The Bird and Nature Festival (or Festival de l'Oiseau et de la Nature as it is known among French-speakers) is based in Abbeville, Bay of Somme in the North of France.

We are proud to have developed around our international film competition, open to amateurs and professionals, many other activities among which are the photo competition and exhibitions and activities for children. But what makes our event really special is that it offers the unique opportunity to discover the Bay of Somme (a member of 'The Most Beautiful Bays in the World's Club' as well as Vietnamese Ha Long Bay) and the whole area with guides specialized in ornithology or flora. In 2012, around 400 walks, rides, boat crossings were available during the 9 days of the Festival.

The film competition offers an overall amount of €13,500 prizes (€4,000 to the Grand Prix). Films can be entered free of charge in either one of the 4 categories:

• Birds/Wildlife
• Conservation
• Environment (no length limit)
• Amateur (maximum 13 minutes duration)
  

The 28th edition was held from 21st-29th April 2018.

The American Conservation Film Festival (ACFF) is an annual, four day festival held in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, a vibrant arts community 70 miles west of the nation’s capital.

ACFF is dedicated to promoting outstanding, environmental conservation films from professional filmmakers and students alike.

We screen films that illuminate:

• Human interactions with wildlife and wild places.
• Issues driven by natural resource conservation.
• Humans as part of the environment and/or living in a continuum of cultural tradition.
• Conservation of cultures, communities, and or lifestyles in conjunction with changes in the natural world.
• How youth encounter and understand the natural world.

The 16th American Conservation Film Festival take place in October/November 2018.

Submission Deadlines
Early – February 1st
Regular – March 1st
Late – April 1st

Please visit our website: www.conservationfilm.org for more information on ACFF and the film submission process.

The British Wildlife Photography Awards were established to recognise the talents of wildlife photographers of all nationalities practising in Britain, whilst at the same time highlighting the great wealth and diversity of Britain's natural history. The driving motivation to set up the Awards evolved through the nation's growing awareness of the local environment and the need for its protection.

Now in its seventh year, this highly acclaimed and unique wildlife photography competition has captivated the nation with outstanding and beautiful imagery. It is a celebration of British wildlife as well as a showcase for nature photographers, both amateur and professional.

With fifteen separate categories the subject matter covers everything from marine life and animal behaviour to creepy crawlies and urban wildlife.

Wildlife in HD is a special Award for HD Video and will be awarded to the most inspirational and dynamic film, which clearly illustrates the unique power of moving images as a medium for capturing British Wildlife.

The 2018 Call For Entries is Open: wildlife-film.com/features/BWPA-2018-Call-for-Entries.html

See previous HD Video Winners: 2012 HD Video winners & 2013 HD Video winners

See the Feature Pages:
BWPA 2013 Winners Announced! & Highly Commended Films at the BWPAwards!
BWPA 2014 Winners Announced
BWPA 2015 Winners Announced
BWPA 2016 Winners Announced
BWPA 2017 Winners Announced

The first EcoTales Film Festival was held in Richmond Upon Thames, London on May 5th 2013.

This one day, family festival screened a program of entertaining and informative environmental films all shown on solar or pedal powered screens.

The films explored a range of environmental topics including food, energy, recycling, conservation, biodiversity and wildlife preservation.

Alongside the main programme, Young filmmakers aged between 7 and 16 were invited to enter their own environmentally themed, short films and be part of the festival.

Element Film Festival is an annual student filmmaking event in Bozeman, Montana.

It began as a way for filmmakers of the world's only MFA in Science and Natural History Fimmaking to showcase their work to the community.

2010 marked the first year that this festival was open to student filmmakers worldwide and it was a success. We look for innovative student filmmakers that strive to improve our understanding of science and the natural world through film. We accept films from the traditional to the transformative, from the informational to the inspirational.

Past Element films and filmmakers have won numerous awards and recognitions, including National Student Emmys and Tellies. These films also appear at other highly competitive international film festivals.

This year will be the 12th annual Element Film Festival! The festival provides a venue for students from around the world to showcase their films that merge science and art. The festival will be held at the Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture in downtown Bozeman, allowing student works to be showcased in a thriving community of filmmakers and environmental enthusiasts.

The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital is the largest and longest-running environmental film festival in the USA and the largest film festival in Washington, D.C. The 26th Festival will be held from March 15-25, 2018.

DCEFF is the world’s premier showcase of environmental films. Through our annual festival, year-round programs, and online resources, we seek to advance public understanding of the environment through the power of film.

