10-14 OCTOBER

2016

OpportunitiesSponsorship

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WHO WE AREThe Wildscreen Festival is the world’s leading international festival celebrating and advancing storytelling about the natural world.

OUR GOALTo convene the best filmmakers, photographers and creative professionals with the most committed conservationists to create compelling stories about the natural world; that inspire the wider public to experience it, feel part of it and protect it.

WHAT WE DOFor over 34 years the Festival has been the global leader in convening the very best filmmakers, photographers, broadcasters, technologists and conservation organisations. Together we are transforming the craft of

natural world storytelling across platforms and audiences.

The Festival defines industry agendas, providing unique access to the sector’s most influential, powerful and innovative thought-leaders and decision-makers. 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.

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Transformative visual storytelling will be at the heart of Wildscreen Festival 2016. With more than half the world’s population living in urban areas, the Festival will challenge how and where people experience the natural world, the ways in which stories are told and lead the charge in creating a world-wide paradigm shift in the number of eyes on the natural world. Storytellers are powerful gatekeepers to the natural world. Join us and be one of them.

BE PART OF THE STORYIt’s essential to Wildscreen that our sponsors

and partners are part of our story and that we empower you to tell yours.

We want to build and nurture powerful, mutually-beneficial partnerships. We will work with you to create an ecosystem that tells your story, and helps you achieve your business objectives and engage with key influencers and audiences.

We will work with you to create and cultivate a powerful partnership that helps you tell your story to our audience

WILDSCREEN FESTIVAL 2016

WILDSCREEN 2014 IN NUMBERS

4,000PUBLIC AUDIENCE

836MORE THAN 250 SPEAKERS

8664SCREENINGS

DELEGATES FROM 39 COUNTRIES

SESSIONS, MASTERCLASSES, KEYNOTES & NETWORKING EVENTS

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■ High visibility and brand awareness before, during and after to a global audience

■ Network and engage with key influencers, decision-makers, talent and VIPs

■ Tailored events and activity to suit specific business objectives

■ Opportunities to entertain partners, clients and staff and reach new ones

■ Discounted prices on partner upgrade options

■ Association with a world-leading conservation organisation and its vital work

You would be synonymous with the world’s leading international festival celebrating and advancing storytelling about the natural world and at the forefront in the eyes of press, 850+ industry influencers and talent, over 4,000 members of the public and an online audience of millions.

Wildscreen Festival will take over Bristol – Europe’s Green Capital (2015) – for five wild days, providing you with unparalleled

brand exposure in the world’s ‘Green Hollywood’. We will tailor the Festival to reflect your needs and embed your brand within the heart of it, providing limitless opportunities for bespoke events and priority content.

Headline sponsorship comes with a minimum investment of £40,000 and is negotiated separately so we can provide a bespoke package which suits your strategy.

HEADLINE SPONSORSHIP

PARTNER BENEFITS

SUPPORTER

£1k+

No matter what level of investment you decide to make you’ll also receive standard benefits, including brand presence and promotion via Wildscreen’s platforms, bespoke communication opportunities to our audience and much more.

SPONSOR

£4k+

HEADLINESPONSOR

£40k+

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR

£20k+

MAJOR SPONSOR

£10k+

SPONSORSHIPPACKAGES

Wildscreen is looking to work with a brand that shares our commitment to transforming natural world storytelling and inspiring millions of people around the world to fall in love with nature.

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Unique benefits also include:

l Optimum brand visibility, billing and promotion throughout the Festival, including key events, signage, online and in print

l Keynote session naming rights and curation

l Wildscreen Panda Award category naming rights

l VIP invitations and access to special events

l A branded area of your own in the delegate lounge

l The opportunity to host a bespoke event tailored to you and for your audience. These can include high-profile screenings and social events, invited receptions and VIP dinners, some of which may require additional investment.

PRINCIPAL SPONSORSHIPAs a Principal Sponsor, you will benefit from optimum visibility throughout the Wildscreen Festival. Your brand would be synonymous with the Festival, featuring on all major marketing collateral throughout the event, the city and online.

Unique benefits also include:

l High-profile brand visibility, billing and promotion throughout the Festival, including key events, signage, online and in print

l Session naming rights and curation

l A branded area of your own in the delegate lounge

l The opportunity to host a large-scale bespoke evening event

l Wildscreen Panda Award category naming rights for an additional £2k

As a Major Sponsor, enjoy being high-profile throughout the Wildscreen Festival. Your brand would be associated with the Festival, featuring on all major marketing collateral throughout the event, the city and online.

MAJOR SPONSORSHIP

SPONSORSHIPAs a Sponsor make your presence felt at the Wildscreen Festival.

Unique benefits also include:

l Brand visibility, billing and promotion throughout the Festival, including key events,

signage, online and in print

l Upgrade to session naming rights and curation for an additional £2k

SUPPORTERl Brand visibility and billing as a Festival Supporter on key literature and online

l 10% discount on all delegate passes

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* A typical sponsorship package can include the items listed above. Contact us for a custom proposal.

