Filipino director Lav Diaz is in pre-production with “An Amazon,” following the world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival of “Magellan,” starring Gael Garcia Bernal. The project will be ...

Weighing in at a mere 160 minutes, in saturated color to balance out its aesthetic severity, this stark epic is among the Filipino auteur's shortest and most approachable films. Which is to say ...

By Jordan Mintzer If “Gael Garcia Bernal as Magellan” sounds to you like a pretty cool Netflix series, you have never seen a film by Filipino auteur and slow-cinema master Lav Diaz.

MANILA, Philippines — Filmmaker Lav Diaz has set his sights on his next movie following the premiere of "Magellan," starring Gael Garcia Bernal, at the recently concluded Cannes Film Festival.

Magellan, the latest film of Filipino director Lav Diaz (inset, with shades), premiered at the 2025 Cannes International Film Festival in France. The movie, which stars Mexican actor Gael Garcia ...

When Lav Diaz emerged for the premiere of Magellan at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, he was wearing the soul of a country.Draped in a hand-embroidered ensemble by Renee Salud, Diaz’s appearance ...

Cannes: With his immersive latest, the Filipino director deconstructs the record of Portuguese explorer and colonizer Ferdinand Magellan. Should the nine-hour version eventually emerge for public ...

“Magellan,” which premiered at the Cannes film festival on Sunday, May 18, is the latest feature from Filipino director Lav Diaz, who acknowledges he is tackling sensitive issues. The film ...

At least 51,000 of the 57,000 or over 90% of voters registered for the Local Absentee Voting (LAV) were able to cast their vote for the 2025 Philippine elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ...

The first official image has been unveiled of acclaimed Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz in “The Sacrifice,” a psychological horror film currently in production in the Philippines. The award ...