Lav Diaz
Directing
Born December 30, 1958 in 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.
Filmography
Kawalan
Henrico's Farm
Ang Araw ng Itim na Nazareno
Beatriz, The Wife
Del Mundo
Cinemartyrs
Kristo
Magellan
Phantosmia
Moneyslapper
Lucas
Faith
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Poet (voice)
Real Life Fiction
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
Kristo Kastrado
When the Waves Are Gone
Essential Truths of the Lake
Taxibol
Himself
A Tale of Filipino Violence
History of Ha
Atravesando el campo
Lav Diaz
Life in 24 Frames a Second
Self
Genus Pan
Liminal
Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times
Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town
Sound Recorder
Mañanita
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
Himself
The Oceans Are the Real Continents
30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille
The Halt
Journey
Ave
A Short History of a Few Bad Things
The Boy Who Chose the Earth
Season of the Devil
Lily
Drunk Man
The Woman Who Left
Singing in Graveyards
Paul
The Day Before the End
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Death in the Land of Encantos
Salvage
Nilalang
The Last Pinoy Action King
Himself
Wake (Subic)
Fragment
Lorna
Storm Children
From What Is Before
Echoserang Frog
Norte, the End of History
Alamat ni China Doll
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Colossal
Shaman
Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget
Jingle lang ang Pahina
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE
Jeonju Digital Project 2012
Century of Birthing
Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution
Guitarist (Uncredited)
Independencia
Townspeople
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Himself
Butterflies Have No Memory
Manila Skies
Manila
Director
Purgatorio
Melancholia
Death in the Land of Encantos
Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess
Image Nation
Todo Todo Teros
Himself
Evolution of a Filipino Family
Headless
Jesus the Revolutionary
Batang West Side
Naked Under the Moon
Burger Boys
Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion
Galvez: Hanggang sa Dulo ng Mundo, Hahanapin Kita
Daddy Goon
Good Friend, Evil Enemy
The Caretaker