The Filipino Language School of Canberra (FLSC) will mark Filipino Language Month with its annual Fiesta ng Bayan celebration on 22 August, bringing the Canberra Filipino community together through language, culture and shared heritage.

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After growing up in Australia with his adoptive family, Australian filmmaker Joel de Carteret began searching for his biological mother in the Philippines. In Part 2 of his interview with SBS Filipino, he recounts the challenges of that journey, the emotional moment they finally reunited and how the experience reshaped his understanding of family, identity and belonging.

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Food is one of the best ways to understand a country's history, values, and traditions. In the Philippines, every meal tells a story—from the ingredients our ancestors gathered from rivers and forests to recipes passed down through generations. Today, let's learn some Filipino food words while discovering how they connect to Filipino culture.

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Visual storyteller Justin Cueno shares how family support, cultural heritage, and local connections drive his creative journey across Western Sydney.

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What began as a deeply personal search for belonging grew into years of research uncovering the lives, contributions and enduring legacy of Australia’s earliest Filipino migrants. Filipino academic and lawyer Dr Gil Marvel Tabucanon of Macquarie University spoke with SBS Filipino about the Manilamen, early Filipino seafarers and pearl divers whose stories form an important but little-known chapter of Australia’s history and Philippine Revolution.

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A panel discussion for the comedy-drama series Ina reveals how personal cultural struggles and identity inspired its historic selection for the 2026 Canneseries.

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Belinda Baker proved her passion for Filipino food by consuming 20 pieces of lumpia in just four minutes to claim the title of 'Lumpia Queen'.

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'The Encounters, Mga Salubong' is an inter-generational story, a mother, her daughter, and her granddaughter, and how migration has shaped their relationships—a migrant's story created by Palanca Awardee, Ricardo Magno.

Dr Merlinda Bobis is an award-winning writer and performer and an honorary senior lecturer at the Australian National University in Canberra

Both born and raised in Melbourne, Arrifa Nasarudin and Giuzelle Di Nuzzo speak fluent Visayan and share a love for Tinikling.