Lav Diaz in London

Filipino film director Lav Diaz. AP file photo

Lav Diaz’s Locarno-winning film “Mula sa Kung Ano ang Noon” will be shown at the BFI London Film Festival, in the United Kingdom, Oct. 8 to 19. The five-and-a-half hour epic is in the “Dare” section—a collection of “in-your-face, up-front and arresting [films] that take you out of your comfort zone … challenging the cinematic form and our ways of watching.” Diaz’s film will be shown Oct. 10, 11 and 14. Bayani San Diego Jr.