Dirk creates spectacular documentaries that focus on deciphering the present by uncovering hidden events of history. In Halle, he will pitch “SILENT WAR - The Cold War’s Darkest Secret”. Showreel: https://vimeo.com/showcase/dirkvdb Among Dirk’s recent films are: DOOMSDAY CLOCK (2023) - Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, Disinformation and the erosion of democracy are the main threats to humanity in the focus of the "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists", founded in 1945 by Einstein, Oppenheimer and other scientists. > trailer & film: https://doomsday.outremerfilm.com 1979 BIG BANG OF THE PRESENT (2019) The pivotal events and protagonists that gave birth to our present time did not happen after the collapse of the Soviet Union - they happened ten years earlier, in the dramatic year 1979. > trailer & film: http://1979bigbang.com THE SIEGE OF MECCA (2017) The first film to unveil the siege on Islam's holiest shrine that shook Saudi Arabia to its foundations, brought the global balance of power to the brink of collapse, and marked the beginning of religiously motivated terrorism. > trailer & film: https://mecca1979.com