Lav Diaz
Directing · Born 1958-12-30 · age 67 · Columbio, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines
Lavrente 'Lav' Indico Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critic. He is known as one of the key practitioners of the slow cinema genre, producing a diverse range of some of the longest narrative films that explore social and political issues, minimalistic storytelling, long takes, and cinematic form. Although he had been making films since the late 1990s, Diaz didn't attract much public attention outside of the Philippines and the festival circuit until the release of Norte, the End of History, which was entered into Un Certain Regard section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. His three subsequent films have received much critical attention and many awards with 2014's From What Is Before earning him the Golden Leopard at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival as well as a nomination for the Asian Film Award for Best Director, 2016's A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery competing for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival and winning the Alfred Bauer Prize, and 2016's The Woman Who Left competing at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival and winning the Golden Lion.
Titles
The Woman Who Left
Norte, the End of History
Evolution of a Filipino Family
From What Is Before
Magellan
Melancholia
The Halt
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution
Storm Children
Batang West Side
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Century of Birthing
Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess
Season of the Devil
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE
Death in the Land of Encantos
Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Butterflies Have No Memory
Naked Under the Moon
When the Waves Are Gone
Genus Pan
Jesus the Revolutionary
Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion
Manila
The Day Before the End
Independencia
Burger Boys
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido
Colossal
The Oceans Are the Real Continents
Liminal
Wake (Subic)
Mañanita
Lorna
The Great Cinema Party
Salvage
History of Ha
Good Friend, Evil Enemy
Essential Truths of the Lake
Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times
Headless
Singing in Graveyards
Lily
Alamat ni China Doll
Galvez: Hanggang sa Dulo ng Mundo, Hahanapin Kita
Daddy Goon
The Boy Who Chose the Earth
Death in the Land of Encantos
Atravesando el campo
Manila Skies
Echoserang Frog
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
Real Life Fiction
Jingle lang ang Pahina
Jeonju Digital Project 2012
Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town
Moneyslapper
Cinemartyrs