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Khavn

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.

Et billede af Khavn

Directing

1996

[ ] Memory of Dawn (Director)

1997

[ ] 1/4 Day In A Life (Director)

1998

[ ] Amen (Director)

1999

[ ] Kamias: Memory of Forgetting (Director)

2000

[ ] The Twelve (Director)

2001

[ ] Greaseman (Director)

2003

[ ] Barong Brothers (Director)

2004

[ ] Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata (Director)
[ ] Headless (Director)

2005

[ ] The Family That Eats Soil (Director)
[ ] Idol: Hero/Villain (Director)
[ ] Can & Slippers (Director)
[ ] Small Ali (Director)
[ ] Three Days Of Darkness Zero (Director)

2006

[ ] Vampire of Quezon City (Director)
[ ] Rugby Boyz (Director)
[ ] Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World (Director)
[ ] Old East Side (Director)
[ ] Paalam Aking Bulalakaw (Director)
[ ] Buryong (Director)

2007

[ ] The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One (Director)
[ ] Squatterpunk (Director)
[ ] The Last Gag of Buster Quizon (Director)
[ ] Three Days of Darkness (Director)
[ ] Dead Woman in My House (Director)
[ ] The Longest Moment You're Not Here (Director)
[ ] Toxic Mango (Director)
[ ] By The Suez Canal (Director)

2008

[ ] Ultimo (Director)
[ ] Manila in the Fangs of Darkness (Director)
[ ] The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles (Director)
[ ] Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero (Director)
[ ] Bahag Kings (Director)
[ ] Overdosed Nightmare (Director)
[ ] Philippine Bliss (Director)

2009

[ ] The Middle Mystery of KRISTO NEGRO (Director)
[ ] Our Daily Bread (Director)
[ ] I Am The Drowning Sea (Director)
[ ] Literature (Director)
[ ] Pamilya Kariton (Director)
[ ] Namamasko Po (Director)

2010

[ ] Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakbay (Director)
[ ] The Trial of Mr. Serapio (Director)
[ ] Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement (Director)
[ ] Son of God (Director)
[ ] Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) (Director)

2011

[ ] Ang kaisa-isang konsiyerto ng kagila-gilalas na kombo ni Kumander Kulas at ng kanyang kawawang kalabaw sa walang katapusang kalsada ng Kamyas (Director)
[ ] Kommander Kulas (Director)
[ ] Breather (Director)

2012

[ ] Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore (Director)
[ ] Solar Syokoy (Director)
[ ] EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek (Director)
[ ] Kalakala (Director)

2013

[ ] Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro (Director)

2014

[ ] Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (Director)

2015

[ ] Desaparadiso (Director)

2016

[ ] Simulacrum Tremendum (Director)
[ ] Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember (Director)
[ ] Filipiniana (Director)

2017

[ ] Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (Director)
[ ] Aswang 1933 (Director)

2018

[ ] Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon (Director)
[ ] Bamboo Dogs (Director)
[ ] This Is Not a Lost Film (Director)

2020

[ ] KULOB34 (Director)
[ ] Mr. Duck-Egg (Director)

2021

[ ] How To Not Make A Film (Director)
[ ] Orphea (Director)
[ ] Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni (Director)

2022

[ ] The Devil of Comparisons (Director)
[ ] Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937 (Director)

2023

[ ] Love Is a Dog from Hell (Director)
[ ] National Anarchist: Lino Brocka (Director)
[ ] Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) (Director)
[ ] Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik (Director)

2024

[ ] Makbetamaximus (Director)
[ ] Much Ado About the Future (Director)
[ ] Stanislavski's Gun (Director)
[ ] Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge (Director)

2025

[ ] Bomba Bernal (Director)

????

[ ] Jollywood (Director)

Sound

2005

[ ] A Short Film About the Indio Nacional (Music)
[ ] Can & Slippers (Music)

2006

[ ] Todo Todo Teros (Music)
[ ] Paalam Aking Bulalakaw (Music)

2007

[ ] Three Days of Darkness (Music)

2008

[ ] Taon Noong Ako'y Anak sa Labas (Music)

2009

[ ] I Am The Drowning Sea (Music)

2010

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

2011

[ ] Zero (Music)

2012

[ ] EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek (Music)

2014

[ ] Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (Original Music Composer)

2017

[ ] Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (Music)
[ ] Aswang 1933 (Sound Designer)

