As part of the Slow Cinema weekend, AV Festival 12 screened four films by award winning Filipino Director Lav Diaz. Diaz was present throughout the weekend to discuss his work and participated in open Q & A sessions and the Slow Cinema Discussion Panel as well as being able to record this exclusive short interview with George Clark.
Internationally celebrated as "the ideological father of the New Philippine Cinema". Diaz has created one of the most compelling bodies of work in contemporary cinema. Peopled by outsiders -- failed revolutionaries, filmmakers, artists, criminals and cult members -- his work explores society from the margins and the traumatic post-colonial history of South-East Asia. Using extreme duration, it offers a deeply rewarding, immersive and unique experience.