Free film fest, concerts for Filipinos lined up in Viva Europa 2021

Image: EU Delegation to the Philippines

Going digital as soon as once more, the European Union (EU) Delegation to the Philippines can be pushing by means of its annual cultural pageant amid the pandemic.

Through “Viva Europa 2021,” which goals to strengthen European-Filipino ties, artists from each cultures can be given platforms to share their artistry by means of a slew of various actions from May to June, the EU revealed in a launch earlier as we speak, April 22.

The summer time fest can be filled with distinctive occasions together with a film pageant, intercollegiate competitions, concerts, in addition to webinars on Europe’s famend area applications and plenty of extra—which Filipinos will get to look at and take part in for free.

EU film pageant and Europelikula

Films have all the time been an “important signature component of the Viva Europa festival,” in response to the EU, and “this year will be no different” because the Union takes it online for the second time.

Filipinos will be capable of watch seven “carefully selected” motion pictures made by European filmmakers by means of the “EU film festival and Europelikula” from May 5 to June 5.

While having fun with the film fest can be utterly free, the EU famous in a press convention earlier as we speak that people might want to register first. More particulars can be supplied by way of the EU Delegation to the Philippines Facebook page in the long run.

Here is the checklist of the movies to be featured on the pageant:

• “Acasa My Home” by Radu Ciorniciuc (2020)
  Romania, Finland, Germany

• “Aurora” by Miia Tervo (2019)
  Finland

• “Fire Will Come” (“O Que Arde”) by Oliver Laxe (2019)
  Spain, France, Luxembourg

• “Her Job” (“I Doulia Tis”) by Nikos Labôt (2018)
  Greece, France, Serbia

• “Our Struggles” (“Nos Batailles”) by Guillaume Senez (2018)
  Belgium, France

• “Perfumes” (“Les Parfums”) by Gregory Magne (2019)
  France

• “The Audition” (“Das Vorspiel”) by Ina Weisse (2019)
  Germany, France

A scene from “The Audition” (“L’Audition”). Image: screengrab from YouTube/UniFrance

These motion pictures can be accessible by means of the Festival Scope platform that’s being set up by the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, in response to the EU Delegation.

Bersong Euro-Pinoy

Showcasing poetry targeted on “friendship/partnership,” the EU may also stage the “Bersong Euro-Pinoy” recital that includes Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Austria and Poland. The occasion can be held on May 21 and 28 at 6 p.m.

One of the contributors can be German artist-actress Luisa Katharina Davids, who will recite the German translation of Jose Rizal’s “Mi Ultimo Adios” for the primary time.

The mentioned efficiency may also come amid the German Embassy’s unveiling of Rizal’s former furnishings from Heidelberg, Germany, and an official marker with the German translation of “Mi Ultimo Adios” on the Museo ni Jose Rizal in Intramuros, Manila, all taking place this 12 months.

Carl Norac, Belgium’s fourth National Poet and a prize-winning poet-author of many extensively acclaimed and best-selling kids’s books, may also recite his personal poems. His works have been translated into 47 languages up to now, and amongst these is his bilingual kids’s ebook “My Daddy Is a Giant,” which appeared in Tagalog-English again in 2005.

Famous poet and director of  Instituto Cervantes in Madrid, Luis Garcia Montero, will likewise recite his authentic work for Bersong Euro-Pinoy. Italy’s “La Punta della Lingua” poetry pageant, in the meantime, will once more take part at “Bersong Euro-Pinoy.”

Several members of the European embassies may also be reciting works from well-known authors. For one, a consultant from the Embassy of France will learn Victor Hugo’s well-known poem “Amis, Un Dernier Mot,” whereas Danish Ambassador Grette Siallasen will learn Hans Christian Andersen’s “Det er Liv et Reise” (“To Travel Is to Live”).

Filipino poets will in flip share their abilities with the world. Quite a few poets from the De La Salle group can be performing their works each in Filipino and different native languages at 5 p.m. on May 28.

These authors and their works are: 

• Mesándel Virtusio Arguelles, “Kasama”
• John Iremil Teodoro, “Sa Hardin sang Ginuo: Isa Ka Pangamuyo sa Tiempo sang Pandemya” (Hiligaynon)/”In the Garden of the Lord: A Prayer through the Time of the Pandemic.”
• Carmie Ortego, “Paglakát mo nag-lipstick ako hin pula” (When you left I placed on crimson lipstick)
• Genevieve L. Asenjo, “Sa Gihapon, Palangga, ang Uran” (“Always, Beloved, the Rain”). 

Two poets from Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU) and Mindanao will, in the meantime, learn their items in their dialect at 6 p.m. on May 21, specifically Hiligaynon poet M.J. Cagumbay Tumamac of Southern Mindanao, the Makata ng Taon 2019 titleholder and Chavacano poet Sigrid Gayangos from Zamboanga City/Dumaguete City, who’s a 2018 Palanca awardee.

Euro-Pinoy live performance

The embassies of the Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Austria and Poland can be offering performances for Filipinos at 6 p.m. on June 4, which may also be free to look at on Facebook.

“A highly acclaimed contemporary dance titled ‘GUIDE’ will be performed by Věra Ondrašíková and Co. from the Czech Republic,” the EU mentioned in the discharge.

“The performance was selected for Aerowaves Twenty 17, presented at Spring Forward Festival in Aarhus, One Dance Week festival in Plovdiv, SIDance Festival in Soul, V4 Dance Festival in New York and New Orleans, Israel Festival in Jerusalem, Birmingham International Dance Festival, UNIDRAM Festival in Potsdam, Open the Doors festival in Katowice, Demoludy in Olsztyn, Tanec Praha in Prague and Light Night Leeds,” the union additionally disclosed.

