Organizer: Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU

Type/Location: In Person / New York, NY

Description:

Join Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU, Espacio de Culturas at NYU, and NYSEAN for an evening of short films by Lav Diaz.

A “Lav Diaz Short” may sound like an oxymoron for worldwide admirers of the Filipino master writer/director, better known for his feature films that run as long as 11 hours. Panawin/Visions presents an opportunity to explore another facet of the artist’s prolific output with this program of his short films, with running times from 40 minutes to as brief as two minutes.  As with his more known feature films, the shorts find him pushing the boundaries of cinematic form while exploring themes of collective trauma, expiation, and transcendence.

The program includes:

• Butterflies Have No Memories (2009, 40 mins)

• Himala: A Dialectic of Our Times (2020; 8 min)

• Prologue to The Great Desaparecido (2013, 31 min)

• The Boy Who Chose the Earth (2018, 2 min)

• The Day Before the End (2016, 17 min)

• The Firefly (2013, 2 min)

About the Filmmaker:

Lavrente “Lav” Indico Diaz is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critic. He is known as one of the key practitioners of the slow cinema genre, producing a diverse range of longest narrative films that explore social and political issues, minimalistic storytelling, long takes and cinematic form.

Registration:

To attend the event in person, please register here.