Lav Diaz
Known for: Directing
Born: December 30, 1958
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
93 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
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Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors
2026
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Del Mundo
2025
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Cinemartyrs
2025
6.4
Magellan
2025
8.0
Phantosmia
2025
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Moneyslapper
2024
7.0
Faith
2024NR
Absalom Filipino
2024
5.7
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
2024
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Real Life Fiction
2024
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Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
2024
7.0
When the Waves Are Gone
2023
7.0
Essential Truths of the Lake
2023
2.0
Taxibol
2023NR
The Devil of Comparisons
2022
9.0
A Tale of Filipino Violence
2022
7.7
History of Ha
2021
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Atravesando el campo
2021
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Life in 24 Frames a Second
2021
5.7
Genus Pan
2020
5.7
Liminal
2020
6.0
Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times
2020
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Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town
2019
5.0
Mañanita
2019
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Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
2019
6.8
The Oceans Are the Real Continents
2019
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30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille
2019
6.4
The Halt
2019
6.0
Journey
2019
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Ave
2018
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A Short History of a Few Bad Things
2018
7.5
The Boy Who Chose the Earth
2018
6.1
Season of the Devil
2018
5.0
Lily
2016
6.9
The Woman Who Left
2016
6.0
Singing in Graveyards
2016
6.9
The Day Before the End
2016
7.8
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
2016
8.1
Death in the Land of Encantos
2015
5.0
Salvage
2015
5.0
The Last Pinoy Action King
2015
6.0
Wake (Subic)
2015
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Fragment
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Salamat sa Alaala
2015
8.5
Lorna
2014
7.5
Storm Children
2014
7.9
From What Is Before
2014
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Echoserang Frog
2014
7.4
Norte, the End of History
2014
8.0
Alamat ni China Doll
2013
6.4
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido
2013
5.0
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
7.3
Colossal
2012
5.7
Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget
2012
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Jingle lang ang Pahina
2012
7.7
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE
20125.5
The Great Cinema Party
2012
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Jeonju Digital Project 2012
2012
7.6
Century of Birthing
2011
6.5
Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution
2011NR
Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema
2010
5.0
Independencia
2010
4.8
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010
6.8
Butterflies Have No Memory
2009
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Manila Skies
2009
6.4
Manila
2009
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Purgatorio
2009
7.2
Melancholia
2008
10.0
Death in the Land of Encantos
2007NR
Green Rocking Chair
2007
8.0
Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess
2006
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Image Nation
2006
5.2
Todo Todo Teros
2006
7.8
Evolution of a Filipino Family
2004
8.0
Headless
2004
5.5
Jesus the Revolutionary
2002
7.8
Batang West Side
2001
5.9
Naked Under the Moon
1999
6.0
Burger Boys
1999
6.0
Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion
1998
9.0
Galvez: Hanggang sa Dulo ng Mundo, Hahanapin Kita
1993
7.0
Daddy Goon
1991
7.5
Good Friend, Evil Enemy
1991
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The Caretaker
1989NR
The Sacrifice
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Untitled When the Waves Are Gone sequel
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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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The Sadness of a Portuguese Woman
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