Want to give kids a glimpse of Europe and learn more about the EU?

Pinoy children and youth are in for a special cultural treat this weekend on Friday 5 June at 10:30 a.m. and on Saturday 6 June at 8pm through the FB page of the EU Delegation to the Philippines.

And, get ready for the first ever virtual star gazing and moon gazing event by the EU Delegation to the Philippines and the Manila Street Astronomers and the Bedan Society of Young Astronomers.

Opening Salvo - French Children’s Films

France is the birthplace of film and has contributed immensely to the history, enrichment of the film as an art form. “Fantasmagorie” is an animated film from France by Emile Cohol and is said to be one of the earliest examples of traditional animation.

The French Embassy in this year’s edition of “Lakbayin Natin ang EU” has lined up the following children’s films which are accessible until 25 June:

• 14 (on the Tour de France) a champion cyclist of the Tour de France finds his way by accident into a small town
• Sales Gosses (on naughty kids) a story about how a parent instills discipline onto children
• Raoul (Embouteillages, on traffic) Getting caught in traffic, and how to get out of it
• Breakfast in Paris (on parent-children relationship) A Parisian teenager skips breakfast
• Le Ballet (on watching a ballet at the Opera)