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Lav Diaz

Lavrente Indico Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker. He is known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, having made several of the longest narrative films on record. Although he had been making films since the late 90s Diaz didn't attract much public attention outside of the Philippines and the festival circuit until the release of his 2013 film 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.

  • Known ForDirecting
  • Born30 December 1958 (age 67)
  • Place of BirthDatu Paglas, Cotabato, Philippines

Lav Diaz

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Lavrente Indico Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker. He is known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, having made several of the longest narrative films on record. Although he had been making films since the late 90s Diaz didn't attract much public attention outside of the Philippines and the festival circuit until the release of his 2013 film 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.

  • Known ForDirecting
  • Born30 December 1958 (age 67)
  • Place of BirthDatu Paglas, Cotabato, Philippines
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Magellan
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2025
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Phantosmia
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2025
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Faith
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2024
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Absalom Filipino
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2024
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Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
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6.0
2024
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Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
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2024
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Real Life Fiction
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2024
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Moneyslapper
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2024
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Essential Truths of the Lake
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6.5
2023
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When the Waves Are Gone
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6.9
2023
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Taxibol
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2.0
2023
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A Tale of Filipino Violence
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2022
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The Devil of Comparisons
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2022
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History of Ha
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2021
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Atravesando el campo
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2021
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Life in 24 Frames a Second
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2021
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Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times
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5.0
2020
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Genus Pan
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5.6
2020
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Liminal
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5.7
2020
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Journey
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2019
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The Halt
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6.6
2019
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30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille
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2019
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Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
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2019
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Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town
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2019
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Season of the Devil
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2018
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The Boy Who Chose the Earth
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5.6
2018
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A Lullaby For The Sorrowful Mystery
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7.7
2016
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The Day Before the End
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6.6
2016
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The Woman Who Left
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7.0
2016
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Singing in Graveyards
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6.0
2016
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Lily
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5.0
2016
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Death in the Land of Encantos
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Fragment
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2015
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Salamat sa Alaala
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2015
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The Last Pinoy Action King
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2015
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Salvage
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5.0
2015
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Norte, The End of History
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7.373
2014
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From What Is Before
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8.1
2014
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Storm Children, Book One
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7.5
2014
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Echoserang Frog
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2014
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Lorna
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8.5
2014
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Venice 70: Future Reloaded
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5.2
2013
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Prologue to the Great Desaparecido
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2013
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Florentina Hubaldo, CTE
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7.6
2012
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Investigation on The Night That Won't Forget
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5.9
2012
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Colossal
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7.3
2012
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The Great Cinema Party
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5.5
2012
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Jingle lang ang Pahina
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2012
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Jeonju Digital Project 2012
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2012
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Century of Birthing
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7.6
2011
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Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution
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6.4
2011
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Independencia
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5.0
2010
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Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
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4.8
2010
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Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema
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2010
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Visitors
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5.2
2009
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Butterflies Have No Memory
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6.6
2009
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Purgatorio
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2009
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Manila Skies
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2009
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Manila
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6.6
2009
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Melancholia
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7.2
2008
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Green Rocking Chair
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2007
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Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess
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7.7
2006
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Image Nation
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2006
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Todo Todo Teros
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5.2
2006
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Evolution of a Filipino Family
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7.6
2004
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Headless
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8.0
2004
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Jesus the Revolutionary
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5.2
2002
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West Side Avenue
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7.8
2001
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Naked Under The Moon
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6.1
1999
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Burger Boys
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5.5
1999
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Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion
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6.0
1998