The University of the Philippines Alumni Association Germany e.V. launched the 2016 edition of the Orientation Booklet for Filipinos in Germany.  The booklet, authored by UP alumni Jingky Lozano-Kuehne and Maria Renee Juan-Wolff, is intended for visiting Filipinos and newly arrived migrants in Germany to help them integrate in the German culture and society. The first edition was first published in 2014 in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Philippine-German bilateral relations.  Copies ... Read more

The Filipino Channel (TFC) ABS-CBN premiered Star Cinema´s latest romantic comedy offering, “Just the 3 of Us” on 7 May 2016 at the Delphi Theater in Berlin.  The film starred back-to-back Metro Manila Film Fest Best Actress Jennylyn Mercado and the so-called “undisputed king of rom-com” John Lloyd Cruz, directed by Cathy Garcia-Molina. John Lloyd was Uno Abusado, an ambitious and driven airline pilot.  His plans were derailed after a drunken one-night stand with CJ Manalo, played by Jennylyn ... Read more

30 April 2016, Berlin –  The Sentro Rizal Film Festival made its debut in Germany with Ida del Mundo’s period piece, K’na the Dreamweaver, at the Dom Forum in the center of Cologne.  It was followed by nearly simultaneous screenings of Jerrold Tarog’s acclaimed bio-epic Heneral Luna at the Film Forum in Cologne and Enzo William’s historical action drama Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo in the Rio Filmpalast in Munich. The Dom Forum was filled to capacity for the Film Festival’s opening on 28 ... Read more