LOS ANGELES, USA – Lav Diaz’s newest film, Phantosmia, was officially announced as an out-of-competition entry in the 81st Venice Film Festival to be held from August 28 to September 7.
With the announcement, Lav now has a record of eight films accepted by the world’s oldest film festival since his first entry in the festival on the Lido, Death in the Land of Encantos in 2007.
Phantosmia, which the celebrated Filipino auteur titled after the condition defined as an olfactory...