Lav Diaz Movies

At the dawn of the modern era, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan leads an expedition under the Spanish crown in search of the first westward...

1617, Las Islas Filipinas. The Spanish friar, Father Enciso, the encomendero of one of the islands, rules with unrelenting toughness and an...

This biographical documentary honors Doy del Mundo’s lifelong devotion to education, film, and public service; his pioneering role in shaping...

An embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced to take a harsh sentence; and a mother and her...

Three people start a strange therapy to escape their agonies. Each attempts to process those they lost during the Marcos dictatorship while examining...

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of...

First begun in 2006, WAKE (SUBIC) completes the documentary diptych, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PHILIPPINES, the first part of which, VAPOR TRAIL (CLARK)...

Stories abound in Cebu about a woman rumored to be a murderous monster, but behind the myth is a mother seeking justice.

Based on a little-known short story by Alexandre Dumas, a young man meets a mysterious, masked woman during a ball. She refuses to disclose her...

An ex-military sniper who was honorably discharged accepts a mission that will indefinitely change her life in the attempts to make ends meet. It is...

A short film about genocide. - Short film by Lav Diaz, shot for the 60th anniversary of the Austrian Film Museum.

A man and a woman follow a river, each on their own. Members of the Aeta tribe dance in an eternal circle around two motionless men. In a forest,...

When a Filipino teen is found fatally shot on the streets of New Jersey, the investigation into his death reveals the struggles of the...

The Philippines is visited by an average of 20~28 strong typhoons and storms every year. It is the most storm-battered country in the world. Last...

Andrés Bonifacio is celebrated as the father of the Philippines Revolution against Spanish colonial rule. This eight-hour epic examines this...

A Mowelfund short documentary on an artist who serves as a caretaker of a rundown art gallery/museum.

Juan Baybayin searches for the early alphabet of the Filipino and the journey takes him to different kind of adventures. A personal insights of the...

Andrés Bonifacio, the freedom fighter known as the father of the Philippine revolution, was executed by rival revolutionaries in 1897. His...

Spanning from 1971 to 1987, in rural areas under the Marcos regime, a poor farming family struggle to overcome challenges brought on by corruption...

After three decades' wrongful incarceration for murder, a woman discovers that her friend and fellow inmate committed the murder of which she was...