Magellan
Opens February 6, 2026
Every astonishing visual composition carries historical and political weight in the monumental new film from singular Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz, who mounts an absorbing story of colonial conquest and obsession, starring Gael García Bernal as Ferdinand Magellan.
At the dawn of the modern era, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (Gael García Bernal) navigated a fleet of ships to Southeast Asia, attempting the first voyage across the vast Pacific Ocean. On reaching the Malay Archipelago, the crew pushed to the brink of madness in the harshness of the high seas and overwhelming natural beauty of the islands, Magellan's obsession leads to a rebellion and reckoning with the consequences of power. A vast, globe-spanning epic from Filipino filmmaker Lav Diaz (Norte, The End of History), Magellan presents the colonization of the Philippines as a primal, shocking encounter with the unknown and a radical retelling of European narratives of discovery and exploration.
- Director: Lav Diaz
- Principal Cast: Gael García Bernal, Roger Alan Koza, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Rafael Morais
- Country: Portugal, Spain, France, Philippines, Taiwan
- Year: 2025
- Running Time: 163 min.
- Producer: Joaquim Sapinho, Marta Vieira Alves, Montse Triola, Albert Serra, Mark Victor
- Screenplay: Lav Diaz
- Cinematographers: Lav Diaz, Artur Tort
- Editors: Lav Diaz, Artur Tort
- Awards: Official Academy Awards® Submission 2026 (International Feature)
- Language: Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog, French
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- US Distributor: Janus Films
- International Sales: LUXBOX