The Melancholia of Lav Diaz
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- DirectorLav DiazStarsRaymond BagatsingTonton GutierrezAngel AquinoA man appears to a female reporter and claims that he is the famous kidnapper who has the world astir and promises to turn himself in if she listens to his story. Though she is suspicious of him, she starts to fall more and more into his story.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsGerald MadridMarcus MadrigalMarco SalvadorFour high-school friends hatch a plan for a farcical heist that sends them spiraling into a series of surreal events littered with clowns, fast food, and 'rakenrol', in an even more absurd nation of squalor and entertainment.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsKlaudia KoronelJoel TorreElizabeth OropesaA priest estranged from the holy vows marries Clara and starts raising a family. After several incidents, he becomes wracked with melancholia and wanders aimlessly, unable to come to terms with his personal truths.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsYul ServoJoel TorreGloria DiazA Filipino teenager is shot to death on a New Jersey, USA sidewalk: an investigation starts and his family and friends are interviewed. Along the way, more about him is revealed and so is more about the Filipino community in America in general, including the destructive effect of the drug "shabu" on its youth. The detective who handles the case also has his own personal demons to settle with his violent past.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsMark Anthony FernandezDonita RoseJoel LamanganHesus Mariano is caught in a deadly match between his mentor Rebel Leader Miguel Reynante and military Colonel Arnold Simon. Drawing inspiration from his childhood sweetheart Hilda, Hesus decides to change the rules and take control of the game.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsElryan de VeraAngie FerroPen MedinaThe collapse and the struggle of a poor farming clan in Philippines.
- DirectorPoklong AnadingSigfreid Barros-SanchezYeye CalderonStarsPing MedinaBella FloresPen MedinaImahe Nasyon is a groundbreaking, conceptual omnibus film by 20 alternative filmmakers who were tasked to present their personal visions on national issues. Renowned line producers Jon and Carol Red hatched the idea of revisiting the 1986 EDSA revolution, challenging directors to answer the question "What happened after 1986?" with a short film not longer than five minutes each. Despite individual techniques, the same goal is shared: to depict a truthful image of the nation at present.segment Nang Matapos Ang Ulan
- DirectorLav DiazStarsRonnie LazaroJordanSid LuceroA wandering peddler separates from his fellow salesman and becomes involved with criminals in the jungle.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsRoeder CamanagAngeli BayaniPerry DizonFilipino poet Benjamin Agusan (Roeder Camanag) is a hapless native who returns to his hometown Padang to witness the aftermath of the super typhoon. For the past seven years, Benjamin has been living in an old town called Kaluga in Russia. With his grant and residency, he taught and conducted workshops in a university; in the process he published two poetry books of sadness and longing. In Russia, Benjamin shot video collages, fell in love with a Slavic beauty, buried a son, and almost went mad. He came back to bury his dead--father, mother, sister, and a lover. He came back to face Mount Mayon, the raging beauty and muse of his youth. He came home to confront the country that he so loved and hated, the Philippines. He came back to die in the land of his birth. He wanders around the obliterated village meeting old friends and lovers.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsAngeli BayaniPerry DizonRoeder CamanagThree people engage in a strange therapy to get away from their agonies.
- DirectorLav DiazNaomi KawaseHong Sang-sooStarsKazuki KitamuraYûko NakamuraDante PerezPart of the Jeonju Digital Project, Visitors consists of three films from three different directors. "Lost in the Mountains," by Hong Sang Soo. "Koma" by Naomi Kawase, and "Butterflies have no Memories" by Lav Diaz.segment Butterflies Have No Memories
- DirectorLav DiazStarsWilly FernandezJoel FerrerLois GoffFerding, Santos and Willy only drink in despair. One day, a Canadian woman's visit changes everything.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsPerry DizonAngel AquinoBart GuingonaAn artist struggles to finish his work. A storyline about a cult plays in his head. Fundamentalism will destroy the world. The artist destroys his muse in the process. He redeems her in the end.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsHazel OrencioSigrid Andrea BernardoEvelyn VargasA woman from the end of the 19th century visits modern day Philippines and observes three interwoven stories: that of a prostitute, a group of criminals and a musician.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsHazel OrencioKristine KintanaNoel Sto. DomingoIn a rural area, a father forces his daughter into prostitution. Somewhere else, two men embark on a quest for a buried treasure.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsSid LuceroAngeli BayaniArchie AlemaniaAn 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 two children wander the countryside looking for some kind of redemption.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsPerry DizonRoeder CamanagHazel OrencioThe 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 bleeding to death at the crossroad and houses are burned. Ferdinand E. Marcos announces Proclamation No. 1081 putting the entire country under Martial Law.
