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Lav Diaz

Directing·Dec 30, 1958·Columbio, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines

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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.

Film	Credit
Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors2026 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Magellan2025 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography	Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Phantosmia2025 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Faith2024 · Director	Director
AAbsalom Filipino2024 · Director	Director
When the Waves Are Gone2023 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Essential Truths of the Lake2023 · Screenplay, Writer, Director	Screenplay, Writer, Director
A Tale of Filipino Violence2022 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
History of Ha2021 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Genus Pan2020 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Liminal2020 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times2020 · Director	Director
30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille2019 · Director	Director
The Halt2019 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Journey2019 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Boy Who Chose the Earth2018 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Season of the Devil2018 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Woman Who Left2016 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The Day Before the End2016 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery2016 · Producer, Director, Screenplay	Producer, Director, Screenplay
Death in the Land of Encantos2015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Fragment2015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Storm Children2014 · Director	Director
From What Is Before2014 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Norte, the End of History2014 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido2013 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Venice 70: Future Reloaded2013 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer	Director, Director of Photography, Writer
Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget2012 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE2012 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Century of Birthing2011 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution2011 · Guitarist (Uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography	Guitarist (Uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Butterflies Have No Memory2009 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer	Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer
어떤 방문2009 · Director	Director
Purgatorio2009 · Director	Director
Melancholia2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess2006 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Image Nation2006 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Evolution of a Filipino Family2004 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Jesus the Revolutionary2002 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Batang West Side2001 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Naked Under the Moon1999 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Burger Boys1999 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion1998 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
UUntitled When the Waves Are Gone sequelDirector, Writer	Director, Writer
KawalanDirector, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
BBeatriz, La MujerDirector	Director
HHeremias: Book Two – The Legend of The Invisible IslandDirector	Director
Henrico's FarmDirector, Writer	Director, Writer
Ang Araw ng Itim na NazarenoDirector	Director
AAn AmazonDirector	Director
Beatriz, The WifeDirector, Writer	Director, Writer
TThe Sadness of a Portuguese WomanDirector, Writer	Director, Writer