Lav Diaz
Lavrente Indico Diaz is a Filipino filmmaker, actor, and former film critic. He is known as one of the key practitioners of the slow cinema genre, producing a diverse range of long narrative films that explore social and political issues with minimalist storytelling and long takes.
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🎬 Movies
Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors
writer
2026
Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors
director
2026
Magellan
writer
2025
Magellan
director
2025
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
actor
2024
When the Waves Are Gone
director
2023
When the Waves Are Gone
writer
2023
A Tale of Filipino Violence
director
2022
A Tale of Filipino Violence
writer
2022
Atravesando el campo
actor
2021
Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times
director
2020
Journey
writer
2019
Journey
director
2019
The Woman Who Left
writer
2016
The Woman Who Left
director
2016
Singing in Graveyards
actor
2016
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
writer
2016
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
director
2016
Death in the Land of Encantos
director
2015
Death in the Land of Encantos
writer
2015
Salvage
actor
2015
Fragment
director
2015
Fragment
writer
2015
Lorna
actor
2014
From What Is Before
director
2014
From What Is Before
writer
2014
Norte, the End of History
director
2014
Norte, the End of History
writer
2014
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
director
2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
writer
2013
Independencia
actor
2010
Butterflies Have No Memory
writer
2009
Butterflies Have No Memory
director
2009
Manila Skies
actor
2009
Manila
actor
2009
Melancholia
writer
2008
Melancholia
director
2008
Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess
director
2006
Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess
writer
2006
Todo Todo Teros
actor
2006
Evolution of a Filipino Family
director
2004
Evolution of a Filipino Family
writer
2004
Batang West Side
writer
2001
Batang West Side
director
2001
The Sadness of a Portuguese Woman
director
The Sadness of a Portuguese Woman
writer