Through her studies Emerging Markets and Political Science, Sabine Lubbe Bakker (1978, Belgium) discovered what she likes best: telling stories. She took a course called ‘Poldox’ (combining political science and documentary making), during which she made a film about the world of illegal Chinese gambling in Amsterdam.

Her passion for the Middle East took her to Damascus to write her thesis titled ‘Brave New Minds’, which dealt with rebellious student movements in Syria. In addition to learning Arabic, organising debates and writing articles, she made two short films. One of these, Sluts and Sheiks, is about the relationship between the strict religious TV stations and the more daring music stations.

Back in Europe, Sabine worked in Brussels for the documentary programme Panaroma. For Amsterdam-based BNR News Radio she worked as a freelance researcher and director. Nowadays she works as a freelance documentary filmmaker.

2010 – SHOUT (74/55 minutes)

2006 – EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON TELEVISION IS TRUE, EVEN FICTION (17 minutes)