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Marijn Poels | |
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 Poels in Brussel to promote his documentary ‘The Voice of 650 Million', October 2010 | |
| Born | Marijn Hendrik Jan |
| Occupation(s) | director, screenwriter, producer |
Marijn Poels is a Dutch independent filmmaker, documentary filmmaker and international speaker. His feature films include The Uncertainty Has Settled , Paradogma, and he has also made several TV documentary series. Poels' films address international social, economic and political issues.
In 2009 Poels wrote his first book, Between Two Worlds.
Poels' film style features real-life recordings, so that the viewer gets a relatively unfiltered view of reality without being directly fed an opinion by the filmmaker.
In 2017 Poel's produced the documentary The Uncertainty Has Settled , in which he questions the consensus on anthropogenic climate change and current energy policies. This film is part of a trilogy. In a sequel to this film, Paradogma, he investigates the toxic state of the current public debate and explored themes such as polarisation, conformism and intolerance. In the third part, Return to Eden, Poels returns to climate change and agriculture. This film asks the question to what extent humans are part of nature and where the boundaries lie in the urge to regulate climate change, nature and our food supply.
In 2022, Poels produced the film Pandamned, where he discusses societal changes during the COVID-19 pandemic.[ citation needed ]
In 2013, Poels produced the documentary Pablo, about the social cleansing ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. In January 2014, the documentary was screened at the Dutch Parliament. In response to the screening, the Christian Democratic Appeal and the Dutch Labour Party asked parliamentary questions about the violations of human rights ahead of the World Cup.
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| * 2005 - Full of smiles and mines - Cambodia |
| * 2005 - The American Dream - New-York |
| * 2006 - The Shadow side of a metropolis - Rio de Janeiro |
| * 2006 - Heideroosjes in Japan |
| * 2007 - Chapter Eight, Golden State - Hollywood |
| * 2007 - Surviving On God's Guidance - Zambia |
| * 2008 - Millenniumwar - Netherlands |
| * 2008 - Ethiopia on Wheels - Ethiopia |
| * 2008 - Nothing About Us - Ethiopia |
| * 2009 - L1mburg Helpt (TV documentary series)- Romania, Uganda, Congo, Brazil, Peru, India. |
| * 2010 - The Voice of 650 Million Times One - Kenya, Vietnam |
| * 2010 - It's Noy Always About Succes[ sic?] - Netherlands, Wales |
| * 2010 - My Name is MAX - Netherlands |
| * 2010 - Building Dreams in Darkness - India |
| * 2011 - Route 15 - (TV documentary series)- Brazil, Mali, Sierre Leone, Suriname, Kenya, India, Pakistan, Filipijnen |
| * 2011 - Down the Lane - Kenya, Canada |
| * 2012 - L1mburg Helpt (TV documentary series) - Nicaragua, Ethiopië, Peru, Indonesië, Kenia, Armenië. |
| * 2012 - By Choice or Chance - Vietnam |
| * 2013 - Retour - Netherlands, Spain |
| * 2013 - PABLO - Brasil |
| * 2013 - Unerschöpflich - Germany, Brasil |
| * 2014 - Two Lives in one Heart - Morocco, Netherlands |
| * 2015 - L1mburg Helpt (TV documentary series) - Nicaragua, Guatemala, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia |
| * 2016 - KANTHARI, change from within |
| * 2016 - AGELESS FRIENDS (60 min) |
| * 2017 - The Uncertainty Has Settled (89 min) |
| * 2018 - Paradogma (90 min) |
| * 2020 - Return To Eden (115 min) |
| * 2021 - Het Goede Doel Heiligt de Middelen (55 min) |
| * 2022 - PANDAMNED - The Documentary (131 min) |
| * 2023 - The Primordial Code (145 min) |
| * 2024 - The Primordial Code, The Burning Essence (119 min) |
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