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
Del Mundo2025 · Actor	Actor
Cinemartyrs2025 · Kristo	Kristo
Magellan2025 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography	Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Phantosmia2025 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Moneyslapper2024 · Lucas	Lucas
Faith2024 · Director	Director
AAbsalom Filipino2024 · Director	Director
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust2024 · Poet (voice)	Poet (voice)
Real Life Fiction2024 · Actor	Actor
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge2024 · Kristo Kastrado	Kristo Kastrado
When the Waves Are Gone2023 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Essential Truths of the Lake2023 · Screenplay, Writer, Director	Screenplay, Writer, Director
Taxibol2023 · Himself	Himself
TThe Devil of Comparisons2022 · Priest	Priest
A Tale of Filipino Violence2022 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
History of Ha2021 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Atravesando el campo2021 · Lav Diaz	Lav Diaz
Life in 24 Frames a Second2021 · Self	Self
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
Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town2019 · Sound Recorder, Director of Photography	Sound Recorder, Director of Photography
Mañanita2019 · Writer	Writer
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema2019 · Himself	Himself
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
Lily2016 · Drunk Man	Drunk Man
The Woman Who Left2016 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Singing in Graveyards2016 · Paul	Paul
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
Salvage2015 · Nilalang	Nilalang
The Last Pinoy Action King2015 · Himself	Himself
Fragment2015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
SSalamat sa Alaala2015 · Himself	Himself
Lorna2014 · Actor	Actor
Storm Children2014 · Director	Director
From What Is Before2014 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Echoserang Frog2014 · Actor	Actor
Norte, the End of History2014 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Alamat ni China Doll2013 · Screenplay	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