Khavn
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2025
- Bomba Bernal as Self
- Car Aircon Electrical Autocartoons ... (Music)
2024
- Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge as Father Agaton Damaso
- Much Ado About the Future ... (Director)
- Makbetamaximus ... (Director)
- Stanislavski's Gun ... (Director)
2023
- Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) ... (Translator)
- National Anarchist: Lino Brocka ... (Producer)
- Love Is a Dog from Hell ... (Director)
- Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik ... (Director)
2022
- 2Bayani ... (Original Music Composer)
- The Devil of Comparisons ... (Director)
- Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937 ... (Director)
2021
- Skylab ... (Music)
- Orphea ... (Director)
- How To Not Make A Film ... (Cinematography)
- Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni ... (Director)
2020
- KULOB34 ... (Writer)
- Mr. Duck-Egg ... (Director)
2018
- Bamboo Dogs ... (Producer)
- Happy Lamento ... (Music)
- This Is Not a Lost Film ... (Director)
- Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon ... (Director)
2017
- Balangiga: Howling Wilderness ... (Story)
- Shock Me Shokoy
- Aswang 1933 ... (Director)
2016
- Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
- Simulacrum Tremendum ... (Director)
- Filipiniana ... (Writer)
2015
- Desaparadiso ... (Director)
2014
2013
- Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro ... (Director)
2012
- Solar Syokoy ... (Director)
- EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek ... (Music)
- Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore ... (Writer)
- Kalakala ... (Director)
2011
- Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
- Breather ... (Producer)
- Kommander Kulas ... (Director)
- Zero ... (Music)
- Ang kaisa-isang konsiyerto ng kagila-gilalas na kombo ni Kumander Kulas at ng kanyang kawawang kalabaw sa walang katapusang kalsada ng Kamyas ... (Writer)
2010
- Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement as Himself
- Son of God ... (Writer)
- Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakbay ... (Music)
- Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) ... (Writer)
- The Trial of Mr. Serapio ... (Director)
2009
- Pamilya Kariton ... (Director)
- The Middle Mystery of KRISTO NEGRO ... (Director)
- Literature ... (Director)
- I Am The Drowning Sea ... (Director)
- Namamasko Po ... (Director)
- Our Daily Bread ... (Director)
2008
- Bahag Kings
- Taon Noong Ako'y Anak sa Labas
- Ultimo ... (Director)
- Overdosed Nightmare ... (Director)
- Philippine Bliss ... (Director)
- Manila in the Fangs of Darkness ... (Writer)
- Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero ... (Writer)
- The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles ... (Writer)
2007
- Three Days of Darkness ... (Director)
- The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One ... (Director)
- Toxic Mango ... (Director)
- By The Suez Canal ... (Director)
- The Last Gag of Buster Quizon ... (Director)
- Squatterpunk ... (Director)
- Dead Woman in My House ... (Director)
- The Longest Moment You're Not Here ... (Director)
2006
- Paalam Aking Bulalakaw
- Todo Todo Teros ... (Music)
- Vampire of Quezon City ... (Director)
- Buryong ... (Director)
- Rugby Boyz ... (Director)
- Old East Side ... (Writer)
- Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World ... (Director)
2005
- Last Take, Last Shot
- The Family That Eats Soil as Dead Man on TV
- A Short Film About the Indio Nacional ... (Music)
- Small Ali ... (Director)
- Can & Slippers ... (Writer)
- Three Days Of Darkness Zero ... (Director)
- Idol: Hero/Villain ... (Director)
2004
- Headless ... (Writer)
- Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata ... (Writer)
2003
- Barong Brothers ... (Director)
2001
- Greaseman ... (Writer)
2000
- The Twelve ... (Director)
1999
- Kamias: Memory of Forgetting ... (Director)
1998
- Amen ... (Writer)
1997
- 1/4 Day In A Life ... (Director)
1996
- Memory of Dawn ... (Director)