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.
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Movies (50)
Car Aircon Electrical Autocartoons
Music (Sound)
2025
Bomba Bernal
as Self
2025
Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
as Father Agaton Damaso
2024
Stanislavski's Gun
Director (Directing)
2024
Much Ado About the Future
Director (Directing)
2024
Makbetamaximus
Director (Directing)
2024
Love Is a Dog from Hell
Director (Directing)
2023
Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)
Translator (Crew)
2023
Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik
Director (Directing)
2023
National Anarchist: Lino Brocka
Producer (Production)
2023
The Devil of Comparisons
Director (Directing)
2022
2Bayani
Original Music Composer (Sound)
2022
Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937
Director (Directing)
2022
Skylab
Music (Sound)
2021
Orphea
Director (Directing)
2021
How To Not Make A Film
Director (Directing)
2021
Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni
Producer (Production)
2021
KULOB34
Director (Directing)
2020
Mr. Duck-Egg
Director (Directing)
2020
Bamboo Dogs
Director (Directing)
2018
Happy Lamento
Music (Sound)
2018
Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon
Director (Directing)
2018
This Is Not a Lost Film
Director (Directing)
2018
Shock Me Shokoy
2017
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
Screenplay (Writing)
2017
Aswang 1933
Director (Directing)
2017
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
2016
Simulacrum Tremendum
Director (Directing)
2016
Filipiniana
Director (Directing)
2016
Desaparadiso
Director (Directing)
2015
Esoterica: Manila
2014
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
as The Pianist
2014
Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro
Director (Directing)
2013
EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek
Producer (Production)
2012
Solar Syokoy
Director (Directing)
2012
Kalakala
Director (Directing)
2012
Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore
Director (Directing)
2012
Breather
Director (Directing)
2011
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011
Zero
Music (Sound)
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 (Directing)
2011
Kommander Kulas
Director (Directing)
2011
Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakbay
Music (Sound)
2010
The Trial of Mr. Serapio
Director (Directing)
2010
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
as Himself
2010
Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)
Director (Directing)
2010
Son of God
Director (Directing)
2010
Our Daily Bread
Director (Directing)
2009
The Middle Mystery of KRISTO NEGRO
Director (Directing)
2009
I Am The Drowning Sea
Director (Directing)
2009