Lav Diaz’s eight film to join one of the oldest film festivals in the world. Phantosmia is an official out-of-competition entry in the upcoming La Biennale di Venezia. Officially announced yesterday as one of the films to join the out-of-competition entry in the upcoming Venice Film Festival, ‘Phantosmia’ stars Janine
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Filmic Duration and Liberatory Memory Work: Analyzing Lav Diaz’s ‘Evolution of a Filipino Family’ (2004)
Introduction To introduce Lav Diaz and his cinema, the simplest approach is to emphasize his distinctive use of long cinematic duration, which is not merely an aesthetic choice but a result of complex historical, material, and political transformations. For Diaz, it is his praxis—a foundational aspect of his cinematic philosophy
‘Essential Truths of the Lake’ (Mga Saligan ng Katotohanan ng Lawa), isang pag-susuri | a QCinema review
Sa rebyu’ng ito ni Engelbert Rafferty, kaniya’ng sinuri ang pagka-hango ng pelikula ni Lav Diaz sa ekstra-hudisyal na pagpatay noong pamumuno ng dating presidente na si Rodrigo Duterte, at sa mga naiwang ala-ala ng pamilya ng mga biktima. Umiikot ang mga kamay ng oras sa bawat segundong tumatakbo. Sa loob
SOFI (State of the Film Industry): “The New Normal”
Day x of quarantine. The outside world is not safe. Every space that can be stepped foot on is a death march waiting to happen, a genocide at the hands of the assassins lurking in the streets, one tangible and another the exact opposite. People are inside their houses, looking
Directors’ Fortnight 2019 Lineup reveals new films from Lav Diaz and more
The Directors’ Fortnight 2019 lineup has been revealed. Quinzaine des Réalisateurs is set to bring back auteurs like Robert Eggers, Lav Diaz, and Takashi Miike, Betrand Bonello, and Rebecca Zlotowski to the festival. Spike Lee, and Jim Jarmusch’s Stranger than Paradise — the film that won him the Palme’ D’Or in 1994 — are among
Lav Diaz’s ‘The Halt’ joins this year’s Directors’ Fortnight
The Directors’ Fortnight 2019 lineup has been revealed. As announced on Tuesday, interesting titles coming from anticipated directors like Takashi Miike, Robert Eggers and Lav Diaz are inclusive of this non-competitive film showcase. Lav Diaz’s Ang Hupa (or The Halt) joins this year’s roster of films and is just one of the
5 Things We Know About This Year’s Sinag Maynila
SINAG MAYNILA was born in 2015, with the vision of Mr. Wilson Cheng and award-winning filmmaker Brillante Mendoza’s aspiration to help local indie filmmakers, it is now back with a variety of films from documentaries to full-length features which aim to educate festival-goers locally and internationally with it’s tagline Sine
‘Die, Beautiful’, ‘Birdshot’, and other Filipino films screen at the 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival
The 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF-J.P.) has released its lineup of exhibition and in-competition films, including a handful of Filipino titles from Jun Lana and Mikhail Red. [dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he lineup of competing and exhibit films for the 29th edition of the Tokyo International Film Festival has just been announced.
Lav Diaz’s ‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’ Teaser
Based from Leo Tolstoy’s classic “God Sees the Truth but Waits,” Ang Babaeng Humayo (english title: The Woman Who Left) tells the story of a woman named Horacia who is released from prison after being wrongfully-convicted for thirty years. She resumes her life as a charitable pillar of the community.
Philippines’ bet for Academy’s Best Foreign Language
Granted that Filipino indie films can now easily sneak into the mainstream, several films this year got recognition whether in the local box office or in the international arena. Still, that won’ an assurance to be our entry at the Academy Awards. As we get closer to the Oscars season,
Lav Diaz’s ‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’ competes at Venice Film Fest
This year’s edition of the Venice Film Festival, its seventy-third, has listed a most exciting lineup, featuring works from Francois Ozon, Wim Wenders, Derek Cianfrance, Andrei Konchalovsky, Ana Lily Amirpour, and other great filmmakers. But of course, I’m here to report on one particular film: Lav Diaz’s Ang Babaeng Humayo
Charo Santos returns to acting in Lav Diaz’s new film ‘Ang Babaeng Humayo’
Charo Santos just dropped some major news today: she had just finished filming for Lav Diaz’s new film Ang Babaeng Humayo. The nonchalance with which this bit of information is announced escapes me; I share with Richard Bolisay (who took to Twitter to share the news) a feeling of welcome
Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis
Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis (Eng. title: Lullaby for the Sorrowful Mystery) is eight hours long. Everybody knows it, the producers made sure of that. This focus on runtime, daresay superfluous for a Lav Diaz film, is unfortunate because it misrepresents what Hele actually is – an epic of magic realism that overlays
‘Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis’: Lav Diaz’s latest gets a PH release date
Just in: Lav Diaz’s new film Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis is having its Philippine release on March 26, 2016. The eight-hour epic comes home fresh from its win at the 2016 Berlinale. And knowing that it’s backed by Star Cinema, the country’s largest film outfit, it’s unsurprising to see the film having a considerably
Critics’ Consensus: Lav Diaz’s ‘Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis’
Lav Diaz’s A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (Fil. title: Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis) premiered at the 2016 Berlinale this week to an intriguing mix of reviews. Critics seem irked by the film’s length—clocking in at approximately eight hours—a fact that jumps out of every online appraisal of Diaz’s latest
Trailer debut: Lav Diaz’s ‘Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis’
New Lav, good friends. The new Lav Diaz film titled Hele Sa Hiwagang Hapis has just premiered an international trailer online. There isn’t much to pick up in the way of story from the eighty-eight second trailer, but we know the film is centered around the search for the body of Andres Bonifacio. The
Filipino classics playing this January at the new Cinematheque Manila
A realistic visualization of a cinephile’s to-watch list is a queue at Starbucks during Sticker Season. It’s long. Blame it on work schedules, the dreading proximity of indie-friendly theaters. Hey, we all relate. The newly opened Cinematheque Manila crosses off this issue of proximity to many people. It’s the Iggy to our Manileño
Urduja Film Festival unveils first ‘Urduja Heritage Film Award’
The Urduja Film Festival honors films that promotes and preserves the country’s cultural and heritage values come to a conclusion as they officially unveil the winners of the 1st Urduja Heritage Film Awards. With all the outstanding movies nominated, a group of professionals gathered to screen all of the entries
Piolo Pascual, John Lloyd Cruz to star in Lav Diaz epic
(From Marissa D. Soriano: “TEN17P is currently producing and shooting a Lav Diaz film. This film brings together 2 of the country’s biggest actors, Piolo Pascual and John Lloyd Cruz.“) This just in: Piolo Pascual and John Lloyd Cruz headline an epic written and directed by Lav Diaz called Hele
March 2015 Screenings and Workshops at UPFI Film Institute
Environmental films, Cinema One Originals 2014, women in Philippine Cinema, digitally restored classics, Kidlat Tahimik’s new offering, workshops on photography, scriptwriting, and film criticism are abound this March 2015 at the Film Center of the UP Film Institute in UP Diliman. For admission information, call 9262722; 9263640. Luntiang Tabing Environmental
What’s Next: 15 Trends in Cinema
As 2015 seeps in to our lives, here are 15 trends inferred from happenings within festivals, on mainstream sensibilities, and to the vast wide world of the internet from the past year. Some of these trends have been building up through the years while others are things that come and
