De Balie

National Network
Netherlands
Address

Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10
1017 RR Amsterdam
Netherlands

Telephone
5535140
Telephone (other)
+31-20-5535188 (direct)
Fax
5535144
E-Mail
farhad.golyardi@balie.nl
E-Mail (2)
wilbur.perlot@balie.nl
Mobile Phone
52473991
Website
http://www.debalie.nl
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
1982
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Gender
  3. Heritage
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Media
  6. Research
  7. Youth and education
General Information
1. debalie consists of 4 platforms – cinema, theatre, debate, and new media all working closely together trying to cover subjects in as many ways, and from as many different angles as possible. Number of staff: approximately 40. Head of staff: one artistic director and one managing director. 2. Budgetary resources available per year: € 2.600.000, (roughly). 3. Main sources of funding are the city of Amsterdam, Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and project funding (such as NCDO, VSB Fonds, Filmfonds, AFK, Prins Claus Fonds, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, ECF, HIVOS, NOVIB etc.). 4. Projects mostly take part in the form of lectures, workshops, debates, screenings, exhibitions or performances on very diverse subjects and themes. 5. International Documentary Festival Amsterdam, The Red House Sofia, Paradiso, Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, de Melkweg, Stichting de Filmbank, MiraMedia, Press Now.
Mission and Objectives

mission statement: to stimulate cultural solidarity by means of different cultural tools; to offer different perspectives; to show an event from all sorts of different angles; in short: to increase our ability to empathize.
Debalie focuses on crossing boundaries, building bridges and leveling thresholds: between art and politics, between Western and Non-Western cultures, between generations, genders and sexual preferences, between strangers and acquaintances.

Main Projects / Activities

Few of our main recurring projects are the INFOWARROOM (mediacriticism) ZINA (concerning Islamic women) How Globalised Are You? (concerning globalization), Culturebase (open source software development), the Living Archive (program concerning the usage of new media and digital technology to create (live) virtual active participation of the audience) and Docuzondag (Documentary Film Program).

Contact (1) Full Name
Farhad Golyardi
Head of the organisation
Ellen Walraven & Dianne Zuidema
Contact (2) Full Name
Wilbur Perlot