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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.
As director
Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors
Magellan
Phantosmia
Faith
Absalom Filipino
Essential Truths of the Lake
When the Waves Are Gone
A Tale of Filipino Violence
History of Ha
Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times
Genus Pan
Liminal
Journey
The Halt
30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille
Season of the Devil
The Boy Who Chose the Earth
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
The Day Before the End
The Woman Who Left
Death in the Land of Encantos
Fragment
Norte, the End of History
From What Is Before
Storm Children
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE
Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget
Century of Birthing
As actor
Cinemartyrs
Del Mundo
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
Real Life Fiction
Moneyslapper
Taxibol
The Devil of Comparisons
Atravesando el campo
Life in 24 Frames a Second
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town
Singing in Graveyards
Lily
Salamat sa Alaala
The Last Pinoy Action King
Salvage
Echoserang Frog
Lorna
Colossal
The Great Cinema Party
Jingle lang ang Pahina
Jeonju Digital Project 2012
Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution
Independencia
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema
Manila Skies
Manila
Green Rocking Chair