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DOHA, QATAR - APR. 10, 2025: A pioneer of the "slow cinema" movement, Filipino director Lav Diaz said it is important to seek the truth in cinema and that everyone should fight against the ongoing oppression in Gaza. “It's a nightmare. Of course, we're doing something about it. But it is that kind of trajectory at some point we must eradicate,” Diaz told Anadolu on the sidelines of an event hosted by Qatar Film Institute in Doha. Israel has killed more than 50,000 people in Gaza since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, and rendered it almost uninhabitable. Diaz said there has not been enough global response to the devastation in Gaza. "It's a great debacle on the side of the truth and humanity, what's happening in Gaza. The fact alone that most of the victims are children, that's the worst, that's the worst crime that you can ever do to humanity. These very innocent young people dying, living in this earth with nothing. What a waste. It’s evil.” He said one day he might make a film about what is happening in the blockaded enclave. “I think every work that I did is dedicated to those kinds of atrocities. I just hope that one day there will be someone left to tell the story. But the thing is, you can never, as long as people keep fighting, you can never bury the truth. Humanity has that kind of resilience to keep fighting for the truth,” he said. (Footage by Salih Şeref /Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)