Biography
Lav Diaz is considered the ideological father of the New Philippine Cinema. He works as director, writer, producer, editor, cinematographer, poet, composer, production designer and actor all at once. He is especially notable for the length of his work, his films not being governed by time but by space and nature. His work mostly deals with the social and political struggles of his motherland. Since 1998 he has directed about twenty films, and won numerous international awards including the Locarno Film Festival Pardo d’Oro with From What Is Before (2014), the Berlinale Alfred Bauer Award with A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016) and the Venice Golden Lion with The Woman Who Left (2016). Essential Truths of the Lake (2023) had its world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival.
Seminci - Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid
Director
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 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
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
30 (+) films pour la 30ème |
| 2012 |
An Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2016 |
The Day Before the End |
| 2013 |
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido |
| 2009 |
Butterflies Have No Memories |
Editor
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
30 (+) films pour la 30ème |
| 2014 |
Storm Children: Book One |
| 2012 |
An Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2013 |
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido |
Cinematographer
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2014 |
Storm Children: Book One |
| 2012 |
An Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2013 |
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido |
| 2009 |
Butterflies Have No Memories |
Production designer
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
A Tale of Filipino Violence |
When the Waves Are Gone |
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| 2021 |
History of Ha |
| 2019 |
The Halt |
Composer
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
Genus Pan |
Liminal |
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| 2018 |
Season of the Devil |
| 2007 |
Death in the Land of Encantos |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
The Oceans Are the Real Continents |
Actor
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 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
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
History of Ha |
| 2007 |
Death in the Land of Encantos |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
30 (+) films pour la 30ème |
Sound designer
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2013 |
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido |