Vpro Movies

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Documentary makers and friends Tim den Besten (26) and Nicolaas Veul (29) exploring the boundaries of their sexuality. Both are gay, at least, they th...

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...

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...

Nova is an aspiring artist who can’t seem to get her career off the ground. She feels the reason is her lack of life experience. While it may seem lik...

Lize Korpershoek investigates why her desire for sex within her relationships always disappears after the first infatuation. Is love sustainable witho...

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

A Dutch family on their last full day of their camping holiday in France. On the moment that nobody wants to join father Aad on the traditional hiking...

Reporter Nicolaas Veul decides to set up his first Instagram account and accumulate as many followers as possible. Over time, he becomes more interest...

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 young man from Sudan creates an open forum where Dutch locals can freely ask him questions, sparking candid conversations that bridge cultural divid...

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

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...

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

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...

After all men worldwide commit suicide, Joyce becomes hopelessly addicted to the past and longs for her lost love. Looking for a way to get her boyfri...

Late at night, a woman gets off at a deserted subway station somewhere in Amsterdam. Walking home, she notices that she is being followed, so she star...

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