Tasked to create a short film for an omnibus project of the Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF), Lav Diaz came up with the 59-minute film, Butterflies Have No Memories . He is always pushing his films to the limit. A minute more and it would no longer have been considered a short film. However, the JIFF organizers trimmed it down to 40 minutes in order to make it fit in with two other short films.
Rebyu ng “Death In the Land of Encantos” (Kagadanan sa banwaan ning ga Engkanto,) ni Lav Diaz Hindi ang kahabaan ng oras ang isyu sa pelikula ni Lav Diaz. Sa Engkanto, siyam na oras ang palabas, tulad ng naunang Ebolusyon ng Pamilyang Pilipino at Heremias. Sino ang handang maglaan ng isang araw ng kanilang gising na buhay para sa pelikula ni Diaz?