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Lav Diaz

Lav Diaz

Director · Born 1958-12-30 · Columbio, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines

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Biography

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.

Directed

  1. The Woman Who Left (2016) — Director
  2. Norte, the End of History (2014) — Director
  3. Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004) — Director
  4. From What Is Before (2014) — Director
  5. Magellan (2025) — Director
  6. Melancholia (2008) — Director
  7. The Halt (2019) — Director
  8. Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013) — Director
  9. Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution (2011) — Director
  10. Storm Children (2014) — Director
  11. Batang West Side (2001) — Director
  12. A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016) — Director
  13. Century of Birthing (2011) — Director
  14. Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess (2006) — Director
  15. Season of the Devil (2018) — Director
  16. Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012) — Director
  17. Death in the Land of Encantos (2015) — Director
  18. Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget (2012) — Director
  19. Butterflies Have No Memory (2009) — Director
  20. Naked Under the Moon (1999) — Director
  21. When the Waves Are Gone (2023) — Director
  22. Genus Pan (2020) — Director
  23. Jesus the Revolutionary (2002) — Director
  24. Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion (1998) — Director
  25. The Day Before the End (2016) — Director
  26. Burger Boys (1999) — Director
  27. Prologue to the Great Desaparecido (2013) — Director
  28. Liminal (2020) — Director
  29. History of Ha (2021) — Director
  30. Essential Truths of the Lake (2023) — Director
  31. Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times (2020) — Director
  32. The Boy Who Chose the Earth (2018) — Director
  33. Death in the Land of Encantos (2007) — Director
  34. Purgatorio (2009) — Director
  35. Untitled When the Waves Are Gone sequel — Director
  36. Image Nation (2006) — Director
  37. Kawalan — Director
  38. Fragment (2015) — Director
  39. Beatriz, La Mujer — Director
  40. Phantosmia (2025) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution (2011) — Guitarist (Uncredited)
  2. Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust (2024) — Poet (voice)
  3. Manila (2009) — Director
  4. Independencia (2010) — Townspeople
  5. Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement (2010) — Himself
  6. Colossal (2012) — Shaman
  7. Todo Todo Teros (2006) — Himself
  8. Lorna (2014)
  9. The Great Cinema Party (2012)
  10. Salvage (2015) — Nilalang
  11. Taxibol (2023) — Himself
  12. The Last Pinoy Action King (2015) — Himself
  13. Headless (2004)
  14. Singing in Graveyards (2016) — Paul
  15. Lily (2016) — Drunk Man
  16. Atravesando el campo (2021) — Lav Diaz
  17. Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema (2019) — Himself
  18. Green Rocking Chair (2007)
  19. Manila Skies (2009)
  20. Echoserang Frog (2014)
  21. The Devil of Comparisons (2022) — Priest
  22. Salamat sa Alaala (2015) — Himself
  23. Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge (2024) — Kristo Kastrado
  24. Real Life Fiction (2024)
  25. Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema (2010) — himself
  26. Jingle lang ang Pahina (2012)
  27. Jeonju Digital Project 2012 (2012)
  28. Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town (2019) — Sound Recorder
  29. Life in 24 Frames a Second (2021) — Self
  30. Moneyslapper (2024) — Lucas
  31. The Sacrifice — Pilo
  32. Cinemartyrs (2025) — Kristo
  33. Del Mundo (2025)