embassy of israel presents holocaust drama
The Embassy of Israel will present Son of Saul, Oscar-winning Best Foreign Film 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 Film Institute, will present Son of Saul on March 12, 7 p.m. at Cine Adarna, UP Diliman, Quezon City. Admission is free.
The embassies will also host two separate by-invitation screenings in partnership with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and University of Santo Tomas.
In addition, the Lyceum of the Philippines Manila will host a forum about the Holocaust and present 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 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 of Pres. 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.