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IN PREMIERE Route 2015| 208 Minutes. The Eight part documentary series around the world portrays our planet on a adventuress and breathtaking way, where various people and nature collaborating and experimenting the fight towards the biggest world challenges. PHILIPINES | BRASIL | SIERRA LEONE | MALI PAKISTAN | SURINAM | INDIA | KENYA READ MORE ABOUT THE SERIES, THE PREMIERE OR ORDER TICKETS ONLINE (DUTCH ONLY) Follow Marijn Poels during the production on Twitter READ THE BLOG     THEATER 2012 Down The Lane| 25 Minutes. European filmmaker Marijn Poels won an international film award in Canada with his VSO documentary “The Voice of 650 Million Times One”. During the award ceremony in Calgary he renounced his award and waived it to those he filmed in the Kibera Slum in Kenya. In Nairobi, Poels hands over the award to Robert and Pamela Sabwami. Despite corruption, bureaucracy, gangs and cartels they build a solid monument in which they integrate the award. Despite the appreciation towards the film award, the inhabitants of Kibera are obviously more interested in money. A distrust towards the intention of NGO's where the fundament of suspicion has been created by the political and bureaucratic acts  where people down the lane are barely involved. RELEASE FEB. 2012 CANADA       DVD Building Dreams in Darkness | 30 Minutes. India has become the world's second fastest growing economy. The south of India (Chennai) is being elevated; skyscrapers, business corporations and hotels are built in rapid succession. People from the north of India are being offered job opportunities in the south by building contractors. Whole families are transported to Chennai towork as cheap labourers in the construction industry. A generation of migrationworkers is born. The Indian initiative 'School on Wheels' brings some hope       DVD My Name is MAX| 30 Minutes. During the Second World War (1943-1944) approximately 123 Jewish children were smuggled from Amsterdam into families in Northern Limburg. This was done by an Amsterdam student resistance group. In the Dutch region Limburg this was led by Hanna van de Voort and Nico Dohmen. An authentic and gripping documentary about how the "own" children experienced the fact their parents took the risks between live and death to take care of the Jewish children.       DVD The Voice of 650 Million Times One | 43 Minutes.   The World Health Organisations estimates that worldwide the overal number of persons with a disability is around 650 million. Inspiring people living with a disability in Asia and Africa are showing in "The Voice of 650 million" their world of exclusion regarding sexuality, HIV and reproductive health. A courageous story of those who's been forgotten in the race of humanity...       DVD Nothing About Us| 60 Minutes. A moving story of ten Dutch youngsters with a disability who travelled to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, to ask attention for the shocking position of their disabled counterparts in Ethiopia. Against the chaotic background of one of the largest cities of Africa the Dutch and Ethiopian youth practise martial arts and self defence in order to increase their empowerment       Episode 1 Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (lenght: 26 min.)   Episode 2 Chennai, India (lenght: 26 min.)   Episode 3 Kumi, Uganda (lenght: 26 min.)   Episode 4 Bondamba, DRC Congo (lenght: 26 min.)   Episode 5 Cugir, Romania (lenght: 26 min.)   Episode 6 Lima, Peru (lenght: 26 min.)   Episode 7 Dehra Dun, India (lenght: 26 min.)     DVD Ethiopia on Wheels| 30 Minutes. Former tour de France cyclist Peter Winnen with Hans van Bon and Frans van Slagmaat received a call from the ministry of sport in Ethiopia to support the Ethiopian cyclists on their way to becoming international sportsmen! Because of the poverty and lack of materials the cycle sport can not be developed in Ethiopia as in many other countries. The three professionals from the Netherlands were send to the Dire Dawa region with a big mission... To Cycle out of the circle of poverty!     DVD MillenniumWAR| 50 Minutes. How is it possible that the world is still facing so much extreme poverty and where we can find the root of these global issues. Development work exists already 60 years with the idea that the help will be unnecessary in time. But somehow this idea is more difficult than the world expected. In this 60 minutes documentary filmmaker Marijn Poels is searching for the root of the biggest social and economic world problems in a confrontational but integer way...     DVD Surviving on God's Guidance| 60 Minutes. Filmmaker Marijn Poels travels 20 days in an adventurous way through the African Republic Zambia. The stunning landscape with all his natural wonders and fascinating colours are seen through the lens of the filmmaker. Mighty scenes alternate with delicate moments of rest. Finally he visits the poor community of Kalundi . A collection of clay huts and slums built towards the green hills of the Kafue district.     DVD The Shadowside of a worldcity| 11 Minutes. Rio de Janeiro can measure themselves with modern western cities despite the poor favela's extending defiantly down from the mountains as lava into the city. Thousands of children are living in the streets, those who have fled the hard life in the favela's. Not seldom they get killed by corrupt policemen who are 'cleaning' the streets of Rio by order of hotel managers.     DVD Ful of Smiles and Mines| 34 Minutes. Despite the two decennia repression of the Red Khmer, Cambodia preserved her special culture and nature. Filmmaker Marijn Poels traveled five weeks in an adventurous way through that impressive Cambodia. A striking expedition which revealed the hidden beauty behind the deep scars of an unfair war.       DVD Mieke and Friends| 25 Minutes. Mieke van Uden, an artist from the south of Netherland brought 54 artists across Europe together who are all willing to unite a work of art. The Dutch artist has copied 54 times a ceramic image and gave the copies to the other artists so they can edit it in their own style, vision and creativity.     Photo exposition 2009: L1mburg Helpt | Stills around the globe. (travelled to 10 different locations in 2010)   CHENNAI | INDIA A woman from the slums near the heavily polluted Adyar River reflecting the tough live in her face Photo: Anja Datema   KUMI | UGANDA A patient with leprosy is waiting patiently for consult in the Kumi district hospital Photo: Janpath   BONDAMBA | DRC CONGO Although their school is still heavily damaged, the children of East Congo are getting alphabetized.   Photo: AP                     TRANSYLVANIA | ROMANIA The rolling hills in front of the Karpaty mountains in Transylvania are place for the lonely shepherds. Photo: Maik Hagens   RIO DE JANEIRO | BRASIL A street child is, numbed by the glue, sleeping under a bridge in the center of the city. Photo: René Poels   TRANSYLVANIA | ROMANIA On the Karpaty mountains 5000 Ft high an old Romanian cheese farmer in his Smokey house Photo: Maik Hagens                     VARANASI | INDIA people near the Ganges offer prayers in large numbers during the Mahashivaratri festival. Photo: AP   LIMA | PERU A guitar player is hired by a family to sing songs for the dead on the biggest graveyard against the dusty hills of Lima Photo:Janpath   BONDAMBA | DRC CONGO The kids of Eastern Congo are the future of tomorrow. Photo: AP DVD The White Lady of the Broken Ruins| 20 Minutes. July, 1975 midsummer night - Four friends from Grubbenvorst (the Netherlands) met with a mysterious accident after visiting the castle ruins. The region Limburg were more often startled by similar ghost stories like the phenomenon of a white lady on top of the ruins of the castle. July, 2006 midsummer night- Marijn Poels is in search of this story which has been lost in time to find the true story behind it. In the end he will be facing the myth on top of the ruins.       DVD A Year in the Life of...| 120 Minutes. The biggest punk group of the Netherlands called Heideroosjes was filmed for one year by filmmaker Marijn Poels. One of the climaxes of this two and a half hour DVD is an account of their tour in the United States of America. Followed by backstage reports of Pinkpop, AB Brussel and Torhout Werchter. Poels filmed also while the band is rehearsing and on the road. "All the fun and painful things a band is facing are shown on this DVD" says the singer of the band Marco Roelofs.       DVD The White Lady of the Broken Ruins| 20 Minutes. An independent longplaymovie directed and written by Marijn Poels. A massive production realised with over 2400 volunteers of Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. A story of the life after the death of the legendary King Arthur. At the end of the filmproduction the crew faced their biggest nightmare.               DVD Chapter Eight...Golden State| 20 Minutes. At the end of 2006 the Heideroosjes went for three months to California, Hollywood to work on their new album in the studio's of producer Cameron Webb. Marijn Poels joined the group with his camera and produced an intimate backstage documentary of hard working punks, enervating days and the eternal fellowship of the group in the land of the great!         Inspirational shortclips   WORLD PAVILION   WORLD TREES Using the Floriade as a platform for international cooperation has been initiated by the volunteer group Stichting Ontwikkelingssamenwerking (SOS) Meerlo-Wanssum. Due to this initiative, volunteers of several foundations in the region North-Limburg cooperate for a permanent World Pavilion. National World Trees Days (NWTD)in de region Venlo (The South of Netherlands) was held on february 2011. In 12 countries around the globe lots of children planted trees. Finally the NWTD was offiially opened with this inspirational videoclip.   Inspirational shortclips   UNITED TIBET   MY FUNERAL HR IN JAPAN Heideroosjes Length: 3.35 m Year: 2006 Heideroosjes Length:3.49 m Year: 2007 Heideroosjes Length: 5.35 m Year: 2008

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