The last days of the dinosaur keep appealing to the imagination. After a meteor strike, the entire planet was shrouded in dust, making it impossible for rays of sunlight to reach earth. De dag dat het zonlicht niet meer scheen focuses on the end of the dinosaur era. Hard science is supplemented by a sense of longing, humor, absurdity and melancholy. This documentary questions where human's eternal fascination with the dinosaur comes from and reflects on the unrequited love between human and primal animal. De dag dat het zonlicht niet meer scheen is a collaboration between researcher Cem Berk Şenel from Vrije Universiteit Brussel and directors Maria and Frederik Stuut. Şenel was one of the winners of the Science Pitch at DOCVILLE 2024, an initiative connecting researchers and filmmakers. The winner receives a production budget to transform their pitch into a documentary with a scientific theme that will be screened at the next festival edition.