Lavrente Indico Diaz is a Filipino independent filmmaker.
Career
His films often tackle the issues regarding the current social and political state of the Philippines. Death in the Land of Encantos was also in competition at the Artistic Innovation Award (Visions) of the Toronto International Film Festival 2007. In January 2011 he joined the Board of Directors for Cine Foundation International.
He went back in 2011 at the Venice International Film Festival for his film Siglo ng Pagluluwal (Century of Birthing) and which earned the Grand Jury Prize at the 13th Cinemanila International Film Festival.
His 2013 film Norte, the End of History was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of 2013 Cannes Film Festival.