Lav Diaz
Directing
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…
Filmography
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Del Mundo
2025
Cinemartyrs
2025
Magellan
2025
Phantosmia
2025
Moneyslapper
2024
Faith
2024
Absalom Filipino
Absalom Filipino
2024
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
2024
Real Life Fiction
2024
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
2024
When the Waves Are Gone
2023
Essential Truths of the Lake
2023
The Devil of Comparisons
The Devil of Comparisons
2022
A Tale of Filipino Violence
2022
History of Ha
2021
Atravesando el campo
2021
Genus Pan
2020
Liminal
2020
Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times
2020
Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town
2019
Mañanita
2019
The Oceans Are the Real Continents
2019
30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille
2019
The Halt
2019
Journey
2019
Ave
2018
A Short History of a Few Bad Things
2018
The Boy Who Chose the Earth
2018
Season of the Devil
2018
Lily
2016
The Woman Who Left
2016
Singing in Graveyards
2016
The Day Before the End
2016
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
2016
Death in the Land of Encantos
2015
Salvage
2015
Wake (Subic)
2015
Fragment
2015
Lorna
2014
Storm Children
2014
From What Is Before
2014
Echoserang Frog
2014
Norte, the End of History
2014
Alamat ni China Doll
2013
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido
2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013
Colossal
2012
Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget
2012
Jingle lang ang Pahina
2012
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE
2012
The Great Cinema Party
The Great Cinema Party
2012
Jeonju Digital Project 2012
2012
Century of Birthing
2011
Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution
2011
Independencia
2010
Butterflies Have No Memory
2009
Manila Skies
2009
Manila
2009
Purgatorio
2009
Melancholia
2008
Death in the Land of Encantos
2007
Green Rocking Chair
Green Rocking Chair
2007
Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess
2006
Image Nation
2006
Evolution of a Filipino Family
2004
Headless
2004
Jesus the Revolutionary
2002
Batang West Side
2001
Naked Under the Moon
1999
Burger Boys
1999
Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion
1998
Galvez: Hanggang sa Dulo ng Mundo, Hahanapin Kita
1993
Daddy Goon
1991
Good Friend, Evil Enemy
1991
The Caretaker
1989
Untitled When the Waves Are Gone sequel
Untitled When the Waves Are Gone sequel
Kawalan
Beatriz, La Mujer
Beatriz, La Mujer
Heremias: Book Two – The Legend of The Invisible Island
Heremias: Book Two – The Legend of The Invisible Island
Henrico's Farm