70th Valladolid International Film Festival (SEMINCI) — Golden Spike, Best Film 2025 / Asia Pacific Screen Awards — Best Picture and Cinematography, nominated 2025 / 42nd Munich Film Festival — CineMasters, nominated 202530th Busan Film Festival — Icons section, Official Selection 2025 / 78th Cannes Film Festival — Cannes Première / 63rd New York Film Festival — Main Slate, Official Selection 202538th Tokyo International Film Festival — World Focus, Official Selection 2025 / 50th Toronto Film Festival — Wavelengths section, North American Premiere / 55th International Film Festival Rotterdam — Official Selection 2026
Academy Awards 2026 — Philippines' entryCannes 2025 — Official Selection / New York Film Festival 2025
Director & screenplay: Lav Diaz — The Woman Who Left, Venice Golden Lion
MAGELLAN key visual — Magellan (Gael García Bernal) standing before a sunlit sail, looking up and away
Starring Gael García Bernal — The Motorcycle Diaries, 62nd Golden Globe Awards

A FILM BY LAV DIAZ

CAST GAEL GARCIA BERNAL, ÂNGELA AZEVEDO, AMADO ARJAY BABON, RONNIE LAZARO, HAZEL ORENCIO, TOMÁS ALVES, BONG CABRERA, BAPTISTE PINTEAUX, BRONTIS JODOROWSKY

DIRECTION AND SCREENPLAY BY LAV DIAZ

PRODUCED BY JOAQUIM SAPINHO, MARTA ALVES, ALBERT SERRA, MONTSE TRIOLA, PAUL SORIANO, MARK VICTOR

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ARTUR TORT, LAV DIAZ

SOUND EMMANUEL BONNAT, CECIL BUBAN

SPECIAL EFFECTS ARTIST ARNAUD CHELET

PRODUCTION DESIGNER LAV DIAZ

ART DIRECTORS ISABEL GARCIA, ALLEN ALZOLA

COSTUME DESIGNERS CÉLIA FERNANDES, KIM PEREZ

EDITORS ARTUR TORT, LAV DIAZ

CO-PRODUCERS JOSE ALAYÓN, STEFANO CENTINI

PRODUCED BY ROSA FILMES, ANDERGRAUN FILMS, BLACK CAP PICTURES, LIB FILMS

IN COPRODUCTION WITH EL VIAJE FILMS, VOLOS FILMS, TEN17P, ULTRAMARINA FILMES

WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF ICA-INSTITUTO DO CINEMA E DO AUDIOVISUAL, CNC-ICA FUND FOR FRENCH-PORTUGUESE CO-PRODUCTION, FATC-PORTUGUESE TOURISM FUND, ICAA-INSTITUTO DE LA CINEMATOGRAFIA Y DE LAS ARTES AUDIOVISUALES, GOBIERNO DE CANARIAS, CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE, AIDE AUX CINÉMAS DU MONDE – INSTITUT FRANÇAIS, AKP21

INTERNATIONAL SALES LUXBOX

JAPANESE DISTRIBUTION SOMEONESGARDEN

2025 | Portugal, Spain, Philippines, France, Taiwan | 160 min | Cebuano, Portuguese, Spanish, Filipino, French | 1.85:1 | 5.1 | DCP | Original title: Magalhães

© 2025 - Rosa Filmes - Andergraun Films - Black Cap Pictures - Lib Films

In cinemas across Japan from late February 2027Theatre Image Forum, then nationwide

Trailer

News

  • The trailer is out now: the story of Magellan the history books left out, told by Lav Diaz.

  • The official site is now open.