- DirectorLav DiazOn 8 November 2013, the city Tacloban on Leyte Island, Philippines, was largely destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan, causing the death of 6,201 people.
- DirectorWesley Leon AroozooLav DiazU-Wei Haji SaariStarsFaye KingsleeHazel OrencioPete TeoFragment is an omnibus film celebrating the strength and diversity of South-East Asian independent cinema. Made up of a collage of ten stories, each story distinctively embraces the other's subjectivities through the collective sentiments of vulnerability and fortitude. This film is commissioned by the Asian Film Archive (AFA) for its tenth anniversary celebrations.segment The Day Before the End
- DirectorLav DiazStarsPiolo PascualJohn Lloyd CruzHazel OrencioThe search for the body of Andres Bonifacio.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsCharo Santos-ConcioJohn Lloyd CruzMichael De MesaAfter 30 years of wrongful imprisonment, a woman plans to take revenge on her former lover.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsPiolo PascualShaina MagdayaoBituin EscalanteA young and fearless doctor opens a clinic for a poor community in a remote village of the Phillipines. However, she disappears without a trace. Her husband, a poet and teacher seeks the truth of her vanishing.
- DirectorLav DiazBrillante MendozaKidlat TahimikStarsBart GuingonaHazel OrencioJoem Bascon"Lakbayan" tells three tales of Filipino journeys. An unemployed cameraman joins a protest march of farmers asking the government to help them reclaim their ancestral land stolen by the powerful in "Desfocado". It is also the powerful that controls an island where a young miner contests the problems and the status quo in "Hugaw". A mosaic artist is empowered as he arrives at his destination while traveling from island to island in "Kabunyan's Journey".
- DirectorLav DiazStarsJoel LamanganPiolo PascualShaina MagdayaoMadmen control Manila in 2034 after massive volcanic eruptions have plunged Southeast Asia into darkness.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsNanding JosefBart GuingonaDon Melvin BoongalingA look at how much human beings are like animals.
- DirectorManuela De LabordeLav DiazÓscar EnríquezA FICUNAM commission for four directors, Liminal seeks to play with poetic affinities between film and music. Moving across aesthetic and generational differences, the film-makers explore this relationship through four distinct stories as to context and imaginary. Within the category of world cinéma d'auteur, Philippe Grandrieux and Lav Diaz have much in common in terms of their affinities with radical cinematographic form: both are extremely inventive in their practical relationship between music and narration. With La lumière la lumière (Lights, lights...), the French artist and director evokes the obsessive relationship between two women whose existence is kept by a lugubrious voice and by Alan Vega's and Marx Hurtado's famous Saturn Drive Duplex. In The World is Cold, the Filipino director describes a young man's life and his musical dreams intertwined with images of an erratic, phantasmagoric future full of obstacles. Relying on an entirely different aesthetics, Manuela de Laborde and Óscar Enríquez, two young directors of Mexican descent, approach musical phenomena quite differently. Through chaotic sound textures, Manuela de Laborde takes us towards three radically distinct landscapes in her Azúcar y saliva y vapor/Sugar, saliva and steam where subtle and sensual musical textures interweave with a leitmotiv in the background. In Lady Lazaro, Óscar Enríquez employs opera singing both as a protagonist and as a supernatural means of spiritual healing for broken souls.segment The World is Cold
- DirectorLav DiazStarsJohn Lloyd CruzTeroy GuzmanMae Paner1957. Hernando Alamada, Filipino vaudeville great and a former socialist cadre, fulfills the last leg of his performing tour on the Mayflower cruise ship. He knows that the Philippines is experiencing a bitter transition yet again; the much-loved and popular president, Ramon Magsaysay, suddenly dies in a plane crash. He arrives in his poverty-stricken barrio, his country's state and future burdening him heavily, and at the same time, a deep personal turmoil confronts him. He plods on an aimless journey. Akin to the Filipino 'bodabil', he finds himself on the gate of the theater of the absurd, a descent to burlesque, madness, to stark realities, and, ultimately, an ascent to his own redemption.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsJohn Lloyd CruzBart GuingonaAgot IsidroThis film portrays a poignant family saga in an explosive dictatorship era in the Philippines.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsJohn Lloyd CruzRonnie LazaroShamaine BuencaminoLt. Hermes Papauran, one of the best investigators of the Philippines, is in a deep moral crossroad, being a witness to his institution's being a party to a murderous anti-drug campaign, which is spearheaded by no less than the president of the country, Rodrigo Duterte. The moment Duterte sat as the new president of the Philippines in the year 2016, his biggest act was launching his so-called war against drugs, shocking the world for its brutality and the ensuing human rights abuses. Extra-judicial killings attributed to drugs have become rampant and most of the crimes are connected to the police. The atrocities are corroding Lt. Papauran physically and spiritually. He suffers from severe psoriasis, a skin disease resulting from insidious anxiety. A dark past haunts him and it has eventually and literally come back for a reckoning, for a closure.
