More than 200 Filipinos traveled to Essen to avail of consular services during the Philippine Embassy’s tenth and final consular outreach in 2015. A team composed of Consul Rona Beth G. Goce, Mr. Jovencio P. Catbagan, Ms. Maria Cecilia G. Estrella, Ms. Nelma Jose-Casas and Mr. Melchor D. Francisco met with members of the Filipino community from all over North Rhine-Westphalia and processed 132 passport renewals and 74 consular-related documents. Interested applicants were also able to ... Read more
Philippine Contemporary Artists Rock Berlin Art Scene
The Rockstars of Filipino Contemporary Art were featured by Arndt Gallery in a group exhibition, “Wasak! Filipino Art Today”, across their two locations in Berlin. Exhibiting Filipino artistsincluded Zean Cabangis, Annie Cabigting, Buen Calubayan, Louie Cordero, Jigger Cruz, Marina Cruz, Kawayan De Guia, Alfredo Esquillo, Ian Fabro, Nona Garcia, Robert Langenegger, Pow Martinez, Manuel Ocampo, Alwin Reamillo, Norberto Roldan, Kaloy Sanchez, José Santos III, Rodel Tapaya, Tatong Torres and Ronald ... Read more
Heneral Luna Caps the Pilot Run of The First Reel: Philippine Film Festival Berlin
Jerrold Tarog´s much acclaimed bio-epic “Heneral Luna” brought the pilot run of The First Reel: Philippine Film Festival to a close. Set during the Philippine-American war, the film follows the life of one of Philippine history´s most brilliant military men, General Antonio Luna, as he tries to lead his countrymen against colonial masters and to rise above their own raging disputes to fulfill the promise of the Philippine Revolution. An eager international audience easily filled out two ... Read more
Emerging Filipino Filmmakers make their mark at The First Reel: Philippine Film Festival Berlin
The last week of “The First Reel: Philippine Film Festival” in Berlin highlighted five short films and a full length film by emerging Filipino filmmakers. Week two of the film festival opened with Rina Tsou´s “Chicharon”, Sari Estrada´s “Asan si Lolo Me?”, Trinka Lat´s “April Fool´s”, Martika Ramirez Escobar´s “Pusong Bato” and Chris Costello and Mihk Vergara´s “Ang Maskot”. All short films have earned distinction from local and international award-giving bodies and were very warmly received by ... Read more
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