Lav Diaz
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.
51 directing credits · 33 acting credits
Directing · 51
Magellan
2025
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
Norte, the End of History
2014
Batang West Side
2001
Death in the Land of Encantos
2007
Naked Under the Moon
1999
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
2016
30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille
2019
Evolution of a Filipino Family
2004
Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess
2006
Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times
2020
A Tale of Filipino Violence
2022
Burger Boys
1999
Melancholia
2008
From What Is Before
2014
The Halt
2019
The Woman Who Left
2016
When the Waves Are Gone
2023
History of Ha
2021
Phantosmia
2025
Image Nation
2006
Season of the Devil
2018
Essential Truths of the Lake
2023
Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion
1998
Death in the Land of Encantos
2015
Butterflies Have No Memory
2009
Genus Pan
2020
Jesus the Revolutionary
2002
Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution
2011
Kawalan
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Century of Birthing
2011
Journey
2019
Storm Children
2014
Fragment
2015
Heremias: Book Two – The Legend of The Invisible Island
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Untitled When the Waves Are Gone sequel
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The Day Before the End
2016
The Boy Who Chose the Earth
2018
An Amazon
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Henrico's Farm
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Florentina Hubaldo, CTE
2012
Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget
2012
Liminal
2020
Absalom Filipino
2024
Beatriz, La Mujer
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Prologue to the Great Desaparecido
2013
Ang Araw ng Itim na Nazareno
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Beatriz, The Wife
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Faith
2024
The Sadness of a Portuguese Woman
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Purgatorio
2009
Acting · 33
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
2024
Life in 24 Frames a Second
2021
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
2019
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010
Manila
2009
The Last Pinoy Action King
2015
Echoserang Frog
2014
Jeonju Digital Project 2012
2012
Manila Skies
2009
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
2024
Salvage
2015
Moneyslapper
2024
Cinemartyrs
2025
Independencia
2010
Todo Todo Teros
2006
Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution
2011
Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema
2010
The Sacrifice
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Salamat sa Alaala
2015
The Great Cinema Party
2012
Colossal
2012
Singing in Graveyards
2016
Real Life Fiction
2024
Del Mundo
2025
Lily
2016
Jingle lang ang Pahina
2012
Lorna
2014
Green Rocking Chair
2007
Taxibol
2023
Headless
2004
The Devil of Comparisons
2022
Atravesando el campo
2021
Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town
2019