PRINCIPAL MAJOR SPONSOR SUPPORTER SPONSOR SPONSOR £20,000+ £10,000+ £4,000+ £1,000+

EVENT ATTENDANCE Complimentary VIP week delegate passes 4 2 1 0

Complimentary Panda Awards ceremony tickets 4 2 1 0

Discounted prices on additional delegate passes 20% 10% 10% 10%

Additional VIP invitations and access to special invite-only events ✓ ✓ ✖ ✖

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME Keynote session naming rights and curation ✓ ✖ ✖ ✖

Session naming rights and curation ✓ ✓ ★ £2,000+ ✖

Preferential pricing and stand placement for Technology Showcase ★ ★ ★ ★

Host a high-profile bespoke evening event ★ £5,000+ ★ £8,000+ ✖ ✖

PANDA AWARDS Wildscreen Panda Award category naming rights ✓ ★ £2,000+ ★ £2,000+ ✖

First Right of Refusal for Panda Awards sponsorship ✓ ✓ ✖ ✖

BRAND VISIBILITY AND PROMOTION

Your logo on all onsite signage ✓ ✓ Key sites only ✓ Key sites only ✓ Key sites only

Your logo on every page of the Festival mini-website ✓ ✓ ✖ ✖

Your logo on all print/online ad-campaigns ✓ ✖ ✖ ✖

Your logo on all printed marketing materials ✓ ✓ Guide ✓ Guide ✓ Guide

Your logo on all e-news communications ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓Text Acknowledgement

Sponsor activation messaging via Festival social media platforms ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Bespoke communication opportunities to Wildscreen’s audience including eshots ✓ ✓ ✓ ★ POA

Announcement of sponsor status in the Festival e-news and on website ✓ ✓ ✖ ✖

Use of the Wildscreen and Wildscreen Festival logo in your relevant communications ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Prominent full page colour ad in the Festival guide ✓ ✓ ★ POA ★ POA

Branded area in delegate lounge ✓ ✓ ✖ ✖

Inclusion of a promotional item/gift within delegate bags ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Priority access to brand official Festival merchandise ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

SPONSORSHIPPACKAGES

✓ Included★ Available as an upgrade✖ Not available

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PEOPLEWe’re passionate about emerging talent so if you are too, talk to us about sponsoring the next cohort of natural world storytellers. Take the industry’s most exciting emerging talent, aged 17-24 years, under your wing and sponsor a ROAR Talent Bursary, giving them full access to the Festival and industry expertise. The scheme is advertised internationally and will carry your branding on all call outs and press. ROAR Talent - From £2,000

BRANDED MERCHANDISE Be seen by every delegate! Merchandise is one of our most popular and most remembered options. Talk to us about what would best fit your brand and we will help to make your presence felt at the Festival.

Opportunities include: Price*

Delegate bag £10,000

Delegate lanyard £10,000

Volunteer t-shirts £5,000

PARTIES & PLACES Our delegates and VIPs love a get together, so host a branded reception or bespoke event at the Wildscreen Festival. We will work with you to create a guest list of people you want to engage with.

Opportunities include: Price*Delegate Lounge Be seen where deals are done. Brand it as your own From £10,000

Bespoke evening event Have your name in lights! From £10,000

Party Night Become a Wildscreen institution! From £8,000

Happy Hour 17.30 - 18.30 daily £3,000/day

Invited dinners Dine with decision-makers From £3,000

Invited breakfasts/lunches From £1,000

*Discounted prices available for sponsors

PANDA AWARDSThe Wildscreen Panda Awards ceremony is the most prestigious event in the natural world storytelling calendar. The Panda Awards or ‘Green Oscars’ honour the most remarkable achievement in the craft of natural world filmmaking and storytelling.

This year will see us going back to our roots, with the glittering Panda Awards ceremony returning to its birthplace at the Colston Hall, Bristol’s biggest and most beautiful concert hall. It’s our most dazzling event and is attended by more than 850+ of the world’s most talented, innovative and game-changing creative professionals along with over 1,000 representatives from the world’s leading conservation organisations, dignitaries and the public. It’s an event like no other.

Have your brand positioned side-by-side with industry giants and on a world stage.

Opportunities include: Price*Ceremony naming rights £30,000

Drinks reception £6,000

Aftershow party £6,000

Award category sponsorship £3,000/award

Panda Award categories are: Animal Behaviour, Campaign, Children’s, Cinematography, Editing, Emerging Talent, Impact, Innovation, Music, People and Nature, Popular Broadcast, Presenter, Science, Script, Series, Short, Sound, Theatrical.

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A dedicated day programme on Friday 14 October, running alongside the main festival content, will offer a stellar line up of keynotes, masterclasses and sessions from the world’s very best wildlife and conservation photographers and industry experts.

We are looking to work with partners who share our commitment to celebrating and advancing natural world storytelling and conservation through photography. By partnering with Wildscreen, you would become synonymous with Europe’s leading wildlife conservation photography event.

SUPPORTER

£1k+

HEADLINESPONSOR

£20k+

PRINCIPAL SPONSOR

£10k+

MAJOR SPONSOR

£5k+

As Headline Sponsor, you would be synonymous with Europe’s leading must-attend event in the wildlife and environmental photography calendar.