The 26th Annual Festival will be held in venues throughout the Washington, D.C. area March 15-25, 2018.

We are receiving films on all topics related to the natural and built environment: dceff.org/submissions

Early Bird Deadline: November 1, 2017 
Late Submissions Deadline: January 1, 2018

See our 2017 festival films here.

Find out much more here: www.dceff.org

The 34th "International Festival of Ornithological Film" will take place from October 30th to November 4th 2018 in Ménigoute (Deux - Sèvres - FRANCE).

Ménigoute Festival’s main purpose is to inspire to the greatest public increased awareness of the need to conserve the natural environment. At the same time, it aims to encourage the documentaries’ production and broadcasting. About 40 ornithological and wildlife entries, French premieres, will be selected to be screened in competition during public performances.

Entries are free of fees.

Nine prizes, totalling about 16,930 €, will be awarded.

Register your film for the competition here: menigoute-festival.org/vous-etes-realisateurs.html

Deadline for entries: July 1st 2018

Any film longer than 15 minutes will be entered in the category "long program" and all films less than 15 minutes in the category "short program". The rules and conditions of participation are identical for these two categories.

Many other activities are sheduled for the festival, including photographic exhibitions, conferences, art shows, guided visits to sites in the local area for their landscape and wildlife interest.

See the 2016 winners here: wildlife-film.com/features/Festival-de-Menigoute-2016-Winners.html

See the 2017 winners here: menigoute-festival.org/le-palmares-2017.html

Ce Festival, dans le nord de la France, est une rencontre grand public avec les meilleurs films et documentaires animaliers professionnels et amateur en compétition le temps du festival, et un programme nature de sensibilisation au coeur de la vallée de la Somme et de la Picardie.

This festival, in northern France, is a public meeting of the best professional and amateur wildlife documentaries in competition during the festival, and a nature education program in the heart of the valley of the Somme and Picardy.

The 28th International Wildlife Film Festival will be held from 17- 25th of May 2018 in Albert, France. The festival is an official competition in which each selected movie is presented to an international jury composed of personalities known for their competence, commitment and knowledge of wildlife and environment.

The International Nature Namur Festival takes place every year in mid-October in the French speaking part of Belgium: NAMUR.

It celebrated its' 20th anniversary in 2014.

The event organises public HD screenings of a selection of films dedicated to nature and wildlife and present dozens of Nature Photo exhibitions each year.

There are three contests you can apply for:

• The International Professional Films Festival
• The International Amateur (non-professional) Film Festival
• The International Photo Contest

Those three are completely free for registration and many awards can be won.

All information on our website.

The Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival highlights a collection of the most inspiring and thought-provoking social, environmental, outdoor-adventure and indigenous films from around the world.

For the past nine years, outdoor and film enthusiasts from across the state, region and world have enjoyed a high-quality film experience while soaking up the breathtaking fall beauty of Northern Arizona.

The Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival is a volunteer run effort - any profits from the event are reinvested into future festivals and our Emerging Filmmaker Program; a free weekly documentary film workshop offered to area high school students.

$10/session $5/session student price. VIP price of $80 (this includes all sessions, panel discussions, awards program on Sunday and VIP reception on Saturday, October 13). advance VIP tickets through the last day of September discounted to only $65. Student VIP pass $40 at all times but has to be purchased at ticket center or door with ID.

CEEweb for Biodiversity is a network of non-governmental organizations in the Central and Eastern European region.

Our mission is the conservation of biodiversity through the promotion of sustainable development.

CEEweb for Biodiversityafter five year success and at least 60 hundred great short films later, just has launched Green-Go Short Film Contest for the 6th time in 2016. This year we are looking for short movies which raise awareness about small scale agriculture, the circular economy and Europe's nature wonders. Just like in the previous years, we would like to kindly ask you to be our partners to be able to reach even more interested people and raise awareness about the environmental issues we are living with. The best shorts will not only win valuable prizes but will be showed at international events that affect our future... Download the Call for Entries PDF here.

For more information please visit www.greengofest.eu.

If you have any questions, please make sure that you search for it first in the FAQs. In case you have not found it, please contact Olja Radlovic on the following email address: contest@greengofest.eu

Each year in September, GREEN SCREEN International Wildlife Film Festival Eckernförde attracts more than a hundred international professionals from the wildlife film industry and up to 20 000 visitors.

The five day festival programme offers more than one hundred screenings at different venues, often with filmmakers present to offer insight into their work, also there are workshops and panels.

