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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.
Most Popular Lav Diaz Trailers
Total trailers found: 83
01 January 2010
Documentary profiling the directors involved in the loose Philippine New Wave filmmaking movement.
19 October 2009
Inspired by a true news account, this is the astounding story of a lone deranged hijacker who has struggled to survive in the chaos of modern Philippine society.
22 September 2006
Imahe Nasyon is a groundbreaking, conceptual omnibus film by 20 alternative filmmakers who were tasked to present their personal visions on national issues.
21 April 2020
To this day, Ishmael Bernal's movie Himala is still in our town, in our world. This will be reflected in the broader perspective of the majority, of the surrounding events.
26 June 2021
"Life in 24 Frames a Second" is a film about hardship, misfortune, perseverance and triumph. The personal stories of John Woo (The Killer), Anurag Kashyap (Sacred Games), Rithy Panh (The Missing Picture) and Lav Diaz (The Woman Who Left), who survived extreme poverty, disease, sexual abuse, genocide and civil war to go on to become maestros of world cinema.
08 September 2016
Pepe, a 68-year-old impersonator of a Filipino rock legend, lives alone on the borders of reality, imagination and mysticism.
29 October 2019
An ex-military sniper who was honorably discharged accepts a mission that will indefinitely change her life in the attempts to make ends meet.
25 September 2022
The Devil of Comparisons (original title: El Demonio de las Comparaciones), was a 30-hour black & white silent film from 1929 by Narding Salome Exelsio (1883-1949).
01 January 2007
Juan Baybayin searches for the early alphabet of the Filipino and the journey takes him to different kind of adventures.
10 September 2025
At the dawn of the modern era, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan leads an expedition under the Spanish crown in search of the first westward route to the Spice Islands.
29 August 2019
Having Cuba as a background, decadent and in crisis, in a black-and-white lacerated by the Caraibic swinging rain, Alex and Edith, a couple in their 30s, live their love story made of small daily gestures, stories from the past, nostalgia, and a deep intimacy.
06 August 2023
Faced with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody murders and brazen lies, ethically conflicted police lieutenant Hermes Papauran continues his struggle to find a resolution to a 15-year-old case around a volcanic ash-laden landscape and an impenetrable lake.
09 November 2024
In dreary Porac Pampanga, a young man, Daniel, abandons his motherland after winning the biggest cash prize in the history of Philippine lottery.
28 August 2013
Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema.
16 October 1991
Ricardo accidentally kills his lover and requests his friend Mando, to serve the punishment. Meanwhile, the latter discovers that his friend ordered his assassination.
23 May 1993
Galvez seeking for justice.
06 December 2012
Colossal explores the complexities of grief and the process of grieving as understood through the myth of a Man as he ventures through shifting landscapes ruminating.
28 April 2012
A group of friends, sharing a passion for cinema, assemble in Corregidor, a small island in Manila Bay that has preserved relics from the Pacific War as its foremost attractions.
11 June 2019
For the 30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille about thirty directors have done us the honor of offering us some very beautiful short films.
27 November 1991
A Philippine comedy starring Paquito Diaz, Herbert Bautista, and Aiza Seguerra.
09 October 2010
Documentary about the history of Philippine cinema.
29 January 2025
Hilarion Zabala has a mysterious, recurring olfactory problem. A counselor/psychiatrist suspects a lingering case of phantosmia, a phantom smell, and possibly caused by a deep psychological fracture.
11 October 2013
Andrés Bonifacio, the freedom fighter known as the father of the Philippine revolution, was executed by rival revolutionaries in 1897.
29 August 2024
In a sophisticated near perfect society, citizens live with paper bags on heads to dissolve differences.
15 November 2016
Stories abound in Cebu about a woman rumored to be a murderous monster, but behind the myth is a mother seeking justice.
23 July 2020
A FICUNAM commission for four directors, Liminal seeks to play with poetic affinities between film and music.
29 August 2008
Three people start a strange therapy to escape their agonies. Each attempts to process those they lost during the Marcos dictatorship while examining their own grief.
15 December 2001
When a Filipino teen is found fatally shot on the streets of New Jersey, the investigation into his death reveals the struggles of the Filipino-American community, including the horrifying effects of methamphetamine on its youth.
03 November 2006
A wandering peddler suddenly decides to separates from his group of travellers, his reasons are unknown and the dangers will be many.
26 January 2009
A man and a woman follow a river, each on their own. Members of the Aeta tribe dance in an eternal circle around two motionless men.
