PH Embassy Showcases Contemporary Film Featuring Pinoy Patintero at 4th Asian Film Festival in Abuja
The Philippine Embassy in Nigeria, led by Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. and Consul General Roderico C. Atienza, with the Embassy staff stand before the poster of “Patintero: Ang Alamat ni Meng Patalo”, a 2016 coming-of-age film directed by Mikh Vergara, which was screened on 24 November 2022, at the Chinese Cultural Center Abuja. (Abuja PE photo)
ABUJA, 12 December 2022 – The Philippine Embassy in Abuja, led by Charge d’Affaires Roderico Atienza, participated for the third time in the Asian Film Festival in the Nigerian capital, showcasing “Patintero: Ang Alamat ni Meng Patalo”, a 2016 coming-of-age film directed by Mikh Vergara, on 21-25 November 2022 at the Chinese Cultural Center Abuja.
The screening of the contemporary film on 24 November 2022, which uses the traditional Filipino children’s game “patintero” as its setting, was made possible by the provision of the film rights by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) through its Philippine Embassies Assistance Program (PEAP).
The Embassy served Filipino street food and drinks such as beef lumpiang shanghai, a Filipino take on the famous egg or spring roll; a variant of tokneneng or deep-friend chicken eggs in batter; turon, a deep-friend banana roll; and samalamig, specifically sago’t gulaman, a traditional sweet chilled beverage featuring tapioca and black jelly.
The other films featured at this year’s Festival include At Last (China, 2021), Villa Dwellers (Lebanon, 2017), Parasite (Korea, 2021), Under the Bombs (Lebanon, 2007), Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale (Bangladesh, 2018), Lights from the East: I Am Maluku (Indonesia, 2014), The Milestone (Malaysia), and The Last Breakfast (Syria, 2021).
The Philippine Embassy joined the diplomatic missions of China, Iran, South Korea, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Syria in participating at the fourth edition of the Festival. END
The staff of the Philippine Embassy in Nigeria, led by Roderico C. Atienza, Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. and Consul General, pose at the driveway of the Chinese Cultural Center Abuja, which screened “Patintero: Ang Alamat ni Meng Patalo”, a 2016 coming-of-age film directed by Mikh Vergara, on 24 November 2022, as part of the 4th Asian Film Festival in Nigeria. (Abuja PE photo)
At the screening of the Filipino film on 24 November 2022, The Philippine Embassy served Filipino street food to the audience numbering 60 at the intermission between the Indonesian and Filipino films, offering beef lumpiang shanghai, a Filipino take on the famous egg or spring roll, a variant of tokneneng or deep-friend chicken eggs in batter, and turon, a deep-friend banana roll. (Abuja PE photo)
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