Frans Bromet

Documentary about the monument Joods Werkdorp.

Frans Bromet delves into a mysterious feud that has divided his family for decades. Its origins lie in a conflict that arose on the Jewish side of the family after the Second World War.

Frans Bromet follows Anna-Titia (42). She has rheumatism, arthritis and a hereditary condition that makes her tired quickly and walk poorly.

The first cigarette. It begins so innocently, recklessly, and carefree. Like puppy love whose consequences you cannot yet foresee. For budding love grows into an addiction with all the consequences that entails, which unfortunately often also heralds the beginning of the end. Burning Desire is a kaleidoscopic and intimate narrative in which smokers speak about their great love, the cigarette. And what smoking brought them, but above all, what it has taken away. They are living on borrowed time. The love has proven irreversible.

In 'Homopesten', Frans Bromet paints a shocking picture of homophobia in the Netherlands. Helen is a lesbian and is bullied by her neighbors. They urinate in her garden, vandalize the walls, and throw feces at the windows.

Frans Bromet, like 3.5 million Dutch people, is trying to lose excess weight. On his daughter's advice, he visits a gym in Purmerend. There he meets the likeable but tough fitness instructor Daniëlle de Boer, who is eager to help him. She tackles her clients in a militant manner. Bromet has his doubts.

Eduard van Dijk's home has become uninhabitable. While clearing it out, emotional memories of his father, who died as a resistance fighter in the Natzweiler concentration camp, surface for Eduard. In Verstopt, Bromet follows an old friend of Eduard's: Vera. She helps to make Eduard's house habitable again. During the clearing process, it becomes clear how strongly Eduard is attached to all his belongings: with every book he picks up, he has a special memory. Will Vera succeed in making the house habitable again? And will Eduard manage to part with the items to which he feels so emotionally connected?

Report by Frans Bromet on self-organizations of immigrants in the Netherlands and the role these organizations play in the integration of immigrants into Dutch society. Bromet visits, among other places, a radio studio in Nijmegen where a program for Somalis is being recorded, the 'bowling for Turkish families' package by STGT, and an information evening about politics in the Netherlands for immigrant women. Some activities explicitly aim for integration, while for others, integration is at best a side effect.

The arrival of the taxi app Uber is causing anger among existing taxi drivers. If the police do not intervene, they take matters into their own hands. In Taxibotsing, Frans Bromet follows the battle waged by the established taxi world against Uber, a small online program that aims to eventually dominate the Dutch transport market. The battle is being fought on various levels. While the courts must determine whether the UberPop service is illegal (because drivers lack a license or do not pay taxes), the newcomer is an unpleasant reality for established taxi drivers. Livelihood theft, as well as resentment over colleagues going to work for the despised enemy, is turning the atmosphere on the streets grim.

Documentary filmmaker Frans Bromet portrays the Arnhem neighborhood of Klarendal through the eyes of its residents, organizations, activities, and problems. The neighborhood is on the list of forty problem neighborhoods announced in 2007 by Ella Vogelaar, Minister of Housing, Neighborhoods, and Integration. Under the 'Vogelaar approach,' the neighborhoods on this list are subject to a multi-year, comprehensive restructuring, in which government bodies collaborate with housing corporations and social, community, and cultural institutions established in the area. Together with the residents, Bromet questions whether such a restructuring is necessary and, if so, how it can best be implemented.

Frans Bromet goes in search of his family history and discovers that Hermanus Bromet was a well-known slave trader in Suriname. Should he feel guilty for what his ancestor did? How do you deal with a burdened family past?

Documentary about whistleblower Frits Veerman, who in the 1970s exposed the nuclear espionage at Urenco in which his Pakistani colleague Abdul Khan smuggled nuclear data out of the country. He was fired and fought for 40 years for rehabilitation. Frans Bromet examines the moral compass of the headstrong whistleblower in the politically shadowy and high-profile espionage scandal. Bromet wants to understand what underlies years of backroom politics, an intelligence agency that refuses to grant access to the file, and international interests that apparently prevail over the protection of an observant citizen by his government. The fact that the Dutch State takes no responsibility in this matter weighs heavily, literally and figuratively, on Veerman. The threat of a nuclear bomb remains real. Will a potential rehabilitation offer the satisfaction he has been waiting for forty years?

