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The Wildscreen Festival is the world’s leading international festival celebrating and advancing storytelling about the natural world. Held every two years, the Wildscreen Festival brings together the wildlife film, tv and photography community to transform the craft of natural world storytelling across platforms and across audiences. Through an unrivalled programme of events including workshops, masterclasses, screenings and sessions, it shares the inside track on emerging trends and is the most powerful platform for emerging talent to break into the industry.  It is also the home of the illustrious Wildscreen Panda Awards or ‘Green Oscars’ honouring the most remarkable achievement in the craft of natural world filmmaking and storytelling.

The Wildscreen Festival 2016 will take place 10-14 October 2016 in Bristol, UK. Further information is available at www.wildscreen.org and delegate tickets are on sale now from Eventbrite.

Please note that the programme is being updated daily as guest availability changes. Wildscreen reserves the right to make such updates to the programme and timings, and will endeavour to make those changes as quickly as possible.

The majority of events have a limited numbers of seats. Entrance is permitted on a first-come-first-served basis at the venue door. For particularly high-profile events, you may be asked to RSVP to secure your seat beforehand. Details will be sent to you in advance.

The programme include both industry events, which are included in the price of your day or week delegate pass, and public events that anyone is welcome to attend. 

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Mark Sharman

Cinematographer
Mark is a dedicated cinematographer and cameraman known for his strong sequence building aesthetics in the fields of underwater and wildlife film-making. 

On the basis of two weeks work experience with the BBC NHU, Mark moved to Bristol in 2004 and has remained ever since starting out as a researcher before forging a career in wildlife and underwater camerawork. 

He's been lucky enough to hone his craft working with most of the city's leading production companies over the past decade: BBC NHU, Plimsoll, Tigress, Silverback, Icon, Warehouse 51 and Aqua Vita Films.

Over the years Mark has worked on a number of mainstream productions: Life at the Extreme with Davina McCall, Deadly 60, Wild Britain with Ray Mears, The One Show, Spring/Autumn/Winterwatch, Ocean (Blue Planet II) and Big Blue UK.

The nomination in the cinematography (small crews) category is Mark's first Wildscreen Award nomination for his camerawork.