Wildscreen: The green turns silver

Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, the biennial Wildscreen film festival gives filmmakers the opportunity to step outside their creative bubble and sample other projects. Since the fest launched in 1982, it's allowed attendees the ability to monitor the work of their far-flung peers. 'Wildscreen provided the first occasion where filmmakers from around the world could have a look at each others' work and see the sort of competition they were facing,' says Ivan Hattingh, who helped found the Bristol-based fest with Sir Peter Scott and Christopher Parsons. 'I think that made an enormous difference in the quality of many films.'