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
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
The Family That Eats Soil
Taon Noong Ako'y Anak sa Labas
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore
Last Take, Last Shot
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Shock Me Shokoy
Esoterica: Manila
Goodbye My Shooting Star
Bahag Kings
Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
Mondomanila, or: How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey
A Short Film About the Indio Nacional
The Twelve
The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One
Mondomanila, or: How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey
Squatterpunk
The Family That Eats Soil
The Family That Eats Soil
Idol: Hero/Villain
Can & Slippers
Can & Slippers
Can & Slippers
Can & Slippers
Todo Todo Teros
Taon Noong Ako'y Anak sa Labas
Goodbye My Shooting Star
How To Not Make A Film
How To Not Make A Film
The Trial of Mr. Serapio
The Trial of Mr. Serapio
Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)
Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore
Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Desaparadiso
Love Is a Dog from Hell
National Anarchist: Lino Brocka
Skylab
Small Ali
Mondomanila, or: How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey
Makbetamaximus
Simulacrum Tremendum
The Twelve
The Twelve
Desaparadiso
Amen
Amen
Greaseman
Greaseman
Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata
Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata
Headless
Headless
Old East Side
Old East Side
Three Days of Darkness
Three Days of Darkness
Bahag Kings
Bahag Kings
Manila in the Fangs of Darkness
Manila in the Fangs of Darkness
The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles
The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles
Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero
Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero
Literature
Literature
Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)
Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)
Son of God
Son of God
Kommander Kulas
Pamilya Kariton
National Anarchist: Lino Brocka
Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
Mondomanila, or: How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey
2Bayani
Goodbye My Shooting Star
Kalakala
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon
Aswang 1933
Squatterpunk
Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik
Stanislavski's Gun
Much Ado About the Future
KULOB34
KULOB34
KULOB34
KULOB34
Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
Kamias: Memory of Forgetting
Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
Happy Lamento
Happy Lamento
Bamboo Dogs
Bamboo Dogs
Bamboo Dogs
Bamboo Dogs
Bamboo Dogs
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Son of God
Overdosed Nightmare
Orphea
Orphea
Orphea
Orphea
Breather
Breather
Breather
Breather
Mr. Duck-Egg
Goodbye My Shooting Star
Filipiniana
Filipiniana
Three Days of Darkness
Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni
Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni
Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni
Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni
Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni
Buryong
Three Days Of Darkness Zero
Buryong
Buryong
Three Days Of Darkness Zero
Three Days Of Darkness Zero
Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero
Philippine Bliss
Philippine Bliss
Philippine Bliss
The Longest Moment You're Not Here
Toxic Mango
Namamasko Po
Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
Aswang 1933
Aswang 1933
Bomba Bernal
Bomba Bernal