



16th February



Film Screenings at Prasads IMAX, Screen 5



9:15am to 10:15am - Green

10:20am to 11:10am - The Man Who Stopped The Desert



Master classes at Prasad Labs Preview Theatre



9:30am to 10:30am - The Magic Art of Storytelling by Amanda Theunissen

11:00am to 12:00pm - Short Films & Big Opportunities by Dominic Weston



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 also Colombo.



Entry is free for everyone. Please contact the British Council at 2348-3333 for further details.