- DirectorLav DiazA 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, human bones are found.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsHazel OrencioErwin RomuloErwin Romulo, the best friend of the late film critic Alexis Tioseco, recalls the events after the critic and his girlfriend Nika Bohinc's murder during a buglary in their home in Quezon City. Lav Diaz makes use of one long take to allow Romulo an uninterrupted narration of the events.
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- DirectorHala AbdallahJohn AkomfrahWang BingStarsJessica AlexanderBernardo BertolucciLola CrétonSeventy short films about cinema and its future.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsHazel OrencioArchie AlemaniaNoel Sto. Domingo'Prologue To The Great Desaparecido' is an introduction to Lav Diaz's most important upcoming feature film, 'The Great Desaparecido', which questions Truth and History around Philippine Revolution and Independence. It had been 325 years that the Philippines was under Spanish rule when the Revolution, led by Andres Bonifacio, exploded on August 21, 1896. But on May 9, 1897, Bonifacio was charged with death sentence by rival revolutionaries led by Emilio Aguinaldo. Bonifacio's body has never been found. His wife, Gregoria De Jesus, searched for his body in the mountains for thirty days, calling for Andres and even spirits to help her find her husband.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsWilly FernandezNoel MirallesHazel OrencioIn the year 2050, the Philippines braces for the coming of the fiercest storm ever to hit the country. And as wind and waters start to rage, poets wander the streets.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsReynan AbcedeAllen AlzolaPinky Amador
- DirectorLav DiazStarsSid Miles GarciaSatya PaningbatanA boy who is planning out his future receives an envelope from someone, addressed to "My Dear Son". The boy pursues the person who gave him the letter, but he cannot find them. Outside, the sunny day turns into a rainy night.
- DirectorAugusto SalvadorStarsFernando Poe Jr.Vic VargasMarianne de la RivaIt is a story of two friends that has closer together but it is ended because of betrayal.
- DirectorRudy MeyerStarsPaquito DiazHerbert BautistaCharito Solis
- DirectorAdolfo Alix Jr.StarsAngelica PanganibanCesar MontanoPhillip SalvadorHelen lives with her grandmother in an idyllic island down South. At 27, she is about to graduate from high school and start a new life. Things take a drastic turn when journalist Perry Nanali's article on the truth about "China Doll" is exposed. Now, she is haunted by her past that she tried to forget.
- DirectorPaul SorianoStarsBela PadillaRonnie LazaroFelix RocoAn 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 quiet character study of when your life's purpose is stripped away, but you still pursue it, only to realize that it could kill you.
- DirectorKhavnStarsLav DiazBanaue MiclatThe start of the film sets the tone. A tortured man looks as if he will castrate himself. Later he staggers aimlessly and bleeding heavily through the streets of a town that is just waking up. In parallel, the film shows the marital discussions of a couple, with the husband hiding behind the camera.
- DirectorSigfreid Barros-SanchezStarsGina AlajarPhillip SalvadorBembol RocoWhat if Lino Brocka had an illegitimate son? A group of TV reporters dig into the great Filipino director's life, visiting the places where he spent his childhood, trying to find the answer to this question.
- DirectorMikhail RedStarsLav DiazAn 8mm camera will connect one generation to the next.
- DirectorFelbert P. GoStarsFelbert P. GoAdrian LandichoR.C. Ojales
- DirectorRaya MartinStarsSid LuceroTetchie AgbayaniAlessandra De RossiMimicking early silent films, Independencia creates a lush metaphor that plays with cinematic illusions and the cultural and mythical history of the Philippines.
- DirectorAdolfo Alix Jr.Raya MartinStarsPiolo PascualRosanna RocesJay ManaloA tribute to filmmakers and National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.