You are Jewish when your mother is too. But when a Jewish mother is absent, it is still possible to become Jewish, namely through the phenomenon of 'coming out'. Frans Bromet portrays various individuals preparing to come out: people who are already Jewish and rabbis—Orthodox and Liberal—who make coming out possible, sometimes against their will.

Whistleblowers stick their necks out by exposing workplace misconduct. This is usually not appreciated. Filmmaker Frans Bromet speaks with whistleblowers about the far-reaching consequences that 'whistleblowing' has on their lives. The lives of the whistleblowers Bromet speaks to are irreparably damaged. Amidst stacks of binders and newspaper articles about what happened, the personal drama unfolds.

Currently, purchasing cannabis is done through 'the back door'. What is sold legally is purchased illegally. The end of 2019 marked the start of a four-year experiment in which cannabis grown under state supervision is legally traded. This should lead to less crime and better quality weed with fewer harmful substances. After a strict selection procedure, ten growers are selected who can supply this government weed. Bromet follows seasoned grower John - who wanted to run his nursery as legally and transparently as possible, but still lost everything after a lawsuit - and the businessmen of plan C who want to grow cannabis for the first time. Bromet also interviews coffee shop owners, politicians involved and both supporters and opponents. A follow-up documentary was made in 2024.

A documentary can be that simple and effective. Three grandfathers and three grandmothers tell their grandchildren about their experiences during the Second World War. When they were still children themselves. One was in hiding and was abused, the other had a wonderful childhood in the Groningen countryside.

Autobiographical documentary in which Frans Bromet persuades his Jewish father, who has not set foot in Germany since 1931, to cross the border. Director Frans Bromet's Jewish father has not set foot on German soil since 1931. In this documentary, the filmmaker follows his parents and a befriended couple on May 4th, as they commemorate the dead near the tri-border point in Vaals. He tries to persuade his father to cross the border—illegally—into the deeply hated neighboring country. A physically small, but mentally enormous step that leads to remarkable reflections.

This documentary, made by Frans Bromet and his son and daughter, explores music as an expression of homesickness and despair in the notorious refugee camp known as The Jungle in Calais.

Making mistakes is human. But when doctors make mistakes, it often has far-reaching consequences. Frans Bromet speaks with doctors who have made serious medical errors. Talking about mistakes is by no means a matter of course within the medical profession. The trust that the patient places in the doctor proves to be a great asset. Betraying that trust is a devastating experience for the medical professionals. Yet they are willing to speak openly ‘because otherwise you deny the patient and their family the opportunity to understand, to process what has happened.’ But above all, because you can only learn from mistakes by making them open for discussion. Only then can hospitals actually take measures or implement improvements.

Beukbergen is a documentary that paints a comprehensive picture of the large-scale renovation of the Beukbergen trailer park, the largest trailer park in the Netherlands. This documentary, broadcast on NPO 2, offers a unique look behind the scenes of a project that is drastically changing the lives of many people.

For several decades, the hard core of Ajax supporters has used the derogatory term 'Jews'. This provokes reactions from the opposing side that are antisemitic or appear so, whether intended or not, and which are experienced by many Jews as deeply offensive. Should the use of this derogatory term in, for example, chants be banned or permitted? And where does the association of Ajax with Jews actually come from? This documentary provides a comprehensive and varied picture of the background to this issue. Jewish Ajax supporters, administrators, Amsterdammers, and Israeli Ajax fans, as well as non-Jewish Ajax supporters, administrators, and opponents, share their perspectives.

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

Dutch men commit suicide twice as often as women. Why is that? Filmmaker Frans Bromet investigates, together with journalist Nathan Vos, what is going on with men.

You usually don't stop to think when you get into your car that the moment could be very close when you could cause a fatal accident. Yet, this happens to a few hundred people every year. In one fell swoop, five motorized road users talk about the consequences for their lives following this traumatic event. Together with Frans Bromet, they return to the scene of the accident.

Documentary about the monument Joods Werkdorp.

Frans Bromet delves into a mysterious feud that has divided his family for decades. Its origins lie in a conflict that arose on the Jewish side of the family after the Second World War.

