Lav Diaz Movies

  • 2004
    Evolution of a Filipino Family

    Evolution of a Filipino Family

    Evolution of a Filipino Family

    7.62004HD

    Depicting the struggles of Filipinos in rural areas under the brutal Marcos regime, a family of poor farmers tries to overcome the challenges brought...

    Evolution of a Filipino Family
  • 2024
    Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

    Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

    Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

    02024HD

    In a sophisticated near perfect society, citizens live with paper bags on heads to dissolve differences. Tensions rise when the whispers of a...

    Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
  • 2016
    A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

    A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

    A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

    7.72016HD

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

    A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
  • 2013
    Norte, The End of History

    Norte, The End of History

    Norte, The End of History

    7.42013HD

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

    Norte, The End of History
  • 2015
    The Last Pinoy Action King

    The Last Pinoy Action King

    The Last Pinoy Action King

    02015HD

    An intimate and often heartbreaking portrait of one of the Philippines' most beloved screen icons.

    The Last Pinoy Action King
  • 2008
    Melancholia

    Melancholia

    Melancholia

    7.22008HD

    A story about victims of summary executions. Three people start a strange therapy to escape their agonies.

    Melancholia
  • 2016
    The Woman Who Left

    The Woman Who Left

    The Woman Who Left

    7.12016HD

    After 30 years of wrongful imprisonment, a woman plans to take revenge on her former lover.

    The Woman Who Left
  • 2006
    Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess

    Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess

    Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess

    7.62006HD

    A wandering peddler separates from his fellow salesman and becomes involved with criminals in the jungle.

    Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess
  • 2022
    A Tale of Filipino Violence

    A Tale of Filipino Violence

    A Tale of Filipino Violence

    02022HD

    With the imminent death of his autocratic grandfather, coinciding with the burgeoning oppressive regime of Ferdinand Marcos, Servando Monzon III,...

    A Tale of Filipino Violence
  • 2011
    Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution

    Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution

    Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution

    6.52011HD

    Deliberately structured and less beholden to its narrative, the film is told in three parts, with each part pertaining to each of the three visits of...

    Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution
  • 2014
    From What Is Before

    From What Is Before

    From What Is Before

    82014HD

    The Philippines, 1972. Mysterious things are happening in a remote barrio. Wails are heard from the forest, cows are hacked to death, a man is found...

    From What Is Before
  • 2013
    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    5.12013HD

    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...

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded
  • 2009
    Manila

    Manila

    Manila

    6.62009HD

    A tribute to filmmakers and National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal. In the "Day" segment, Piolo Pacual portrays the role of William, a drug...

    Manila
  • 2019
    The Halt

    The Halt

    The Halt

    6.52019HD

    Madmen control Manila in 2034 after massive volcanic eruptions have plunged Southeast Asia into darkness.

    The Halt
  • 2020
    Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times

    Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times

    Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times

    42020HD

    To this day, Ishmael Bernal's movie Himala is still in our town, in our world. This will be reflected in the broader perspective of the majority, of...

    Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times
  • 2023
    Taxibol

    Taxibol

    Taxibol

    22023HD

    Driving around the streets of Cuba, Lav Diaz – the famous Filipino director – and Gustavo Flecha - a talkative Cuban taxi driver –...

    Taxibol
  • 2007
    Death in the Land of Encantos

    Death in the Land of Encantos

    Death in the Land of Encantos

    7.82007HD

    A Filipino poet hearkens back to his village after spending years in Europe. Horrified to discover that the community has been buried under...

    Death in the Land of Encantos
  • 2009
    Visitors

    Visitors

    Visitors

    4.92009HD

    Hong Sang-Soo’s Lost in the Mountains (South Korea, 32min) the visitor is the supremely self-centred Mi-Sook, who drives to Jeonju on impulse...

    Visitors
  • 2012
    Florentina Hubaldo, CTE

    Florentina Hubaldo, CTE

    Florentina Hubaldo, CTE

    7.62012HD

    A young woman is held captive by her father and forced to become a prostitute. Meanwhile, two men embark on a personal quest for buried treasure....

    Florentina Hubaldo, CTE
  • 2018
    Season of the Devil

    Season of the Devil

    Season of the Devil

    5.12018HD

    Philippines, late 1970s. A military-controlled militia is oppressing a remote village, spreading terror both physical and psychological. The fearless...

    Season of the Devil