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Lavrente Indico Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critic. He is frequently known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, and has made several of the longest narrative films on record.
Lav Diaz is a prolific and acclaimed director, writer and editor of experimental and slow cinema. He has made over 30 films, mostly in black and white, and won many awards, including the Golden Lion in 2019.
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Jan 28, 2022 · Lav Diaz has made 27 feature films as a director, and at least eight of them are over five hours long, with his 2004 film "Evolution of a Filipino Family" running 647 minutes, one of the...
- Witney Seibold
Apr 5, 2024 · A new film interview piece with Lav Diaz, director of When the Waves Are Gone, for film review site In Review Online.
Oct 4, 2020 · Uncompromising writer-director Lav Diaz’s latest feature is a (shorter than usual) 2½ hour journey across the rural island of Hugaw exploring the past and present of the Philippines.
Sep 10, 2022 · He has won just about every major festival award: this year, Filipino director Lav Diaz is back at the festival with his newest work "When the Waves Are Gone" two years after he won the Orizzonti...
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Lav Diaz is a Filipino writer and director of slow cinema, known for his long and black and white films about martial law and human existence. He was born in 1958 in Mindanao, Philippines, and has won several awards and honors for his work.