Frans Bromet follows Anna-Titia (42). She has rheumatism, arthritis and a hereditary condition that makes her tired quickly and walk poorly.

The first cigarette. It begins so innocently, recklessly, and carefree. Like puppy love whose consequences you cannot yet foresee. For budding love grows into an addiction with all the consequences that entails, which unfortunately often also heralds the beginning of the end. Burning Desire is a kaleidoscopic and intimate narrative in which smokers speak about their great love, the cigarette. And what smoking brought them, but above all, what it has taken away. They are living on borrowed time. The love has proven irreversible.

Frans Bromet follows scoot drivers of different ages about their lives. He talks to them about what has changed since they got a mobility scooter, about how their living space has increased, about the limitations of the vehicle and about what is and is no longer possible in private.

In 'Homopesten', Frans Bromet paints a shocking picture of homophobia in the Netherlands. Helen is a lesbian and is bullied by her neighbors. They urinate in her garden, vandalize the walls, and throw feces at the windows.

Frans Bromet, like 3.5 million Dutch people, is trying to lose excess weight. On his daughter's advice, he visits a gym in Purmerend. There he meets the likeable but tough fitness instructor Daniëlle de Boer, who is eager to help him. She tackles her clients in a militant manner. Bromet has his doubts.

Eduard van Dijk's home has become uninhabitable. While clearing it out, emotional memories of his father, who died as a resistance fighter in the Natzweiler concentration camp, surface for Eduard. In Verstopt, Bromet follows an old friend of Eduard's: Vera. She helps to make Eduard's house habitable again. During the clearing process, it becomes clear how strongly Eduard is attached to all his belongings: with every book he picks up, he has a special memory. Will Vera succeed in making the house habitable again? And will Eduard manage to part with the items to which he feels so emotionally connected?

Report by Frans Bromet on self-organizations of immigrants in the Netherlands and the role these organizations play in the integration of immigrants into Dutch society. Bromet visits, among other places, a radio studio in Nijmegen where a program for Somalis is being recorded, the 'bowling for Turkish families' package by STGT, and an information evening about politics in the Netherlands for immigrant women. Some activities explicitly aim for integration, while for others, integration is at best a side effect.

The arrival of the taxi app Uber is causing anger among existing taxi drivers. If the police do not intervene, they take matters into their own hands. In Taxibotsing, Frans Bromet follows the battle waged by the established taxi world against Uber, a small online program that aims to eventually dominate the Dutch transport market. The battle is being fought on various levels. While the courts must determine whether the UberPop service is illegal (because drivers lack a license or do not pay taxes), the newcomer is an unpleasant reality for established taxi drivers. Livelihood theft, as well as resentment over colleagues going to work for the despised enemy, is turning the atmosphere on the streets grim.

Documentary filmmaker Frans Bromet portrays the Arnhem neighborhood of Klarendal through the eyes of its residents, organizations, activities, and problems. The neighborhood is on the list of forty problem neighborhoods announced in 2007 by Ella Vogelaar, Minister of Housing, Neighborhoods, and Integration. Under the 'Vogelaar approach,' the neighborhoods on this list are subject to a multi-year, comprehensive restructuring, in which government bodies collaborate with housing corporations and social, community, and cultural institutions established in the area. Together with the residents, Bromet questions whether such a restructuring is necessary and, if so, how it can best be implemented.

Frans Bromet goes in search of his family history and discovers that Hermanus Bromet was a well-known slave trader in Suriname. Should he feel guilty for what his ancestor did? How do you deal with a burdened family past?

Documentary about whistleblower Frits Veerman, who in the 1970s exposed the nuclear espionage at Urenco in which his Pakistani colleague Abdul Khan smuggled nuclear data out of the country. He was fired and fought for 40 years for rehabilitation. Frans Bromet examines the moral compass of the headstrong whistleblower in the politically shadowy and high-profile espionage scandal. Bromet wants to understand what underlies years of backroom politics, an intelligence agency that refuses to grant access to the file, and international interests that apparently prevail over the protection of an observant citizen by his government. The fact that the Dutch State takes no responsibility in this matter weighs heavily, literally and figuratively, on Veerman. The threat of a nuclear bomb remains real. Will a potential rehabilitation offer the satisfaction he has been waiting for forty years?

