Indie filmmaker Lav Diaz (Batang West Side; Ebolusyon ng Pamilyang Pilipino; Death in the Land of Encantos) becomes the first Filipino to win a major award in Venice.
His latest film, the genre bending opus MELANCHOLIA, was adjudged as Best Film in the HORIZONS SECTION (ORIZZONTI) of the 65th Venice Film Festival. Diaz received the Golden Lion Special Mention honor in the same section last year for the 538-minute docudrama Death in the Land of Encantos.
Another indie Filipino film, Francis Xavier Pasion's Jay, was the opening film of the Orizzonti section this year.
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