A glamorous award ceremony celebrating the winners in the 16 categories is the final highlight of the event.

Wildlife films are welcome to be submitted from December 15th 2017 until March, 15th 2018.

Regulations, submission forms and descriptions: www.greenscreen-festival.de/en/professional/filmsubmission

See: GREEN SCREEN PITCHING SESSION 2018 – YOUR OPPORTUNITY

The International Wildlife Film Festival (IWFF), created and based in Missoula, Montana, hosts a wide-ranging line-up of special events, public screenings, seminars and panel discussions and evening receptions.

The Missoula Festival is not a trade show or marketplace; it is a forum for people to teach and learn about the natural history filmmaking business and wildlife issues.

Our Festival is an eclectic collection of people who have a great concern for wildlife and wildlands, and how television, film and video play important roles in understanding and protecting creatures and habitat world-wide.

The mission of the International Wildlife Film Festival is to foster knowledge and understanding of wildlife and habitat through excellent, honest wildlife films and other media.

The IWFF was the first juried wildlife film competition in the world.

2018 sees in the 41st event... April 14-22 in Missoula, Montana, USA

Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival
240 South Glenwood Street
Jackson Hole
Wyoming 83001
USA

Phone: +1 307 200 3286

Operations Director: Christie Quinn

Email: info@jhfestival.org

Website: www.jhfestival.org

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The Festival

For more than twenty years, 650+ media professionals have gathered in the shadows of the Tetons to celebrate excellence, exchange ideas and be inspired by the landscape and each other. An unparalleled industry gathering of 700 broadcast and media stakeholders, writers, leading scientists and conservationists.

Sept. 25 - 29, 2017
Jackson Lake Lodge, Grand Teton National Park
Passes on sale Spring 2017

Film Competition: A nature film equivalent to the Oscars™ honoring an estimated 80 films from over 1,000 category entries.

Categories announced: Early 2017
Call for entry opens: March 1
Call for entry closes: June 1
Extended deadline: June 15
Finalists announced: August 1
Winners announced: September 28

See: And the JHWFF 2017 Winners are...

The Conservation Summit

Wild cats are among the most beautiful, graceful, and revered animals found on the planet. But their future is uncertain. For three intense days, thought leaders will convene with conservationists, scientists and policy makers with a single goal: to work together to move the needle on conserving the world's wild cats and the habitats they range.

Sept. 24 - 26, 2017
Jackson Lake Lodge, Grand Teton National Park
Passes on sale Spring 2017

In alternating years, JHWFF hosts the Science Media Awards & Summit, see below.

Beyond its industry & professional focus, JHWFF is equally committed to creating multidisciplinary education and community enrichment opportunities through exciting year-round programs that integrate photography and digital media with art, science and nature.

Japan Wildlife Film Festival
205 Ranjo
Tonami-Shi
Toyama-Ken
939-1431
Japan

Executive Director: Yoshiharu McNicoll

Phone: +81 (0)3 6419 7504
Fax: +81 (0)3 6419 7510

Email: jwff@naturechannel.jp

Website: www.naturechannel.jp

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Holding its first festival in 1993, JWFF is organized biennially - every odd year in Toyama prefecture, Japan.

With the cooperation of Wildscreen in Bristol, U.K. and Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival in Wyoming, U.S.A., it has become the largest event of its kind in Asia and Pacific Rims.

The festival receives over 400 film entries from over 40 countries and is attended by some 40 thousand members of the public who come from all over Japan.

The Japan Wildlife Film Festival is a four-day event, where nominated films are screened at several theatres and open to the public free of charge.

The Festival gives the Japanese public an excellent opportunity to view high quality natural history films. In addition to the screenings, we invite several of the nominees and other filmmakers to give special seminars on the making of their films.

The next Japan Wildlife Film Festival will be held in Tokyo on the 2nd April 2018 - 3rd April 2018

Free entrance for the public and the Awards ceremony will on the the 3rd April from 15:30

The first international Matsalu Nature Film Festival took place in 2003.

The Festival is named after the Matsalu National Park, one of Europe's largest bird sanctuaries and a wetland environment of global significance.

The objective of the festival is to screen and recognize new nature films and their creators, and to promote the distribution and popularity of nature films.

The festival promotes nature-oriented and sustainable ways of life and respect for the nature-connected traditions of indigenous people.

The 16TH MATSALU NATURE FILM FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD FROM SEPTEMBER 19-23, 2018.

CALL FOR ENTRIES OPEN until May 1st!

