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Khavn
Director

Khavn

Biography

Khavn, originally named Khavn de la Cruz, is a very outspoken, experimental filmmaker. He has directed over 100 films, making him one of the most productive filmmakers in the Philippines, and far beyond. He also heads up Kamias Overground, an independent publishing company, and works as a composer, songwriter, pianist and writer. Since 2002, he has been director of the .MOV International Film, Music & Literature Festival. As a jury member, he has been present at multiple festivals, including Berlinale and the Leipzig Film Festival.

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 88 credits.

  1. TBAJollywoodFilm: Director
  2. 2025Bomba BernalFilm: Director, Writer
  3. 2024Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of RevengeFilm: Father Agaton Damaso, Director, Screenplay
  4. 2024Much Ado About the FutureFilm: Director
  5. 2024Stanislavski's GunFilm: Director
  6. 2024Makbetamaximus: Theater of DestructionFilm: Director
  7. 2023Love Is a Dog from HellFilm: Director
  8. 2023Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)Film: Director
  9. 2023Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong PutikFilm: Director
  10. 2023National Anarchist: Lino BrockaFilm: Director
  11. 2022The Devil of ComparisonsFilm: Director
  12. 2022Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937Film: Director
  13. 2021OrpheaFilm: Director, Writer
  14. 2021How To Not Make A FilmFilm: Director
  15. 2021Gunam-Gunam x Guni-GuniFilm: Writer, Director
  16. 2020KULOB34Film: Director, Writer
  17. 2020Mr. Duck-EggFilm: Director
  18. 2018Bamboo DogsFilm: Director, Screenplay
  19. 2018Happy LamentoFilm: Screenplay
  20. 2018Juan Tamad Goes to the MoonFilm: Director
  21. 2018This Is Not a Lost FilmFilm: Director
  22. 2017Shock Me ShokoyFilm
  23. 2017Balangiga: Howling WildernessFilm: Screenplay, Director
  24. 2017Aswang 1933Film: Director
  25. 2016Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an EmberFilm: Director, Writer
  26. 2016Simulacrum TremendumFilm: Director
  27. 2016FilipinianaFilm: Director, Writer
  28. 2015DesaparadisoFilm: Director, Writer
  29. 2014Esoterica: ManilaFilm
  30. 2014Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a WhoreFilm: The Pianist, Director, Screenplay
  31. 2013Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo VampiroFilm: Director
  32. 2012EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-EkFilm: Director, Writer
  33. 2012Solar SyokoyFilm: Director
  34. 2012KalakalaFilm: Director
  35. 2012Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a WhoreFilm: Writer, Director
  36. 2011BreatherFilm: Writer, Director
  37. 2011Illogical Patterns of a Logical ParallelismFilm
  38. 2011Kommander Kulas: The One and Only Concert of the Amazing Kommander Kulas and His Poor CarabaoFilm: Writer, Director
  39. 2011Kommander KulasFilm: Director
  40. 2010MondomanilaFilm: Director, Screenplay
  41. 2010The Trial of Mr. SerapioFilm: Director, Screenplay
  42. 2010Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film MovementFilm: Director, Writer
  43. 2010Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)Film: Writer, Director
  44. 2010Son of GodFilm: Writer, Director
  45. 2009Our Daily BreadFilm: Director
  46. 2009The Middle Mystery of Kristo NegroFilm: Director
  47. 2009I Am The Drowning SeaFilm: Director
  48. 2009LiteratureFilm: Writer, Director
  49. 2009Pamilya KaritonFilm: Director
  50. 2009Namamasko PoFilm: Director
  51. 2008Years When I Was a Child OutsideFilm
  52. 2008Philippine BlissFilm: Director, Writer
  53. 2008Overdosed NightmareFilm: Director
  54. 2008Bahag KingsFilm: Director, Writer
  55. 2008UltimoFilm: Director
  56. 2008Manila in the Fangs of DarknessFilm: Director, Writer
  57. 2008The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical SaddlesFilm: Director
  58. 2008Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National HeroFilm: Writer, Director
  59. 2007KristoFilm: Director
  60. 2007Toxic MangoFilm: Director
  61. 2007By The Suez CanalFilm: Director
  62. 2007Dead Woman in My HouseFilm: Director
  63. 2007SquatterpunkFilm: Director, Writer
  64. 2007The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved OneFilm: Director
  65. 2007Three Days of DarknessFilm: Writer, Director
  66. 2007The Last Gag of Buster QuizonFilm: Director, Writer
  67. 2007The Longest Moment You're Not HereFilm: Director
  68. 2006BuryongFilm: Director, Writer
  69. 2006Goodbye My Shooting StarFilm: K., Writer, Director
  70. 2006Rugby BoyzFilm: Director
  71. 2006Vampire of Quezon CityFilm: Director, Screenplay
  72. 2006Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the WorldFilm: Writer, Director
  73. 2006Old East SideFilm: Director, Writer
  74. 2005Last Take, Last ShotFilm
  75. 2005Idol: Hero/VillainFilm: Director
  76. 2005Can & SlippersFilm: Director, Writer
  77. 2005The Family That Eats SoilFilm: Dead Man on TV, Director, Writer
  78. 2005Small AliFilm: Director
  79. 2005Three Days Of Darkness ZeroFilm: Director, Writer
  80. 2004HeadlessFilm: Director, Writer

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