Khavn

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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.

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Biography

Best known for:

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore

Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakbay

A Short Film About the Indio Nacional

Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata

Rugby Boyz

Bamboo Dogs

The Family That Eats Soil

Vampire of Quezon City

Todo Todo Teros

Three Days of Darkness

Manila in the Fangs of Darkness

EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek

Desaparadiso

Balangiga: Howling Wilderness

Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)

Headless

Last Take, Last Shot

The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One

The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles

Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)

KULOB34

Orphea

2Bayani

Khavn

Khavn

Biography

Biography

Best known for:

Filmography:

Amen(1998)

Kamias: Memory of Forgetting(1999)

The Twelve(2000)

Greaseman(2001)

Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata(2004)

Headless(2004)

A Short Film About the Indio Nacional(2005)

The Family That Eats Soil(2005)

Can & Slippers(2005)

Three Days Of Darkness Zero(2005)

Idol: Hero/Villain(2005)

Small Ali(2005)

Todo Todo Teros(2006)

Old East Side(2006)

Goodbye My Shooting Star(2006)

Buryong(2006)

Squatterpunk(2007)

Three Days of Darkness(2007)

The Longest Moment You're Not Here(2007)

The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One(2007)

Toxic Mango(2007)

By The Suez Canal(2007)

Kristo(2007)

Manila in the Fangs of Darkness(2008)

The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles(2008)

Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero(2008)

Overdosed Nightmare(2008)

Philippine Bliss(2008)

Ultimo(2008)

Literature(2009)

The Middle Mystery of KRISTO NEGRO(2009)

Pamilya Kariton(2009)

Namamasko Po(2009)

Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakbay(2010)

The Trial of Mr. Serapio(2010)

Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)(2010)

Son of God(2010)

Kommander Kulas: The One and Only Concert of the Amazing Kommander Kulas and His Poor Carabao(2011)

Breather(2011)

Kommander Kulas(2011)

Kalakala(2012)

Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro(2013)

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore(2014)

Desaparadiso(2015)

Simulacrum Tremendum(2016)

Filipiniana(2016)

Balangiga: Howling Wilderness(2017)

Aswang 1933(2017)

Bamboo Dogs(2018)

Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon(2018)

Mr. Duck-Egg(2020)

KULOB34(2020)

Orphea(2021)

Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni(2021)

How To Not Make A Film(2021)

Skylab(2021)

2Bayani(2022)

Love Is a Dog from Hell(2023)

National Anarchist: Lino Brocka(2023)

Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)(2023)

Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik(2023)

Makbetamaximus(2024)

Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge(2024)

Stanislavski's Gun(2024)

Much Ado About the Future(2024)