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on Saturday 18th October. The event starts at 20:00.
The Wildscreen Fringe Festival will showcase the world's best wildlife filmmaking with 75 incredible screenings at the Watershed over ten days.
Films include the UK premiere of Druid Peak, a coming of age story with a conservation twist, and the UK premiere of Journey to the South Pacific, narrated by Cate Blanchett, which takes you on a breath-taking adventure to the lush tropical islands of remote West Papua, where life flourishes above and below the sea.
Many screenings include a free Q&A with some of the industry's top directors and film-makers, including a session with the director of Great White Code Red Graeme Duane, director of The Bat Man of Mexico Tom Mustill and a talk with Jed Bird & Lawrence Munro from KZN National Park with Jo Scofield on Flight of the Rhino.
The fringe runs alongside the most prestigious and influential festival of its type in the world, the Wildscreen Film Festival (19th-24th October) and all films have been shortlisted for the Panda Awards.
Highlights include (dates & times TBC):
- UK premiere of Druid Peak
- Journey to the South Pacific
- David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
- The UK premiere of Enchanted Kingdom
- Bristol made Leopards: 21st Century Cats
- Mysteries of the Unseen World
- UK premiere of Lion Guardians including a Q&A with filmmaker Kire Godal