Lav Diaz
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 30, 1958 (age 67)
- Birthplace
- Columbio, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines
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.
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Filmography
Untitled When the Waves Are Gone sequel
Movie · Director
Kawalan
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Beatriz, La Mujer
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Heremias: Book Two – The Legend of The Invisible Island
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Henrico's Farm
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Ang Araw ng Itim na Nazareno
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An Amazon
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Beatriz, The Wife
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An Entry Into the Sadness of a Portuguese Woman
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Untitled 'false prophets' film
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Noli Me Tángere
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Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors
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Magellan
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Phantosmia
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Faith
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Absalom Filipino
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Essential Truths of the Lake
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When the Waves Are Gone
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A Tale of Filipino Violence
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History of Ha
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Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times
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Genus Pan
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Liminal
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Journey
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The Halt
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30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille
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Season of the Devil
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The Boy Who Chose the Earth
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A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
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The Day Before the End
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The Woman Who Left
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Death in the Land of Encantos
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Fragment
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Norte, the End of History
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From What Is Before
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Storm Children
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Venice 70: Future Reloaded
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Prologue to the Great Desaparecido
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Florentina Hubaldo, CTE
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Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget
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Century of Birthing
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Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution
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Butterflies Have No Memory
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Purgatorio
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Melancholia
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Death in the Land of Encantos
TV · Director · 5 eps
Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess
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Image Nation
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Evolution of a Filipino Family
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Jesus the Revolutionary
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Batang West Side
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Burger Boys
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Naked Under the Moon
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Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion
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