Submit Online: filmfreeway.com/matsalufilm

17th NaturVision Film Festival from 19 – 22 July 2018 in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

NaturVision is Germany's longest-running nature film festival, focusing on the natural world, wildlife, the environment and sustainability. Over four days we showcase powerful and absorbing nature and wildlife films on the big screen. We want to allow our viewers insights into unfamiliar worlds, inform them and reveal interrelationships and effects, so that they become aware of and inspired by nature and the environment. At the same time it is our wish to provide a forum for the genre, so as well as big productions there is also room in our programme for small filmic gems.

A special, lovingly chosen children's film programme and great-value family tickets make the festival an event for the whole family - one that wows visitors with stunning films and an exciting supporting programme. The special theme, which changes every year, highlights controversial environmental and sustainability issues in films and the supporting programme. This year the focus is on "Plastic". Our big competition, which is advertised internationally, awards prizes in a variety of categories and culminates in a gala award ceremony on the Saturday evening.

Last but not least, in 2018 as always we welcome numerous filmmakers and media representatives, who discuss questions with our audiences, use the festival to network and can take part in interesting workshops.

Awareness of all things WILD is vital.

More than ever people are fascinated with all things connected to the planet and aware of the urgency to save it.

The New York WILD Film Festival is a documentary film festival showcases a spectrum of topics, from exploration and adventure to wildlife and the environment, bringing all things WILD to the most urban city in the world.

Through powerful, exhilarating films and conversations WILD presents an extraordinary opportunity to exchange ideas, affect vital change and celebrate the WILD.

The 5th Annual New York WILD FIlm Festival was held at the Explorers Club, February 22-25, 2018

Celebrating 5 Years WILD: nywildfilmfestival.com/the-festival/about-the-festival

2018 New York WILD Trailer

Ottawa International Vegan Film Festival

Ottawa
Canada

Contact: Shawn Stratton

Phone: + 1  613 884 7385

Email: info@oivff.com

Website: www.oivff.com

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Taking place in Canada's capital city Ottawa on Oct 14, 2018, the Ottawa International vegan Film Festival showcases short and full-length films with a vegan subject matter from filmmakers around the world.

Mission: Be the leading film festival for vegan films that inspire people to choose a healthier, environmentally friendly and more compassionate lifestyle through the consumption of plants and animal-free alternatives.

Science Media Awards & Summit
1 Guest Street
Boston
MA 02135
USA

Phone: +1 307 200 3286

Email: christie@jhfestival.org

Website: www.sciencemediasummit.org

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September 25-27, 2018 | WGBH, Boston

SMASH aims to boost science literacy in the global public by convening top scientists and science media pros.

Join Jackson Hole WILD and WGBH in Boston, September 25-27, 2018, for the Science Media Awards & Summit in the Hub (SMASH), where more than 300 science media stakeholders will gather to celebrate exceptional media, cutting-edge discoveries and explore new ways of communicating the wonders of science to a global audience in a rapidly-changing media landscape.

22nd Sept 2016: Jackson Hole Science Media Awards Announces 2016 Winners

Sondrio Festival - International Documentary Film Festival on Parks

Via Perego, 1
Sondrio 23100
Italy

Phone: +39 0342 526 260

Email: info@sondriofestival.it

Website: www.sondriofestival.it

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Annual international film festival and competition focusing on nature documentaries made in National Parks, Nature Reserves and Protected Areas.

32nd edition, Sondrio, Italy, between 12 and 25 November 2018.

Stories Lived

Delray Beach
Florida
USA

Phone: +1 561 862 8948

Email: Courtney@StoriesLived.com

Website: www.storieslived.com

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Personal Mission/Environmental Category Contest: Video shorts, 5 min. or less, that tell the how and why an individual or group is doing something positive for the environment and inspiring others with their actions!

Please see website for details and examples: www.storieslived.com/contest

THE PRIZES

The Stories Lived Online Video Contest will present $5,300 in cash prizes across multiple categories, awarded over a 3.5 month period.

• Personal Triumph Finalists: 3 Finalists selected | $200 awarded to each Finalist (determined by Stories Lived staff.)
• Personal Passion Finalists: 3 Finalists selected | $200 awarded to each Finalist (determined by Stories Lived staff.)
• Personal Mission Finalists: 3 Finalists selected | $200 awarded to each Finalist (determined by Stories Lived staff.)
• Audience Award Winner: 1 Winner from 9 Finalists | $1,500 to Winner (determined by online vote.)
• Jury Award Winner: 1 Winner from 9 Finalists | $2,000 to Winner (determined by our esteemed Jury.)