French jazz artist Eric Soulard, Italian violinist Tullio Vidmar, Polish jazz artist Artur Dutkiewicz and Austria’s Trio Artio may also carry out.

Musica FEUropa Choral Festival

The Far Eastern University (FEU) and the EU Delegation to the Philippines may also be regaling Filipinos with choral music from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. each Saturday in May. These days will fall on May 1, May 8, May 15, May 22 and May 29.

“Watch the choirs perform famous music from folk to classical from both the EU and the Philippines during the [month-long] choral concerts,” the EU mentioned.

EU Whiz Competition

Also in collaboration with FEU, the EU will maintain an intercollegiate competitors titled “EU Whiz: Filipino Youth of the FEUture,” which can also be endorsed by the Commission on Higher Education.

The EU famous that the competitors, which has been round since 2006, “has been a fun and exciting way for Filipino students to showcase their knowledge and understanding of the EU and EU-Philippine relations.”

Apart from the quiz, the competitors has additionally been expanded to incorporate two extra occasions: the “My Space, My Rights” video competitors and the “Green ECO I See” digital artwork competitors.

“This year also marks the first time that all events will be held online as a result of the pandemic,” the EU mentioned, thanking the Czech Republic Embassy for its assist.

The EU Delegation to the Philippines solely began staging its Viva Europa occasions online final 12 months because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Webinars on area, biking and Dante Alighieri

Filipinos may also get the prospect to be taught concerning the EU’s Copernicus and Galileo area applications and “how these technologies are used during the pandemic and in disaster preparedness” by means of a webinar titled “Beyond the Stars, Reach out to the Skies” on June 25, from 3 p.m. to five p.m.

Space scientists from the European Commission and Hungary will be a part of a roster of native audio system and contributors from the Philippines.

The EU additionally disclosed that the webinar can be held in conjunction with the launch of the EU-Philippines Copernicus Cooperation National Program.

Meanwhile, the Danish Embassy and Intramuros Administration will current free webinars on “Bicycle Tourism, Road Safety/Etiquette, Bike-Friendliness and People-Centred Architecture” at 9:30 a.m. on May 21.

On the identical day at 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., the general public will be capable of watch the webinar titled “Starter Sessions: Your Guide to Be a Bike Friendly Business” hosted by The Royal Netherlands Embassy and the Makati Business Club.

These webinars can be carried out with the aim of serving to Filipino companies be taught the very best practices from the Dutch, who’re well-known for their love of biking.

To commemorate the 700th loss of life anniversary of the famend Italian writer Dante Alighieri, the EU may also maintain a webinar discussing the poet’s main work, the “Divine Comedy.”

This webinar will speak concerning the relevance of the mentioned basic “to contemporary Filipinos and investigate two important aspects of cultural transmission: teaching and translating.”

Prof. Paul Dumol of the University of Asia and Pacific and Profs. Michael Coroza and Jonathan Chua of the Ateneo de Manila University are useful resource individuals for the webinar.

Children on Spotlight

The EU may also maintain the “Lakbayin Natin ang EU”  (“Journey to the EU”) pageant at 10 a.m. on May 16, which can characteristic a number of actions for Filipino kids and households.

“The EU Delegation together with the Embassies of Czech Republic, Germany, France, Italy through the Philippine-Italian Association, Austria and Poland have prepared the best of European stories and tales, games, languages, film, music, arts and crafts for Filipino children,” the EU mentioned.

“The art of creating friendship bracelets in line with the theme ‘Friendship and Partnership’ will be taught to kids during the festival,” it added.

Among the applications for the kids is a storytelling session carried out by the National Library of the Philippines, which may also be aired for free by way of the EU Delegation’s Facebook web page.

Viva Europa 2021 “aims at highlighting the partnership, friendship and the shared cultural values between the EU and the Philippines and in the context of the bilateral Partnership and Cooperation Agreement,” in response to EU Ambassador Luc Véron.

The talked about deal is a legally binding settlement between the EU and Third World nations, in response to the EU Monitor. Through this, the EU “works to support the democratic and economic development of a country.”

On why the EU focuses on a cultural collaboration, Véron defined earlier in the briefing that “culture is a part and parcel of who we are and part of our foreign policy. It is not just our hearts but it represents the souls of humanity.”

“Cultural cooperation counters stereotypes and nurtures dialogue, open-mindedness, dignity and mutual respect. It is also a means to deliver important social and economic benefits both within and outside the EU,” he added.

The ambassador additionally shared that such a collaboration with the Philippines is just not a tough factor to drag off, as we’re a rustic that has “such great talents for music, whether it be singing or dancing, or in other genres such as visual arts, literature, sculpture or theater arts.”

Viva Europa 2021 may also mark Europe Day on May 9, for which the EU has adopted the tagline “Sama-Sama Together.” On why they selected this phrase, Véron mentioned it’s “to convey the values of friendship [and] partnership we have with the Philippines as well as the cooperation, solidarity and togetherness that we need to nurture especially in these trying times.”

The mentioned pageant is the “outcome of a fruitful cooperation” between the EU Delegation to the Philippines, the Embassies of Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Spain, France, Italy by means of the Philippine-Italian Association, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Cultural Center of the Philippines, AdZU, De La Salle University and FEU.  /ra

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