Biography
Lav Diaz (b. 1958, Datu Paglas, Philippines) is a director known for the extreme length of his films, some of which run more than eight hours. He began as a musician, poet, and screenwriter for local television, and established himself as a filmmaker in the early 1990s. His best known works include the almost eight-hour long Melancholia (2008), which won the main prize at the Venice IFF, and the nine-hour Death in the Land of Encantos (Kagadanan sa banwaan ning mga Engkanto, 2007). In both subject matter and style, Diaz’s films are firmly rooted in Filipino culture. Their typical aesthetic features include (in addition to their long run time) slow pacing, extensive takes, and the absence of music. Using these tools, Diaz tries to reproduce the specific aesthetic peculiar to the Filipino mentality, which is not subject to the Western perception of time.
48. MFF Karlovy Vary
Director
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2019 |
30 (+) films pour la 30ème |
2014 |
Storm Children: Book One |
2013 |
Venice 70: Future Reloaded |
2012 |
An Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget |
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2018 |
The Boy Who Chose the Earth |
2016 |
The Day Before the End |
2013 |
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido |
2009 |
Butterflies Have No Memories |
2008 |
Purgatorio |
Screenwriter
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2019 |
30 (+) films pour la 30ème |
2012 |
An Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget |
Short | |
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2016 |
The Day Before the End |
2013 |
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido |
2009 |
Butterflies Have No Memories |
Editor
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2023 |
Essential Truths of the Lake |
2022 |
A Tale of Filipino Violence |
2021 |
History of Ha |
2020 |
Genus Pan |
2019 |
The Halt |
2018 |
Season of the Devil |
2016 |
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery |
The Woman Who Left |
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2013 |
Norte, the End of History |
2011 |
Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution |
2008 |
Melancholia |
2007 |
Death in the Land of Encantos |
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2019 |
30 (+) films pour la 30ème |
2014 |
Storm Children: Book One |
2012 |
An Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget |
Short | |
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2013 |
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido |
Cinematographer
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2023 |
Essential Truths of the Lake |
2022 |
A Tale of Filipino Violence |
2021 |
History of Ha |
2020 |
Genus Pan |
Liminal |
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2019 |
Kaputol |
2016 |
The Woman Who Left |
2014 |
From What Is Before |
2011 |
Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution |
2009 |
Visitors |
2008 |
Melancholia |
2007 |
Death in the Land of Encantos |
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2014 |
Storm Children: Book One |
2012 |
An Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget |
Short | |
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2013 |
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido |
2009 |
Butterflies Have No Memories |
Production designer
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2022 |
A Tale of Filipino Violence |
When the Waves Are Gone |
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2021 |
History of Ha |
2019 |
The Halt |
Composer
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2020 |
Genus Pan |
Liminal |
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2018 |
Season of the Devil |
2007 |
Death in the Land of Encantos |
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2019 |
The Oceans Are the Real Continents |
Actor
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2024 |
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust |
2017 |
Salvage |
2016 |
Singing in Graveyards |
2015 |
Gayuma |
2014 |
Lorna |
2012 |
Colossal |
2011 |
Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution |
2009 |
Manila Skies |
2007 |
Death in the Land of Encantos |
2006 |
Todo todo teros |
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2023 |
Taxibol |
2021 |
Life in 24 Frames a Second |
2015 |
In the Name of Law and Lawlessness |
The Last Pinoy Action King |
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2010 |
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement |
Producer
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2021 |
History of Ha |
2007 |
Death in the Land of Encantos |
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2019 |
30 (+) films pour la 30ème |
Sound designer
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2013 |
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido |