Magellan” opens with a young girl looking through a dense thicket of foliage and spotting something alarming. “I saw a white ...

Whatever seafaring saga your imagination may conjure upon hearing the name Magellan, it’s nothing like “Magellan.” Or “Magalhães” in the original Portuguese, the most recent offering from ...

Magellan by Lav Diaz, a historical biopic starring Gael García Bernal, was featured in the Cannes Première lineup for 2025 and hits theaters on December 31, 2025.

Filipino director Lav Diaz has hinted that a short version of his long-awaited feature starring Gael García Bernal as 16th Century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan could premiere in Cannes this ...

Famed Portuguese explorer and navigator Ferdinand Magellan was killed on an island in the Philippines in 1521 while on a Spanish-sponsored expedition to what were known at the time by Europeans as the ...

Janus Films has acquired another movie from the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, this time in Lav Diaz’s historical drama “Magellan.” The film stars Gael García Bernal as the Portuguese explorer and ...

For most of 2025, Lav Diaz’s Magellan moved through the international circuit in near silence. Not just critically, but ...

Sales agency Luxbox has closed a distribution deal for France with Nour Films on Lav Diaz’s “Magellan,” starring Gael García Bernal, which has its world premiere in the Cannes Premiere section of the ...

Lav Diaz’s “Magellan” has failed to secure a spot at the shortlist for International Feature Film at the 98th edition of the Oscars, weeks after the film made it to the award giving body’s eligibility ...

An acclaimed new film dramatises the pioneering voyage of the world-famous Portuguese navigator – a trailblazer who has been accused of "incontinent bloodlust". Few films are as epically gruelling as ...