Frans Bromet

This lesson in political revelation focuses on the shooting down of the Malaysian passenger jet MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014. A meticulous, investigative exposé that lays bare the mechanisms of Russian warfare.

Programme maker Frans Bromet visits eight public libraries with camera and microphone and speaks to visitors, staff, and volunteers. The idea that libraries are boring institutions where you only go to borrow books and CDs turns out to be completely outdated. Everyone is welcome in the library, it is a pleasant place to spend time, and not unimportantly: the library is the only public place that is accessible for free all day long. From the homeless person to the millionaire and from the student to the pensioner: the library is a place where the whole of the Netherlands comes together.

Documentaries are broadcast every week on Dutch TV Channel NPO 2 under the name 2Doc: inspiring stories of the here and now.

A woman gets off a train by mistake and finds herself stranded alone with a peculiar man who doesn't even speak her language.

The young, entrepreneurial brothers Edial and Floris Dekker dream of owning their own internet company and leave for Berlin after their studies to make their dream a reality. 'Startup city' Berlin is a gathering place for ambitious young people and a breeding ground for countless internet startup companies. The brothers launch the website Gidsy, where organizers of small-scale local activities can connect with potential participants. Whether you want a tour of Amsterdam's Red Light District, to search for oysters in the Oosterschelde, or do life drawing in Berlin, you will find it on Gidsy. Edial and Floris soon manage to interest a few investors, including the famous actor Ashton Kutcher, to invest $1.2 million in their fledgling company.

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.

Short film in which an innocent girl takes care of a seriously injured gangster.

In this report series, children who are angry about something taking place or that has happened in their immediate surroundings are given the chance to hold an adult accountable. For example, a number of children speak with a police spokesperson and a mounted riot police officer about the police action on Amsterdam's Museumplein during a demonstration against the war in Iraq.

In 1811, hilarity ensues when a corrupt Dutch colonel mistakes a quack dentist for one of Napoleon's inspectors general.

Buren deals with the phenomenon of neighbor disputes and is presented by Frans Bromet. In the program, neighbors discuss the disagreements they have with each other. Both parties are given equal opportunities to express their dissatisfaction. In some cases, Bromet attempts to resolve the conflict.

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

Documentary about the monument Joods Werkdorp.

Lidy sees terrifying apparitions in her cottage. She hears strange noises in the attic and sees chains moving. She has also already been dragged down the attic stairs by someone. Frans Bromet and energy house cleanser Lise come to her aid.

A group of expatriates living in Holland turn to sex, dope and music to augment their daily routines. One comes to resent a couple who becomes part of the exclusive social elite. An American actor muses over his draft notice, and he becomes jealous when a beautiful model he covets takes up with a radical writer.

A female veterinarian moves to the country side to start her own practice. She encounters a lot a skeptical villagers.

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.

A rich Frisian farmer has been murdered in Amsterdam and police duo Grijpstra & De Gier are sent to investigate. Adjutant Grijpstra has problems at home again and is happy to leave for Friesland to investigate the murder. Sgt. De Gier finds the Frisian Hylke much more interesting than the murder case. In Leeuwarden there is a real Chinese war and a brutal robbery at the cattle market. Suddenly there is that friendly rattling, asthmatic rat who provides an unexpected solution.

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.

Jan van der Prijt lost hundreds of thousands of euros on the stock market due to the crisis. He hopes to recoup his losses through investments in land. For Albert van Bekkum, investing is a sport. His accountant says he has a keen sense for prime locations. The first real estate investors in Montenegro are doing good business. But the high returns to be had on the land soon disappear. Vincent and Wladimir believe there is good money to be made in real estate and decide to build a luxury apartment complex on Montenegrin land. Construction begins before the complex is fully financed. It is important that the apartments are sold quickly, otherwise there will be no money to complete the project. However, the credit crisis throws a spanner in the works. Potential investors become wary and put their money into savings accounts.

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.