You are Jewish when your mother is too. But when a Jewish mother is absent, it is still possible to become Jewish, namely through the phenomenon of 'coming out'. Frans Bromet portrays various individuals preparing to come out: people who are already Jewish and rabbis—Orthodox and Liberal—who make coming out possible, sometimes against their will.

Whistleblowers stick their necks out by exposing workplace misconduct. This is usually not appreciated. Filmmaker Frans Bromet speaks with whistleblowers about the far-reaching consequences that 'whistleblowing' has on their lives. The lives of the whistleblowers Bromet speaks to are irreparably damaged. Amidst stacks of binders and newspaper articles about what happened, the personal drama unfolds.

Currently, purchasing cannabis is done through 'the back door'. What is sold legally is purchased illegally. The end of 2019 marked the start of a four-year experiment in which cannabis grown under state supervision is legally traded. This should lead to less crime and better quality weed with fewer harmful substances. After a strict selection procedure, ten growers are selected who can supply this government weed. Bromet follows seasoned grower John - who wanted to run his nursery as legally and transparently as possible, but still lost everything after a lawsuit - and the businessmen of plan C who want to grow cannabis for the first time. Bromet also interviews coffee shop owners, politicians involved and both supporters and opponents. A follow-up documentary was made in 2024.

Currently, purchasing cannabis is done through 'the back door'. What is sold legally is purchased illegally. The end of 2019 marked the start of a four-year experiment in which cannabis grown under state supervision is legally traded. This should lead to less crime and better quality weed with fewer harmful substances. After a strict selection procedure, ten growers are selected who can supply this government weed. Bromet follows seasoned grower John - who wanted to run his nursery as legally and transparently as possible, but still lost everything after a lawsuit - and the businessmen of plan C who want to grow cannabis for the first time. Bromet also interviews coffee shop owners, politicians involved and both supporters and opponents. A follow-up documentary was made in 2024.

A documentary can be that simple and effective. Three grandfathers and three grandmothers tell their grandchildren about their experiences during the Second World War. When they were still children themselves. One was in hiding and was abused, the other had a wonderful childhood in the Groningen countryside.

Autobiographical documentary in which Frans Bromet persuades his Jewish father, who has not set foot in Germany since 1931, to cross the border. Director Frans Bromet's Jewish father has not set foot on German soil since 1931. In this documentary, the filmmaker follows his parents and a befriended couple on May 4th, as they commemorate the dead near the tri-border point in Vaals. He tries to persuade his father to cross the border—illegally—into the deeply hated neighboring country. A physically small, but mentally enormous step that leads to remarkable reflections.

This documentary, made by Frans Bromet and his son and daughter, explores music as an expression of homesickness and despair in the notorious refugee camp known as The Jungle in Calais.

Making mistakes is human. But when doctors make mistakes, it often has far-reaching consequences. Frans Bromet speaks with doctors who have made serious medical errors. Talking about mistakes is by no means a matter of course within the medical profession. The trust that the patient places in the doctor proves to be a great asset. Betraying that trust is a devastating experience for the medical professionals. Yet they are willing to speak openly ‘because otherwise you deny the patient and their family the opportunity to understand, to process what has happened.’ But above all, because you can only learn from mistakes by making them open for discussion. Only then can hospitals actually take measures or implement improvements.

Beukbergen is a documentary that paints a comprehensive picture of the large-scale renovation of the Beukbergen trailer park, the largest trailer park in the Netherlands. This documentary, broadcast on NPO 2, offers a unique look behind the scenes of a project that is drastically changing the lives of many people.

For several decades, the hard core of Ajax supporters has used the derogatory term 'Jews'. This provokes reactions from the opposing side that are antisemitic or appear so, whether intended or not, and which are experienced by many Jews as deeply offensive. Should the use of this derogatory term in, for example, chants be banned or permitted? And where does the association of Ajax with Jews actually come from? This documentary provides a comprehensive and varied picture of the background to this issue. Jewish Ajax supporters, administrators, Amsterdammers, and Israeli Ajax fans, as well as non-Jewish Ajax supporters, administrators, and opponents, share their perspectives.

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