Headline sponsorship comes with a minimum investment of £20,000 and is negotiated separately so we can provide a bespoke package that reflects your needs.

HEADLINE SPONSORSHIPWildscreen is looking to work with a brand that shares our commitment to transforming natural world storytelling and inspiring millions of people around the world to fall in love with nature through the power of photography.

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ADDITIONALOPPORTUNITIESThere are many ways to make your presence felt as part of the Photography Programme, additional opportunities including:

Reception sponsorship From £3,000

Invited breakfasts/ lunches/dinners From £1,000

Delegate book bag From £2,000

Delegate lanyard From £2,000

Unique benefits also include:

l High-profile brand visibility, billing and promotion throughout the Photography Programme, including key events, signage, online and in print

l Session naming rights and curation

l VIP invitations and access to special events

MAJOR SPONSORSHIPAs a Major Sponsor, you can enjoy being high-profile throughout the Photography Programme. Your brand would be associated with the Programme, featuring on all major marketing collateral throughout the event, the city and online.

Unique benefits include:

l Optimum brand visibility, billing and promotion throughout the Festival, including key events, signage, online and in print

l Keynote session naming rights and curation

l VIP invitations and access to special events

l As a Principal Sponsor you will have the opportunity to host a bespoke event tailored to you and for your audience. These can include high-profile keynotes and social events, invited receptions and VIP dinners, some of which may require additional investment.

PRINCIPAL SPONSORSHIPAs a Principal Sponsor, you will benefit from optimum visibility throughout the Photography Programme. Your brand would be synonymous with the Programme, featuring on all major marketing collateral throughout the event, the city and online.

SUPPORTERl Brand visibility and billing as a Supporter of the Photography Programme on key literature and online

l 10% discount on all delegate passes

No matter what level of investment you decide to make you’ll also receive standard benefits, including brand presence and promotion via Wildscreen’s platforms, bespoke communication opportunities to Wildscreen’s audience and much more.

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PRINCIPAL SPONSOR MAJOR SPONSOR SUPPORTER £10,000 £5,000+ £1,000+

EVENT ATTENDANCE

Complimentary VIP Photography day delegate passes 4 2 0Discounted prices on additional delegate passes 20% 10% 10%Additional VIP invitations and access to special invite-only events ✓ ✓ ✖

Complimentary Wildscreen Panda Awards ceremony tickets 4 2 0Discounted prices on Wildscreen Festival week delegate passes 20% 10% 10%

PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAMME

Keynote session naming rights and curation ✓ ✖ ✖

Session naming rights and curation ✓ ✓ ✖

Host a high-profile bespoke evening event ★ £5,000+ ★ £8,000+ ✖

BRAND VISIBILITY AND PROMOTION

Your logo on all onsite signage ✓ ✓ Key sites only ✓ Key sites only

Your logo on the Photography Programme mini-website ✓ ✓ ✖

Your logo on all print/online ad-campaigns ✓ ✖ ✖

Your logo on all printed marketing materials ✓ ✓ Guide ✓ Guide

Your logo on all e-news communications ✓ ✓ ✓ Text acknowledgement

Sponsor activation messaging via Festival social media platforms ✓ ✓ ✓

Bespoke communication opportunities to Wildscreen’s audience including eshots ✓ ✓ ★ POAAnnouncement of sponsor status in the Festival e-news and on website ✓ ✓ ✖

Use of the Wildscreen and Wildscreen Festival logo in your relevant communications ✓ ✓ ✓

Prominent full page colour ad in the guide ✓ ✓ ★ POAInclusion of a promotional item/gift within delegate bags ✓ ✓ ✓

Priority access to brand official merchandise ✓ ✓ ✓

* A typical sponsorship package can include the items listed above. Contact us for a custom proposal.

PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAMME & SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

✓ Included★ Available as an upgrade✖ Not available

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Bristol, the home of Wildscreen, is the world’s Green Hollywood. It has truly cemented itself as the global leader in natural world storytelling with around 35% of all natural history programming being created here. It’s the birthplace of the BBC Natural History Unit and many of the world’s leading independent production companies.

Bristol is also a world leader in pioneering environmental efforts to create healthier and happier cities. It was the European Green Capital 2015, the first UK city to win this prestigious award.

In 2016 we want to vastly increase public participation in the Festival and would like to work with partners who will join us in bringing the natural world and its storytellers to one of the UK’s largest cities.

Be synonymous with the world’s Green Hollywood and be seen by half a million of Bristol’s residents. Support the public programme and be featured in marketing material and PR activity within the city, online and through Wildscreen’s platforms. Gain access to and align your brand with the world’s most remarkable natural world storytellers.

CONTACT USFor further information on all sponsorship and partnership opportunities, plus bespoke opportunities tailored to your requirements, please contact: Lucie Muir, Wildscreen DirectorE: lucie.muir@wildscreen.org T: +44 (0)117 929 1222

Sponsorship opportunities include:l Film screenings From £5,000

l Outdoor wildlife photography exhibition From £15,000

l Large outreach events (i.e. comedy night, talks) From £10,000

l STEM Education school visits and resources From £5,000

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