Vpro Movies

In 1988, Frans Bromet made the documentary 'A Step Back' for the VPRO. He wonders what it would mean if the economy were to shrink and whether we woul...

A boy posts a message on the Internet seeking a suicide partner. A girl reads it and flies to meet him one week later. Together they jump off a 600-me...

Short documentary on Japanese noise artist Merzbow by South African filmmaker Aryan Kaganof. Filmed on location at the Kamakura Temple, Japan, 1997.

Rapidly expanding megacities are a global phenomenon and as a consequence millions of people today live in makeshift constructs they call their homes....

Television movie.

Report on the ideological foundation Moral Rearmament (MH),based on an idea by the American Frank Buchman, in which critics of the movement have the...

Vagabond Bob finds a suitcase belonging to stockbroker Peter and returns it to his hotel. There he meets Marion, who happens to be Peter's mistress. U...

A white man bumps into a black man while jogging, and accuses him of having stolen his wallet.

In 'The Yolanthe documentary' Tim den Besten explores his fascinations and irritiations, along with filmmaker Thijs Meuwese, regarding the public Dutc...

Patrick Dench is a successful loudmouth barrister and professional womanizer who treats everybody with disrespect but still manages to bed every beaut...

About the art explosion in Amsterdam during the 1980's when artists of all sorts found spaces and places and the legendary club RoXY (1987-1999) was c...

Lou is a Turkish cellmate on leave, who has started proving his Turkish cellmate to save him from marrying another with his Turkish lover. The leaver...

1989 VPRO docu about Maarten Biesheuvel

What do you do if you dream of success but have secretly always felt that it isn't meant for you? While nearly 30-year-old filmmaker Emma Boelhouwer h...

Near Charleroi, Colin lives alone with his mother in a dilapidated house that collapses a little more each day. Faced with this misery, he writes with...

Frans Bromet in search of the bad influences of the modern management culture.

Two fishermen try to save a Salvation Army lady from drowning.

Ron, the filmmaker’s father, has a brain injury that affects his ability to situate himself and retain memories. Upon realising that her father no lon...

China's top drama academy stages the American musical "Fame," China's first official collaboration with Broadway, as the graduation showcase for its s...