Lav Diaz

I'm not hoping to see that day but I know that my cinema will reach Filipinos. I know that they will embrace…

— Lav Diaz

I make films, and festivals, museums, and academia are embracing the work. It will be heard. It's bound to happen because cinema…

— Lav Diaz

There is no border in my films. You can see yourself in these stories. This is the greatest thing about the power…

— Lav Diaz

"Filipino" is the Spanish side of our history. The islands were named after King Felipe, so we became known as Filipinos. It's…

— Lav Diaz

I'm very fatalistic about life. Whatever happens, happens. The imperative for me is that I do my contribution for my people, for…

— Lav Diaz

I'm interested in the cultural thing - music, then eventually cinema. I think it's part of my struggle as a cultural worker.…

— Lav Diaz

When I was trying to create this so-called Lav Diaz verité, it just happened. At some point, I became very comfortable with…

— Lav Diaz

Even if I made pornography, the trauma would show, though. It will always be there because it's my verité. It's my kind…

— Lav Diaz

The novelistic attribute of my work is very much like the Russian way of creating novels. Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky - their work has…

— Lav Diaz

There is no border. I'm branding my films as Malay cinema, but it's just about cinema. Everything that I make is about…

— Lav Diaz

Cinema is the greatest mirror of humanity's struggle. You see this alternative world, but you're part of it. Everybody is part of…

— Lav Diaz

I can easily go to America, or I can easily escape to some places in Europe with friends. But the place for…

— Lav Diaz