08 September 2021
A dreamer with a calm and minstrel attitude lays on the grass, recites a poem and makes an offer to a tree.
12 November 2019
In a village of Cuba devastated after trying to imitate the north american suburb model, a sound recorder tries to tape sounds for an incoming blockbuster about a giant monster that destroys a whole town.
16 August 2023
One of the Philippines' top investigators, Lieutenant Hermes Papauran, faces a deep moral crossroads.
28 September 2016
After three decades' wrongful incarceration for murder, a woman discovers that her friend and fellow inmate committed the murder of which she was accused.
10 December 2015
sequel to "Heremias Book One : The Legend of the Lizard Princess"
26 March 2016
Andrés Bonifacio is celebrated as the father of the Philippines Revolution against Spanish colonial rule.
03 July 2014
The Philippines, 1972. Mysterious things are happening in a remote barrio. Wails are heard from the forest, cows are hacked to death, a man is found bleeding to death at the crossroad, and houses are burned.
11 March 2014
An embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced to take a harsh sentence; and a mother and her two children wander the countryside in search of some kind of redemption.
14 November 2013
A journalist investigates a woman with the name of China Doll. Soon, he discovers his knowledge of her turns out to be dangerous.
22 October 2015
An intimate and often heartbreaking portrait of one of the Philippines' most beloved screen icons.
17 September 2004
Spanning from 1971 to 1987, in rural areas under the Marcos regime, a poor farming family struggle to overcome challenges brought on by corruption and greed for power.
25 April 2023
Driving around the streets of Cuba, Lav Diaz – the famous Filipino director – and Gustavo Flecha - a talkative Cuban taxi driver – find themselves discussing about politics, migration, social conditions and love; touching many personal stories and experiences, they create an historical affresco of the conditions of their own countries.
08 September 1999
A young woman recalls how her father (a fallen priest), her mother (a woman with a secret past) and her teenage sister returned with her to live in their ancestral home after the family business failed.
17 November 2011
An artist struggles to finish his work while a storyline about a cult plays in his head. As the cult spirals towards a fundamentalism that will destroy the world, the artist decides to destroy his muse to redeem the world.
12 October 2021
Puppeteer Hernando Alamada returns home, experiencing a bitter transition in the aftermath of the unexpected death of Philippine president Ramon Magsaysay.
01 June 2019
Madmen control Manila in 2034 after massive volcanic eruptions have plunged Southeast Asia into darkness.
23 September 2014
The Philippines is visited by an average of 20~28 strong typhoons and storms every year. It is the most storm-battered country in the world.
06 February 2002
A man named Jesus takes on the ruling military junta.
12 October 2019
A one-of-a-kind legacy project produced by TBA Studios, Habambuhay is a homage to the centennial anniversary of Philippine cinema–an insightfully entertaining documentary series, revisiting the personal experiences of those who work in front of or behind the cameras, those who have shaped the film industry of the Philippines for the longest time.
21 April 2010
Early 20th century Philippines. The sounds of war signal the arrival of the Americans. A mother and son flee to the mountains, hoping for a quiet life.
30 December 2015
A poet hearkens back to his Philippine village after years abroad in Europe. Horrified to discover that the community has been buried under landslides, he wanders the countryside, reconnecting with friends, lovers, and family whose lives teeter on the brink of destruction.
25 August 1999
Four high school friends hatch a plan for a farcical heist that sends them spiraling into a series of surreal events littered with clowns, fast food, and ‘rakenrol’, in an even more absurd nation of squalor and entertainment.
01 September 2012
Erwin Romulo, the late Alexis Tioseco’s best friend, recalls the events after the critic and his girlfriend Nika Bohinc’s untimely death in their home in Quezon City.
21 October 1998
A man appears to a female reporter and claims he is the famous kidnapper that has the world astir and promises to turn himself in if she listens to his story.
09 November 2014
Lorna is sixty year old woman who is constantly searching for the right man, having failed at so many relationships.
17 June 2009
A tribute to filmmakers and National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal. In the "Day" segment, Piolo Pacual portrays the role of William, a drug addict who tries to rebuild his sense of self and reconnect with the people around him.
03 October 2025
A young filmmaker is bent on recreating forgotten massacres from Philippine history, but when she begins shooting at a site where 1,000 men, women, and children were slaughtered, angry spirits are awakened and the lives of her team and the local villagers are put in peril.
29 June 2012
Jingle Chordbook Magazine, first published in 1970, promptly taught a generation of Filipinos to play the guitar.
30 April 2012
A young woman is held captive by her father and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, two men embark on a personal quest for buried treasure.
