Bristol Docs is an initiative to provide a focus for 
documentary in Bristol and South West England, 
on the basis of a collaboration between the 
University of the West of England, the University 
of Bristol, and a number of associates, including 
the Watershed Media Centre.

The aim is to bring to Bristol the new trends 
in documentary which are now appearing across 
the country, and indeed more broadly in Europe 
and elsewhere. Everywhere documentary festivals
 are growing in size and number. Large numbers 
of people feel the need for independent 
testimonies of the world we live in which neither 
television nor mainstream cinema any longer 
provide.      

Bristol Docs supports the teaching, research and 
use of documentary in Bristol's two universities. 
It also aims to promote interchange between 
film-makers, scholars, students, media 
professionals, and the community at large, 
through a range of activities.