Starring Gael Garcia Bernal as the famed Portuguese explorer, 'Magellan' is among Filipino auteur Lav Diaz's shortest and most approachable films.

Premiering in Cannes, where Diaz’s most awarded film, Norte, the End of History, played in Un Certain Regard back in 2013, ...

My students find me weird because in the age of Google and Waze, I continue to be intrigued by physical maps of the ...

Lav Diaz's "Magellan" which was presented at the 78th Cannes Film Festival as part of its Cannes Premiere Selection earned a ...

Lav Diaz. Portugal/Spain/France/Philippines/Taiwan 2025. 160mins. The illusions and indignities of European colonial history ...

A vehicle struck a crowd at Lapu-Lapu Day celebrations in Vancouver, killing and injuring many. The event honors Datu Lapu-Lapu's historic victory over Spanish forces in 1521. Authorities are ...

a 16th-century tribal chieftain in the Philippines known to have slain the famed Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Who is Lapu-Lapu, and why is he being celebrated by Filipino migrants in ...

The festival, celebrated especially in the central Philippines, honours Datu Lapu-Lapu, the Filipino chieftain who famously defeated Spanish forces led by Ferdinand Magellan in the Battle of ...

Magellan, written and directed by Lav and shot in the Philippines, Portugal ... whose full name was Ferdinand Magellan. Lav plans to release his director’s cut later. Lav informed Rappler ...

Nearly 500 years ago, Ferdinand Magellan started ... of Guam will officially be involved. Magellan never completed the voyage. He was killed in the Philippines in April 1521, a month after ...

Five hundred years ago, Ferdinand Magellan began ... the expedition reached the Philippines. To the crew’s surprise, Enrique, an enslaved man Magellan had purchased before the journey, could ...

I discovered a lot, and you can see that with the nine-hour work, but in my research I found there’s a lot of misleading misconceptions. We have to rewrite history on Magellan.” Advertisement ...