FILIPINO auteur Lav Diaz wins the best director award at the Orizzonti or Horizons Section in this year’s Venice International Film Festival, for his latest opus, “Lahi, Hayop (Genus Pan).”
Known for his epic films that sometimes run up to 11 hours, “Lahi, Hayo (Genus Pan)” is reportedly running for only two hours and 37 minutes.
As described in the “Lahi, Hayop” Facebook page, the film is about “…three illegal miners’ journey back to their island after months of toiling in hellish conditions. With their hard-earned money, they traversed the sea, the mountains and the forest until they reached their destination.”
Besides being the director, Diaz also functioned as writer, editor and cinematographer.(ABS-CBN)
