Lav Diaz
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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.
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Magellan (2025)
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Absalom Filipino (2024)
Director
Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)
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Melancholia (2008)
Director
An Amazon (—)
Director
Purgatorio (2009)
Director
Norte, the End of History (2014)
Director
Faith (2024)
Director
The Woman Who Left (2016)
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Batang West Side (2001)
Director
Beatriz, The Wife (—)
Director
The Day Before the End (2016)
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Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget (2012)
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Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004)
Director
Storm Children (2014)
Director
Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess (2006)
Director
Phantosmia (2025)
Director
Naked Under the Moon (1999)
Director
Untitled When the Waves Are Gone sequel (—)
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Beatriz, La Mujer (—)
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Ang Araw ng Itim na Nazareno (—)
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30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille (2019)
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Prologue to the Great Desaparecido (2013)
Director
The Sadness of a Portuguese Woman (—)
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Heremias: Book Two – The Legend of The Invisible Island (—)
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From What Is Before (2014)
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The Boy Who Chose the Earth (2018)
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Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion (1998)
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Jesus the Revolutionary (2002)
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Season of the Devil (2018)
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Century of Birthing (2011)
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A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016)
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Journey (2019)
Director
Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times (2020)
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The Halt (2019)
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Kawalan (—)
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A Tale of Filipino Violence (2022)
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Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012)
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Image Nation (2006)
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When the Waves Are Gone (2023)
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Essential Truths of the Lake (2023)
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Fragment (2015)
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Henrico's Farm (—)
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Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution (2011)
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Burger Boys (1999)
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Genus Pan (2020)
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Butterflies Have No Memory (2009)
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History of Ha (2021)
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Death in the Land of Encantos (2015)
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Liminal (2020)
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