The Embassy of Israel presented Son of Saul, Oscar-winning best foreign movie for 2016 and Beyond Duty, an exhibition acknowledging the Righteous Among the Nations and Holocaust survivors.
The Embassy of Israel and the Embassy of Hungary, in cooperation with the University of the Philippines (UP) Film Institute, presented Son of Saul last March 12, 2018 Monday, 7 p.m.at Cine Adarna, UP Diliman, Quezon City.
The Embassies also hosted two separate by-invitation screening events in partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and University of Santo Tomas (UST).
In addition, the Lyceum of the Philippines Manila hosted a forum about the Holocaust, and presented the exhibition Beyond Duty.
“As we commemorate a year of jubilees, we are sharing multi-awarded movie Son of Saul to the Filipino audience. We are also presenting an exhibition honoring diplomats from the around the world who saved Jews from Nazi extermination and were recognized by Israel as Righteous Among the Nations. Through these film and exhibition, we are also looking back at the Open Doors of the Philippines and the Open Hearts of the Filipinos that saved 1,300 Jewish refugees during the darkest chapter of human history,” Deputy Chief of Mission Yulia Rachinsky-Spivakov said.
Between 2017 and 2018, The Embassy of Israel is commemorating and highlighting the main pillars of Philippine-Israel relations – the 80th anniversary to President Manuel Quezon’s Open Door Policy that saved Jewish refugees from the Holocaust, the 70th anniversary to the Philippines’ vote for the United Nations resolution that led to the creation of the State of Israel, and the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations.