De Kock made his directorial debut with the film The Hands of Che Guevara, a documentary about the severed hands of the Latin American guerrilla fighter Ernesto Che Guevara that were put in a jar of formaldehyde and disappeared from public view. The film was a success at many international film festivals.
De Kock's first film as a director was a documentary about the mysterious disappearance of Ernesto Che Guevara's severed hands, preserved in formaldehyde. The film garnered acclaim at numerous international film festivals.