25 October 2018, Berlin - The Berlin ASEAN Committee (BAC) hosted the 51st ASEAN Day Reception at the Malaysian Embassy on October 25 in celebration of the founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on August 8, 1967. Vietnamese Ambassador Doan Xuan Hung, the current BAC Chair, welcomed some 300 guests composed of business leaders, members of parliament, other German government officials, and diplomats.  Ms. Renate Künast, Member of the German Bundestag and Chair ... Read more

Acclaimed Filipino director Eric Matti´s action-thriller film “Buybust” premiered in Europe as part of the Fantasy Film Festival on September 11, 2018 at the Zoopalast in Berlin.  This was shortly followed by another screening at the Cinestar Sony Center on September 15. BuyBust is a 2018 Philippine action thriller film co-written and directed by Matti and stars an ensemble cast top-billed by Anne Curtis and Brandon Vera. The plot centers on an elite anti-drug enforcement squad summoned to ... Read more

Filipino visual artist Yeo Kaa opened her first European solo exhibition, “Anxious Lustless Pechay” with a reception organized by the Arndt Art Agency (A3) and the Philippine Embassy in Berlin on September 14, 2018.  Created as part of A3´s summer residency, the exhibit is also included in the Charlottenwalk program, wherein dozens of galleries in Berlin´s Charlottenburg district are opening their doors to the public. The show continues Yeo Kaa´s explorations of the “monsters that torment the ... Read more