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Fancy seeing MAGELLAN making it to Gold Derby’s 15 Best International Film predictions (experts and users combined)! The Philippines has never been shortlisted at the Oscars before, and if there’s any filmmaker fit to end that drought, it’s Lav Diaz. 🇵🇭 Fingers crossed!

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110+ features. 70 shorts. From 60+ countries. Over 11 days. At 7 venues across Chicago. All at the 61st #ChiFilmFest. Individual tickets on sale Friday.

Willem Dafoe recalls taking part in the 1986 People Power Revolution in the Philippines while filiming ‘Platoon.’

Lav Diaz’s Magellan is haunting, gorgeously shot, and deeply cerebral. “The film demands your attention and immersion.” — Wanggo Gallaga 🇵🇭 The Philippines’ entry to the 98th Academy Awards. Now showing in cinemas. https://t.co/Jr6s4hbVxk

MAGELLAN: Uses its multitude of incident and this particular era of desperation in its central figure’s life as an evocation of the various forms of power; Diaz’s cold control amid the historical epic scale is invigorating, expansive while remaining resolutely his own work.

MAGELLAN: The conquistador’s journey from the dark ports of Europe to demise among the palms of Cebu. Diaz portrays the trip with painterly images and striking realism, down to the bloodlust and hubris of the Europeans and the awful tedium of the long boat ride. #NYFF63 @TheNYFF

lav diaz’s magellan is a gorgeous funereal lament for the faithful slain (colonizer & colonized), crying out for their absent god(s) from unforgettable tableaus of death, staged against an indifferent natural world. the scenes at sea were almost painfully beautiful. #NYFF63

Magellan is Filipino director Lav Diaz’s most accessible work yet (it’s not 10 hours long, it’s just under 3), a stark rebuke of Magellan’s navigational legacy and a powerful statement of colonialism’s horrors. It’s a historical genre masterpiece - even if not entirely

Lav Diaz's MAGELLAN, the Philippines' Oscar entry, is coming to the 61st Chicago International Film Festival as part of the Spotlight program. Screening dates at AMC NEWCITY 04, Screen 4: - October 24, 1:15PM - October 26, 2:30PM Don't miss out!

Carl Papa’s The Missing. It’s such a cool and inspired choice. We showed the world that we are capable of creating a quality animated film.

Which of the Philippines' official Oscar entries in the last 10 years is your favorite? 🇵🇭 2025: Magellan 2024: And So it Begins 2023: The Missing 2022: On the Job: The Missing 8 2020: Mindanao 2019: Verdict 2018: Signal Rock 2017: Birdshot 2016: Ma'Rosa 2015: Heneral Luna

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🇵🇭 Lav Diaz's MAGELLAN, the Philippines' Oscar entry, has been earning critical raves from its Cannes premiere to its recent TIFF run. Next major stops: - New York Film Festival (9-10, 13 October) - London Film Festival (11-12 October) Don't miss out. The buzz is REAL.

Carl Papa on ‘Magellan’s’ Oscars voyage, Cinemalaya short ‘The Next 24 Hours’

https://t.co/V1H0CBsoAm Love this guys review of Diaz's Magellan from Cannes. Guy was having the time of his life

10 movies deep at #TIFF25 on Day 3 and so far I can safely say my favorites thus far have been Lav Diaz' Magellan, Kleber Mendonça Filho's The Secret Agent, Jafar Panahi's It Was Just an Accident and Park Chan-wook's No Other Choice!

It’s transfixing to see another Lav Diaz movie past his signature monochrome. While ‘Magellan’ is a sprint in Diaz’s marathon cinema, it never loses his spirit — still narratively pensive but also visually painterly. Revisionist accusations will be inevitable. Full review soon.