Keith Barclay (New Zealand)
Industry Producer
Doc Edge

Keith is Doc Edge's Industry Producer, responsible for an annual programme of events including Doc Edge Clinics, Forum, Pitch and Rough Cuts.

Originally from the UK, currently based in New Zealand, he’s worked in and around the screen industries in several countries for over four decades. As well as his work for Doc Edge, Keith is also the founder and director of NZ Web Fest.


Doc Edge presents an Academy Awards® qualifying international documentary film festival in-theatre and online across New Zealand.  Doc Edge Schools delivers free screenings of educational documentaries for schools across New Zealand during the festival, and provides a year-round SVOD platform for schools in New Zealand and across the Pacific. Doc Edge Industry presents a programme of events for screen professionals anywhere in the world.

Doc Edge is also the New Zealand host of Good Pitch, and will present the inaugural Good Pitch Aotearoa New Zealand later this year.


SEEKING: Incomplete projects.

STYLE: Creative doc, hybrid, observational documentary, presenter led/participatory.

GENRES: Arts, biographies, crime, culture, current affairs & investigative, education, environment, factual entertainment, gender, geopolitics, history, human interest, Indigenous, lifestyle, music, natural history & wildlife, politics, race, religion & ethics, science, social issues, sport, technology, travel & adventure, youth.

FORMAT: Feature, single/one-off, series, short-form, specials, format, 30’, 52’/60’, 70+ mins, online, multiplatform, interactive, VR / AR / MR.