2018

[ ] Happy Lamento (Music)
[ ] Bamboo Dogs (Original Music Composer)

2021

[ ] Skylab (Music)
[ ] Orphea (Music)
[ ] Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni (Music)

2022

[ ] 2Bayani (Original Music Composer)

2024

[ ] Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge (Music)

2025

[ ] Car Aircon Electrical Autocartoons (Music)

Production

2000

[ ] The Twelve (Producer)

2005

[ ] Can & Slippers (Producer)

2006

[ ] Vampire of Quezon City (Producer)

2008

[ ] Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero (Producer)
[ ] Philippine Bliss (Producer)

2010

[ ] Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakbay (Producer)
[ ] Son of God (Producer)

2011

[ ] Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism (Producer)
[ ] Breather (Producer)

2012

[ ] EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek (Producer)

2017

[ ] Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (Producer)

2018

[ ] Bamboo Dogs (Producer)

2020

[ ] KULOB34 (Producer)

2021

[ ] Orphea (Executive Producer)
[ ] Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni (Producer)

2023

[ ] National Anarchist: Lino Brocka (Producer)

2024

[ ] Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge (Producer)

Writing

1998

[ ] Amen (Writer)

2000

[ ] The Twelve (Writer)

2001

[ ] Greaseman (Writer)

2004

[ ] Headless (Writer)
[ ] Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata (Writer)

2005

[ ] The Family That Eats Soil (Writer)
[ ] Can & Slippers (Writer)
[ ] Three Days Of Darkness Zero (Writer)

2006

[ ] Old East Side (Writer)
[ ] Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World (Writer)
[ ] Paalam Aking Bulalakaw (Writer)
[ ] Vampire of Quezon City (Screenplay)
[ ] Buryong (Writer)

2007

[ ] Three Days of Darkness (Writer)
[ ] The Last Gag of Buster Quizon (Writer)
[ ] Squatterpunk (Writer)

2008

[ ] The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles (Writer)
[ ] Manila in the Fangs of Darkness (Writer)
[ ] Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero (Writer)
[ ] Bahag Kings (Writer)
[ ] Philippine Bliss (Writer)

2009

[ ] Literature (Writer)

2010

[ ] The Trial of Mr. Serapio (Screenplay)
[ ] Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakbay (Screenplay)
[ ] Son of God (Writer)
[ ] Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) (Writer)
[ ] Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement (Writer)

2011

[ ] Ang kaisa-isang konsiyerto ng kagila-gilalas na kombo ni Kumander Kulas at ng kanyang kawawang kalabaw sa walang katapusang kalsada ng Kamyas (Writer)
[ ] Breather (Writer)

2012

[ ] Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore (Writer)
[ ] EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek (Writer)

2014

[ ] Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (Screenplay)

2015

[ ] Desaparadiso (Writer)

2016

[ ] Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember (Writer)
[ ] Filipiniana (Writer)

2017

[ ] Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (Story)
[ ] Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (Screenplay)

2018

[ ] Happy Lamento (Screenplay)
[ ] Bamboo Dogs (Screenplay)

2020

[ ] KULOB34 (Writer)

2021

[ ] Orphea (Writer)
[ ] Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni (Writer)

2025

[ ] Bomba Bernal (Writer)

Crew

2011

[ ] Breather (Cinematography)

2020

[ ] KULOB34 (Cinematography)

2021

[ ] How To Not Make A Film (Cinematography)
[ ] Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni (Cinematography)

2023

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

Art

2018

[ ] Bamboo Dogs (Production Design)

Editing

2005

[ ] Three Days Of Darkness Zero (Editor)

2006

[ ] Buryong (Editor)

2017

[ ] Aswang 1933 (Editor)

2025

[ ] Bomba Bernal (Editor)

Actor

2005

[ ] The Family That Eats Soil (Dead Man on TV)
[ ] Last Take, Last Shot (????)

2006

[ ] Paalam Aking Bulalakaw (????)

2008

[ ] Taon Noong Ako'y Anak sa Labas (????)
[ ] Bahag Kings (????)

2010

[ ] Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement (Himself)

2011

[ ] Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism (????)

2014

[ ] Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (The Pianist)
[ ] Esoterica: Manila (????)

2016

[ ] Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember (????)

2017

[ ] Shock Me Shokoy (????)

2024

[ ] Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge (Father Agaton Damaso)

2025

[ ] Bomba Bernal (Self)

2026

[ ] Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod (Self)