Marijn Poels
Marijn Poels (born 10 July 1975, in Meerlo) is a Dutch independent filmmaker, documentary maker and international speaker. He produced the films The Uncertainty Has Settled, PARADOGMA and several documentary series for TV. He also made tour documentaries about the Dutch punk group Heideroosjes. Poels' films address international social, economic and political issues.
Marijn Poels | |
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 Poels in Brussel to promote his documentary ‘The Voice of 650 Million', October 2010 | |
| Born | Marijn Hendrik Jan 10 July 1975 |
| Occupation | director, screenwriter, producer |
In 2009 Poels wrote his first book "Between Two Worlds". Poels' film style features real-life recordings. 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. A controversial story where he’s questioning Climate change and the current Energy policies. This film is part of a trilogy. In his second part "Paradogma" he investigated the toxic state of the current public debate and made themes such as polarisation, conformism and intolerance visible. In the third part “Return To Eden”, Poels returns to climate change and agriculture. This film asks the question to what extent we humans are part of nature and where the boundaries lie in the urge to regulate climate change, nature and our food supply.
Distinctions
Medal for the peace
Poels received in 2011 “The Voice of peace” medal in Lahore, Pakistan. This medal is annually awarded to persons who committed their selves against terrorism en violence in Pakistan and coming out for human rights.
Heart for culture
The Cultural award "Heart for culture" was awarded to Poels in September 2015 by the municipality of Horst aan de Maas. The jury asks attention for people or groups who are involved in culture in an inspirational way.
Film awards
- 2011: Dody Spittal Award - Calgary - Picture This Filmfestival - Documentary:The Voice of 650 Million Times One
- 2015: NL Award - Netherlands Documentary:Twee levens in een hart
- 2015: Audience Award - Warshaw Poland - Human Doc Filmfestival - Documentary:Change From Within
- 2015: Golden Award - Los Angeless USA - Independent Film Awards - Documentary:Ageless Friends
- 2016: Best Documentary - New York City USA - Direct Short Filmfestival - Documentary:Ageless Friends
- 2016: Dody Spittal Award and Honorable Mention - Calgary - Picture This Filmfestival - Documentary:Change From Within
- 2017: Best documentary - Berlin - Berlin Independent Film Festival - Documentary:The Uncertainty Has Settled
- 2017: Best documentary - Los Angeles - Mindfield Film Festival - Documentary:The Uncertainty Has Settled
Politics
In 2013 he produced the documentary Pablo, about the social cleansing ahead of the World Cup Football 2014 in Brazil. in January 2014 the documentary was screened at the Dutch parliament. In response to the screening, the Christian and the Social Democratic parties (CDA and PVDA) asked parliamentary questions about the violations of human rights during the preparations of a world event.
Filmography
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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) |
