Lav Diaz

Director

Lav Diaz

Born December 30, 1958 in Columbio, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines52 films

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.

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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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The Woman Who Left posterFirst watchThe Woman Who Left20166.9Their style at its most typical, and among their best-rated work.After three decades' wrongful incarceration for murder, a woman discovers that her friend and fellow inmate committed the murder of which she was accused.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Norte, the End of History poster7.4Norte, the End of History2014

Filmography

52 films as director
  1. TBAUntitled When the Waves Are Gone sequelDirector
  2. TBAKawalanDirector
  3. TBABeatriz, La MujerDirector
  4. TBAHeremias: Book Two – The Legend of The Invisible IslandDirector
  5. TBAHenrico's FarmDirector
  6. TBAAng Araw ng Itim na NazarenoDirector
  7. TBAAn AmazonDirector
  8. TBABeatriz, The WifeDirector
  9. TBAAn Entry Into the Sadness of a Portuguese WomanDirector
  10. TBAUntitled 'false prophets' filmDirector
  11. TBANoli Me TángereDirector
  12. 2025MagellanDirector
  13. 2025PhantosmiaDirector
  14. 2024FaithDirector
  15. 2024Absalom FilipinoDirector
  16. 2023When the Waves Are GoneDirector
  17. 2023Essential Truths of the LakeDirector
  18. 2022A Tale of Filipino ViolenceDirector
  19. 2021History of HaDirector
  20. 2020Genus PanDirector
  21. 2020LiminalDirector
  22. 2020Himala: A Dialectic for Our TimesDirector
  23. 201930th anniversaire of FIDMarseilleDirector
  24. 2019The HaltDirector
  25. 2019JourneyDirector
  26. 2018The Boy Who Chose the EarthDirector
  27. 2018Season of the DevilDirector
  28. 2016The Woman Who LeftDirector
  29. 2016The Day Before the EndDirector
  30. 2016A Lullaby to the Sorrowful MysteryDirector
  31. 2015Death in the Land of EncantosDirector
  32. 2015FragmentDirector
  33. 2014Storm ChildrenDirector
  34. 2014From What Is BeforeDirector
  35. 2014Norte, the End of HistoryDirector
  36. 2013Prologue to the Great DesaparecidoDirector
  37. 2013Venice 70: Future ReloadedDirector
  38. 2012Investigation on the Night That Won't ForgetDirector
  39. 2012Florentina Hubaldo, CTEDirector
  40. 2011Century of BirthingDirector
  41. 2011Elegy to the Visitor From the RevolutionDirector
  42. 2009Butterflies Have No MemoryDirector
  43. 2009디지털 삼인삼색 2009 - 어떤 방문Director
  44. 2009PurgatorioDirector
  45. 2008MelancholiaDirector
  46. 2006Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard PrincessDirector
  47. 2006Image NationDirector
  48. 2004Evolution of a Filipino FamilyDirector
  49. 2002Jesus the RevolutionaryDirector
  50. 2001Batang West SideDirector
  51. 1999Burger BoysDirector
  52. 1998Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio ConcepcionDirector