Feedback and winners!

The Golden Panda Award winners from the BBC NHU.	Bama (Cameroon) & Nicky Lankester UWE Childrens' Choice Winner	Mani Mirsadeghi (Iran) Wildscreen's Award for Filmmakers from Developing Countries	Masaru Ikeo (Japan) Christopher Parsons Lifetime Achievement Award

On Wednesday 22nd October in Bristol, at a glittering ceremony, actress and comedienne Joanna Lumley and vet and television presenter Steve Leonard presented Wildscreen's Panda Awards to the world's best wildlife and environmental filmmakers.

The Awards, which have been running for 26 years, are firmly established as the most prestigious in the natural history filmmaking calendar. 440 entries were received this year, with 22 prizes awarded. At the Awards Joanna Lumley said, "It's very heartening to see so many films with a strong environmental focus - it seems at last the environment is going mainstream, and is on everyone's agenda."

The top award, the Golden Panda, was awarded to Life in Cold Blood - Armoured Giants, a BBC Natural History Unit production. Sir David Attenborough joined colleagues from the Natural History Unit to collect the Award.

View the full winner list on our website.

John Hanke (Google) and Sir David Attenborough.	Rt. Hon. Andy Burham, Minister for Culture, Media & Sports visits Wildscreen.	The Sir Peter Scott Debate - Valmik Thapar, Will Travers and Cristian Samper.	Marine Biologist Sylvia Earle with Virginia McKenna, Born Free founder and trustee.

A packed programme
This year, as ever, we had great line up of speakers, sessions, film screenings, workshops and networking events. Highlights included the gargantuan Too Little, Too Late? event, which brought together Sir David Attenborough, Dr James Lovelock, John Hanke (Google Earth) and HRH Prince Carlos of the Netherlands. These four great minds discussed at length the most pressing environmental issues that the world now faces.

The Festival programme housed over 70 separate events including the brand new strand, An Audience With... which was an opportunity each day for the audience to hear from the industry's top commissioning editors from around the world.

A chance for training
With 27 workshop sessions offering more than 300 training places, delegates were able to learn more on a huge variety of topics, including filming underwater, filming in HD, sound, scriptwriting and presenting. These training opportunities are unique to Wildscreen; no other environmental film festival offers this variety of practical learning experience.

A place for business
As well as all the fantastic events that take place during the week, of course the Festival for many people is a place to conduct business. Films and commissions are negotiated, bought and sold.

The Trade Show is a popular and invaluable part of the Wildscreen experience, offering a showcase for the latest technology. This year's exhibitors included: Panasonic, On Sight, Aerial Camera Systems, Visual Impact, Lake Image Systems, Polecam, Panalux Bristol (for Panavision Europe), Quad Logic Systems, Big Squid, ARKive, Earth-Touch, Films at 59 (supported by Top Tex), WildFilmHistory and Arri GB.

A wide range of new film and HD cameras were on display including two new Panasonic P2 Varicam camcorders (launched at Wildscreen) the Arri Super 16mm 416 and the recent Arri D21 HD camera.

A series of public events
This year Wildscreen was able to offer a series of free events for the public. Thanks to new sponsor, Wessex Water, more than 50 films were screened during evenings and weekends at the Watershed.

Members of the public also joined delegates for the prestigious keynote Sir Peter Scott Debate, which discussed the complex issues surrounding conserving human livelihoods and biological diversity. The debate was chaired by Cristian Samper [USA], Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and included contributions from Valmik Thapar [India] renowned tiger conservationist, Will Travers [UK] Born Free Foundation, Mary Mavanza [Tanzania] Jane Goodall Institute and Prof Bill Adams [UK] Cambridge University.

Keep an eye on our brand new Wildscreen Festival YouTube site for extracts and clips of Festival content.

		You can get your hands on much of the key Festival information through the Directory and Diary, which are both available to purchase. Please contact us at info@wildscreen.org.uk to order your copies (while stocks last). Keep an eye on our brand new Wildscreen Festival YouTube site for extracts and clips of Festival conten
Festival Directory, full of useful delegate contacts and film entry information is available for GBP35.	The Festival Diary, with full details of all sessions and speakers is available for GBP10.

On November 6th we sent questionnaires out to all Wildscreen Festival delegates. To help us make sure that the 2010 Wildscreen Festival is the best ever, we would really appreciate it if you fill out a questionnaire . Many thanks to those of you who have already responded. If you haven't yet completed the questionnaire please can you do so as soon as possible.