Please see Contest Info Page for details! :)

See the most recent winners here: www.wildlife-film.com/features/Stories-Lived-Environmental-Category-Winners-Announced-30-January-2017.html

Sunny Side of the Doc

21 bis Quai Maubec
La Rochelle 17000
Paris
France

Phone: +33 5 46 55 79 79

Email: welcome@sunnysideofthedoc.com

Website: www.sunnysideofthedoc.com

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Sunny Side of the Doc, international factual and doc market, brings together broadcasters, distributors and producers to buy programmes, and to find partners.

Asian Side of the Doc puts the spotlight on the dynamic Asian factual programmes sector and includes 4 days of networking, pitch sessions, panels, events and a sales market to create new partnerships and get access to key buyers from across Asia and beyond.

Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam
Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Phone: ++31 6 14 060 229

Email: info@wffr.nl

Website: www.wffr.nl

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2018 Flamingo Awards now open for entries

The fourth edition of The Netherlands’ main wildlife film festival is now open for entries! We invite wildlife and environmental filmmakers from anywhere in the world to participate in our popular Flamingo Award Competition and get the opportunity to have your film screened for a large Dutch audience. The festival is held in several theaters in the exciting city center of Rotterdam from 24-28 October 2018.

WFFR screens movies with a central focus on the natural world, but also critical and informative documentaries on raising awareness, the environment and conservation. The competition is free of fees. The extended deadline for entries is Tuesday 15 May 2018.

In 2018 WFFR will recognise outstanding achievements in ten Flamingo Award categories. You can find the submission form HERE.

Each award winning film will receive their Flamingo Award during the award ceremony on Saturday 27 October 2018. WFFR invites the filmmaker to participate during this award ceremony and infamous Flamingo afterparty.

Agenda:

Tuesday 1 May 2018: Official submission deadline
Tuesday 15 May 2018: Extended submission deadline
Wednesday 1 August 2018: Announcement of the selected finalists and Flamingo Award nominees
Wednesday 24 – Sunday 28 October 2018: Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam, held in one of Europe’s most exhilarating cities according to the Lonely Planet.

The competition offers Flamingo Awards in a wide range of categories:

• Best Film
• Best Short Film
• WFFR Awareness Award
• WFFR Conservation Award
• WFFR Environmental Award
• WFFR Children’s Award
• WFFR Underwater Award
• WFFR Virtual Reality Award
• WFFR Newcomer Award

In addition to the awards attributed by the jury, the visitors have a voice as well for the Audience Award.

Any questions you can contact competition@wffr.nl

Wildscreen Festival

Bristol
United Kingdom

Email: hello@wildscreen.org

Website: www.wildscreen.org

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Wildscreen Festival is the world’s leading international festival celebrating and advancing storytelling about the natural world through visual media.

For over 30 years the prestigious biennial Festival has been convening and celebrating the world's best natural world storytellers, it is home to the illustrious Wildscreen Panda Awards, the highest accolade in the wildlife film and TV industry.

Through collaboration with an ever-growing community of filmmakers, photographers, broadcasters, technologists and conservation organisations we aim to transform the craft of natural world storytelling across platforms and across audiences, ensuring as many people as possible experience the natural world, feel part of it and want to help protect it.

Next Festival Dates: 15-19th October 2018!

See: Wildscreen Panda Awards 2016 Winners Announced!

Entries for 2018 must be submitted by the Extended Deadline of Wednesday the 4th of April 2018, via the online submission portal on the Wildscreen website, available at: www.wildscreen.org/panda-awards

Wild Shots Wildlife Photography Symposium
Cape Town
South Africa

Contact - Harriet Nimmo

Phone: +27 (0)79 437 6079

Email: info@wildshotsevent.com

Website: www.wildshotsevent.com

Wild Shots - South Africa's new wildlife photography symposium.

Wild Shots is bringing together amateurs and professionals alike, to learn from and be inspired by the best in the business. It features a packed showcase of high-profile speakers presenting their very latest photographic work, telling tales of experiences in the field, and debating hot industry topics. The stellar line-up of speakers includes Africa's very best nature photographers and top industry practitioners.

Wild Shots' aim is to explore the power of nature photography and how it helps to promote a greater public appreciation of biodiversity and the conservation of nature in Africa. The event is open to everyone with an interest in wildlife and nature photography.

For further info & delegate registration see www.wildshotsevent.com