European Foundation Joris Ivens

Visitors Address: Arsenaalpoort 12, 6511 PN Nijmegen

Joris Ivens (1898 Nijmegen -1989 Paris) made more than 80 films and filmed between 1912 and 1988 in over 20 countries. His life and work provide a unique insight in the turbulent 20th century.

The era of Ivens was the age of film, telegram, typewriter and air plane, the period between the Russian Revolution in 1917 and the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the era of the rise and fall of the artistic and political vanguard.

The general task the Foundation consists in:
- Initiating, advising, supervising and/or supporting projects referring to the life and work of Joris Ivens;
- Organizing meetings, exhibitions, festivals, conferences, etc.;
- Initiating and supporting activities relating to the advancement of the creative documentary film;
- Co-operating with similar organizations.