Lav Diaz, From What Is Before

On Sunday 14 June is in relation to Curatorial Programme Final Project exhibition My Time is Not Your Time a film screening from Lav Diaz new film From What Is Before at Filmhuis Cavia.

From What Is Before is a picture of what was lost – and what was killed – in the years leading up to dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ 1972 declaration of martial law in the Philippines. At their best, Lav Diaz’s films reveal just how much others leave out. Their protean beauty and moral complexities are matched by heroic running times challenging the narrative of time in the language of cinema. The film screening co-presented with Jeffrey's Underground Cinema with an introduction by alternative film curator, Jeffrey Babcock.

Duration film: 334 minutes

Address Filmhuis Cavia: van Hallstraat 52-1HG, Amsterdam

Free entrance

Reservations via Filmhuis Cavia

Lav Diaz (Philippines) is a filmmaker whose work creates a poetic sense of historical time and portrays devout belief in the power of bearing witness to the ebb and flow of quotidian moments. His films have been showcased in the Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and Cannes Film Festival. This year the New York Film Society of Lincoln Center hosted a film retrospective on his work. His film, From What Is Before(Mula sa kung ano ang noon), received the grand prize at the Locarno International Film Festival (2014). He is a recipient of the Prince Claus Laureate Award in the Netherlands (2014).