Lav Diaz will have seven films featured in Brussels Arts Fair 2022

Filipino films have made it to the Cannes Film Fest, Tokyo Film Fest, Venice International Film Fest, and many more. This time, the creations of filmmaker Lav Diaz will be featured at the 2022 Brussels Arts Fair or Kunstenfestivaldesarts (KFDA) in Belgium. The event will run from May 7 to May 28.

The art fair’s official website announced that Diaz’s first exhibition in the country presents an overview of his work. It will be “an exhibition and a retrospective revealing Diaz’s storytelling instincts and sensibilities along with his filmmaking style, reminiscent of such cinematic poets as Andrei Tarkovsky, Robert Bresson and Béla Tarr.”

The seven films to be screened are the following:
1. The Halt
2. From what is Before
3. Genus, Pan
4. Evolution of a Filipino Family
5. Heremias Book 1
6. Batang West Side
7. Investigation on the Night that Won’t Forget

KFDA’s description of the celebrated Filipino director also stated that, ‘In viewing his films, one feels the crushing weight of his obsession with trauma, suffering and the darkest sides of humanity. In the bleakest of situations his ambitious and irrepressible search for poetry makes that through the painful truths glimmers of hope emerge.’

Speaking with Inquirer Entertainment, Diaz explained how important the art fair event was to him. He explained, ‘For me, this is a way to continue the discourse on the importance of arts, as well as on the ongoing cultural war. I promise to continue making films, particularly those that criticize human existence.’

Diaz was described as “the ideological father of the New Philippine Cinema” by the Venice Film Festival. He is known for pushing the boundaries of cinema, with his films averaging six to nine or more hours in length.

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