- DirectorRaymond RedStarsRaul ArellanoJohn ArcillaRonnie LazaroInspired by a true news account, this is the astounding story of a lone deranged hijacker who has struggled to survive in the chaos of modern Philippine society.
- DirectorWhammy AlcazarenStarsAcey AguilarMercedes CabralLav DiazCOLOSSAL explores the complexities of grief and grieving as understood through the myth of a Man who ventures through shifting landscapes ruminating, "...Of men who do not die, of spirits caught in the hollows of trees, of love sheltered in the embrace of truth."
- DirectorVimukthi JayasundaraRaya MartinLiang YingStarsLav DiazAntoine ThirionIara DiazAnthology.
- DirectorSigrid Andrea BernardoStarsShamaine BuencaminoMaria Isabel LopezRaquel VillavicencioA midlife comedy drama of a woman's romantic life-a story of being alone, growing old, looking for love, and moving on. Lorna, already in her 60's, finds an online lover and an old flame that will turn her life upside down. But at her age, is love too late for a woman like Lorna?
- DirectorSherad Anthony SanchezStarsJessy MendiolaJC De VeraJoel SarachoA news team investigating rumors of aswang killings in a remote barrio are attacked by a group of soldiers, forcing them to run for their lives deep in the forest, where more mystery and danger lie in wait.
- DirectorConan AltatisStarsRona LallanaLloyd AraAnna Fe Lugares
- DirectorBradley LiewStarsPepe SmithMercedes CabralLav DiazPepe, a 68-year-old impersonator of a Filipino rock legend, lives alone on the borders of reality, imagination, and mysticism. One day, he is finally given the chance to open for the rock legend's concert, but he must do something neither of them has done before: write a love song.
- DirectorKeith DeligeroStarsRocky SalumbidesCharlton DanoShaina MagdayaoStories abound in Cebu about a woman rumored to be a murderous monster, but behind the myth is a mother seeking justice.
- DirectorIshan ShuklaStarsGolshifteh FarahaniAsia ArgentoGaspar NoéA bored office worker may have accidentally sparked a revolution in a bizarre dystopian world.
- DirectorJohn GianvitoA documentary essay exploring circumstances of toxic contamination around former US military bases in the Philippines as the locus for a meditation on historical amnesia, colonial privilege, and the consequences of unchecked militarism.
- DirectorKeith DeligeroStarsVictor NeriJay GonzagaPublio Briones IIIIn the southern Philippine city of Cebu a troubled detective struggles to solve a series of grisly killings, while a deep conspiracy works to keep the truth just out of his reach.
- DirectorTommaso SantambrogioStarsAlexander DiegoEdith IbarraHaving Cuba as a background, decadent and in crisis, in a black-and-white lacerated by the Caribbean swinging rain, Alex and Edith, a couple in their 30s, live their love story made of small daily gestures, stories from the past, nostalgia and a deep intimacy
- DirectorJohn TorresStarsOlga AliseichykPusong BughawEarl Drilon
- DirectorKhavnStarsAdolfo Alix Jr.Ato BautistaDitsi CarolinoDocumentary profiling the directors involved in the loose Philippine New Wave filmmaking movement.
- DirectorJoven TanStarsLito 'Shalala' ReyesAngelu De LeonKiray CelisAn industry veteran is given a chance to produce and star in his own movie. But he quickly finds movie production isn't quite as glamorous as it seems.
- DirectorCesar HernandoStarsBenjamin AlvesElora EspañoPhoebe WalkerMike is a young student artist at the UP College of Fine Arts. He is happy with his relationship with his girlfriend named Joy who is also a student taking up a film course. A beautiful and mysterious figure drawing model in their school catches his attention and is slowly drawn to her. He gets to meet her finally whose name is Stella, but Stella is quite elusive. Mike's curiosity slowly turns into obsession that leads to a discovery of a dark heritage and ends in deep erotic passion linked from his family's roots.
- DirectorPepe DioknoStarsGiancarlo AbrahanJomari AngelesBianca BalbuenaWith the deadly fraternity wars among Filipino youth as a starting point, "Kaptiran" becomes a cinematic essay about the filmmaker's hometown of Manila. Blurring fact and film together, it is a bleak, disjointed portrait of a disjointed city; a meditation on its social cancer.
- DirectorTiong Guan SawStarsLav DiazAnurag KashyapRithy PanhAmidst poverty, abuse and disease, the lives of four filmmakers, united by their abiding love of the movies, who were 'survivors' before becoming maestros of world cinema.