Hamburg- Ambassador Melita S. Sta. Maria-Thomeczek, along with Father Simon Boiser SVD of the Philippine Catholic Mission in Hamburg and Pastor Joel Ciprez of the World International Ministries, led the opening ceremonies for the 2nd Basketball Tournament at the Sporthalle in Hamburg. The activity, which brought together Catholic and non-Catholic Filipinos in Hamburg, featured five competing teams, including one from Belgium. Members of the Federation of Filipino Organizations in Northern ... Read more
A Homecoming Win for Kidlat Tahimik at the 65th Berlin Film Festival
Berlin. Film director, writer and actor Eric de Guia, aka Kidlat Tahimik, returned to the Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale) with his film, “Balikbayan #1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III”, which premiered on 9 February 2015, and would later win the Caligari Film Prize, which is given to a stylistically and thematically innovative film under the Berlinale’s Forum section. Kidlat, dubbed as the “Father of Philippine Independent Cinema”, has come full circle with the premiere of Balikbayan ... Read more
The Berlinale Talent Campus: Philippine Film Industry Expands its Profile at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival
Berlin. The Philippines was strongly represented at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), which took place from 5 – 15 February 2015 through the festival’s Talent Campus. The Campus brings together annually (through the Festival) selected groups of international filmmakers: directors, screenwriters, producers, cinematographers, editors, actors, distributors, production designers, sound designers/ composers and film critics from all over the world are invited. It is ... Read more
More Filipino dual citizens in Germany starting 2015
Effective 20 December 2014, children born in Germany after 01 January 2000 to parents who, upon said birth, 1) were both foreigners and 2) one parent has stayed in Germany legally for 8 years, and 3) the child has grown up in Germany, can now opt for both German citizenship and the citizenship of their parent’s country when they turn twenty one (21). Previously, children born to foreign parents had to face the difficult decision of choosing only one citizenship upon reaching twenty one (21). ... Read more
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