The first of Diaz-Abaya's trilogy of films about women with screenwriter and fellow National Artist Ricky Lee, "Brutal" was the first Filipino movie to address gender-based violence as a feminist ...

Marilou Díaz-Abaya (30 March 1955 – 8 October 2012) was a Filipina multi-award winning film director. She was the founder and president of the Marilou Díaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center ...

The digitally restored and remastered version of GMA Pictures 1998 film Jose Rizal will be shown ... Directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Jose Rizal tells the story of the Filipino hero from his ...

The multi-awarded 1998 film Jose Rizal is making its way to Netflix. In honor of Rizal Day, the late director Marilou Diaz-Abaya's acclaimed film Jose Rizal will have a major re-release on Dec. 30.