Lav Diaz

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Indico and the surname or paternal family name is Diaz.

Lav Diaz
Diaz at the 81st Venice International Film Festival in 2024
Born
Lavrente Indico Diaz

(1958-12-30) December 30, 1958 (age 65)
Columbio, Cotabato, Philippines[a][1]
Other namesBahagharing Timog[2]
Occupations
  • Filmmaker
  • film critic
Notable work

Lavrente Indico Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critic.[3] 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. Diaz is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary Filipino filmmakers.

Diaz started making films in the late 1990s. His first international exposure was at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 1999 with his directorial debut Serafin Geronimo: Ang Kriminal ng Baryo Concepcion (The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion). The Hong Kong event went on to present his next two features: Naked Under the Moon in 2000 and Batang West Side in 2001. European film festivals only caught on with Norte, the End of History (2013), which was entered into the Un Certain Regard section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival and received much critical praise.

Diaz's subsequent films have likewise received positive critical attention and many awards. From What Is Before (2014) won the Golden Leopard at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival; A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016) competed for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival and won the Alfred Bauer Prize (Silver Bear); and The Woman Who Left (2016) competed at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival and won the Golden Lion. He received the FAMAS Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. He is the recipient of 2021's Natatanging Gawad Urian (Gawad Urian Lifetime Achievement Award).


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  1. ^ Dormiendo, Gino (December 7, 2000). "Lav Diaz vs mediocrity". Manila Standard. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. p. A30. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  2. ^ Lachica, Veneranda S. (1994). Komunikasyon at Linggwistika (in Filipino). Manila, Philippines: Rex Book Store. p. 115. ISBN 971-23-1614-9. Retrieved November 4, 2022 – via Google Books. ...isinulat ni Lav Indico Diaz na nagtatago sa sagisag na Bahagharing Timog.
  3. ^ Diaz, Lav (September 19, 1988). "Talagang nakakatakot". Manila Standard (in Filipino). Manila Standard News, Inc. Retrieved April 19, 2020.