A focused NYU screening of Lav Diaz’s lesser-known shorts arrives just weeks before Janus Films opens “Magellan” at IFC Center, aligning academic audiences with the distributor’s U.S. rollout and ...

The Film Academy of the Philippines has selected Lav Diaz’s Magellan as the country’s official submission for Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards. The selection was announced at the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Lav Diaz’s historical movie “Magellan,” starring Gael Garcia Bernal, is the Philippines’ official entry to the 98th Academy Awards or Oscars 2026. The Film Academy of the ...

Lav Diaz’s “Magellan” has been selected as the Philippines’ submission for the best international feature film category at the 98th Academy Awards, the Film Academy of the Philippines has revealed.