Lav Diaz, Melancholia, 2008. © the artist
Lav Diaz, Melancholia, 2008. © the artist
Lav Diaz, Melancholia, 2008. © the artist
Lav Diaz, Melancholia, 2008. © the artist
Three strangers arrive in rural Sagada. Past revolutionaries, they adopt different identities to manage their trauma. Exploring the legacy of failed revolution and military oppression this 8-hour intimate epic is Diaz’s most complex and moving film. Winner of the Orizzonti Prize at the Venice Film Festival, 2008, Melancholia is a powerful work about political defeat and human loss.
Dir. Lav Diaz, 480mins + refreshments, 2008
Internationally celebrated as “the ideological father of the New Philippine Cinema”. Diaz has created one of the most compelling bodies of work in contemporary cinema.
Peopled by outsiders – failed revolutionaries, filmmakers, artists, criminals and cult members – his work explores society from the margins and the traumatic post-colonial history of South-East Asia. Using extreme duration, it offers a deeply rewarding, immersive and unique experience.
This UK debut focuses on recent work. Diaz is present throughout the weekend for discussion with curator George Clark and critic May Adadol Ingawanij.
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Sat 10 March, 1pm-11pm
Stepney Bank
Newcastle NE1 2NP
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