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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Thomas Vroege

Thomas VROEGE (1988, Netherlands) was educated at the Sint Joost Academy of Arts. His graduation film won a wild card from The Netherlands Film Fund. Vroege co-directed the short film 9 Days – From My Window in Aleppo (2016) with Floor van der Meulen and Issa Touma. The three of them collaborated again afterwards to create Greetings from Aleppo (2017). We hebben ‘m!! has its advance premiere at IFFR 2020.

Filmography

(selection, all short) The Son & The Stranger (2012), So Help Me God (2015), 9 Days – From My Window in Aleppo (2015, doc, co-dir), Greetings from Aleppo (2017), We hebben ‘m!! (2020)

Thomas Vroege at IFFR

  • We hebben ‘m!!

    Thomas Vroege | 40' | Netherlands | None

    Ordinary Rotterdammers talk about the historic moment Feijenoord won the European Cup in 1970 and brought the cup to the Coolsingel.

  • Greetings from Aleppo

    Thomas Vroege, Issa Touma, Floor van der Meulen | 16' | Netherlands | World premiere

    Greetings from Aleppo consists of the everyday stories of the inhabitants of a city under constant threat. So they are heard and never forgotten.

  • 9 Days – From My Window in Aleppo

    Thomas Vroege, Issa Touma | 13' | Netherlands | None

    Syrian photographer Issa Touma recorded the first days of the revolt in Aleppo from his window. An exceptional angle on a war.

  • Tampopo Head and the Name of the Dogs

    Toshie Takeuchi | 18' | Netherlands | None

    This fairytale-like short film explores the melancholic tendency of people to project their emotions onto dogs.