PH Consulate General in Dubai Holds Red Carpet Premiere of “Aurora”

Consul General Paul Cortes, Dr. Yasmin Cortes, and members of the local UAE Press at the Aurora premiere. (Dubai PCG photo)

DUBAI 22 January 2019 — With the aim to spread awareness of Philippine culture and heritage to other ethnicities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), particularly through film, the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai together with Front Row Filmed Entertainment held a well-attended red carpet premier of the film “Aurora” at the Dubai Mall Platinum Series Cinemas on 02 Jan 2019.

The premiere is the first activity of the Consulate General’s cultural diplomacy program for 2019.

Some 100 diplomats, business leaders of Dubai, and members of the UAE press attended the event, the first time any Filipino film had such a premiere in Dubai participated in by the diplomatic and consular corps. Other members of the Dubai’s media were also invited to the premiere. END

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