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

- 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 a brand, it's a name. …

- 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 my culture. I still …

- 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 it one day. It will happen. I'm very sur…

- 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 of narrative, it's my kind of…

- Lav Diaz

There is no border in my films. You can see yourself in these stories. This is the greatest thing about the power of cinema. It's very present. It's …

- Lav Diaz

I can easily go to America, or I can easily escape to some places in Europe with friends. But the place for me is the Philippines. The struggle is th…

- 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 is universal. You cr…

- 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 humanity's struggle, so there …

- Lav Diaz