Lav Diaz
Directing · Born Dec 30, 1958 · 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.
Known for
Directed
Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors
2026
Magellan
20256.3
Phantosmia
20258.0
Faith
20247.0
When the Waves Are Gone
20237.0
Essential Truths of the Lake
20237.0
A Tale of Filipino Violence
20229.0
History of Ha
20217.7
Genus Pan
20205.7
Liminal
20205.7
Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times
20206.0
30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille
2019
The Halt
20196.4
Journey
20196.0
The Boy Who Chose the Earth
20187.5
Season of the Devil
20186.1
The Woman Who Left
20166.9
The Day Before the End
20166.9
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
20167.8
Death in the Land of Encantos
20158.1
Fragment
2015
Storm Children
20147.5
From What Is Before
20147.9
Norte, the End of History
20147.4
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido
20136.4
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
20135.0
Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget
20125.7
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE
20127.7
Century of Birthing
20117.6
Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution
20116.5
Butterflies Have No Memory
20096.8
Purgatorio
2009
Melancholia
20087.2
Death in the Land of Encantos
200710.0
Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess
20068.0
Image Nation
2006
Evolution of a Filipino Family
20047.8
Jesus the Revolutionary
20025.5
Batang West Side
20017.8
Naked Under the Moon
19995.9
Burger Boys
19996.0
Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion
19986.0
Kawalan
Movie
Henrico's Farm
Movie
Ang Araw ng Itim na Nazareno
Movie
Beatriz, The Wife
Movie
