Marijn Poels

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.

Poels released the documentary “Pandamned” on the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022. A fact check by Bayerischer Rundfunk concludes that the film collects statements from those who play down the coronavirus, “Querdenker” and well-known conspiracy theorists from Germany and other countries. The film repeats well-known anti-Semitic myths and unverifiable, unfounded or already refuted false statements.

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.