Directing
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
Filmography
96 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod
2026 · Movie
Self
Bomba Bernal
2025 · Movie
Self · Director · Editor · Writer
Car Aircon Electrical Autocartoons
2025 · Movie
Music
Makbetamaximus: Theater of Destruction
2024 · Movie
Director
Much Ado About the Future
2024 · Movie
Director
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
2024 · Movie
Father Agaton Damaso · Director · Producer · Music · Screenplay
Stanislavski's Gun
2024 · Movie
Director
Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik
2023 · Movie
Director
Love Is a Dog from Hell
2023 · Movie
Director
National Anarchist: Lino Brocka
2023 · Movie
Producer · Director
Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)
2023 · Movie
Translator · Director
2Bayani
2022 · Movie
Original Music Composer
Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937
2022 · Movie
Director
The Devil of Comparisons
2022 · Movie
Director
Gunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni
2021 · Movie
Producer · Music · Writer · Director · Cinematography
How To Not Make A Film
2021 · Movie
Director · Cinematography
Orphea
2021 · Movie
Director · Writer · Music · Executive Producer
Skylab
2021 · Movie
Music
KULOB34
2020 · Movie
Director · Writer · Cinematography · Producer
Mr. Duck-Egg
2020 · Movie
Director
Bamboo Dogs
2018 · Movie
Director · Producer · Screenplay · Production Design · Original Music Composer
Happy Lamento
2018 · Movie
Self (archive footage) · Music · Screenplay
Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon
2018 · Movie
Director
This Is Not a Lost Film
2018 · Movie
Director
Aswang 1933
2017 · Movie
Director · Editor · Sound Designer
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
2017 · Movie
Screenplay · Story · Director · Producer · Music
Shock Me Shokoy
2017 · Movie
Cast
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
2016 · Movie
Cast · Director · Writer
Filipiniana
2016 · Movie
Director · Writer
Simulacrum Tremendum
2016 · Movie
Director
An Exploration of Self: No Filter
2015 · Movie
Music
Desaparadiso
2015 · Movie
Director · Writer
Esoterica: Manila
2014 · Movie
Cast
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
2014 · Movie
The Pianist · Director · Screenplay · Original Music Composer
Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro
2013 · Movie
Director
EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek
2012 · Movie
Producer · Music · Director · Writer
Kalakala
2012 · Movie
Director
Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore
2012 · Movie
Director · Writer
Solar Syokoy
2012 · Movie
Director
Breather
2011 · Movie
Director · Writer · Producer · Cinematography
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011 · Movie
Cast · Producer
Kommander Kulas
2011 · Movie
Director
Kommander Kulas: The One and Only Concert of the Amazing Kommander Kulas and His Poor Carabao
2011 · Movie
Director · Writer
Zero
2011 · Movie
Music
Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)
2010 · Movie
Director · Writer
Mondomanila
2010 · Movie
Music · Director · Screenplay · Producer
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010 · Movie
Himself · Director · Writer
Son of God
2010 · Movie
Director · Writer · Producer
The Trial of Mr. Serapio
2010 · Movie
Director · Screenplay
I Am The Drowning Sea
2009 · Movie
Director · Music
Literature
2009 · Movie
Director · Writer
Namamasko Po
2009 · Movie
Director
Our Daily Bread
2009 · Movie
Director
Pamilya Kariton
2009 · Movie
Director
The Middle Mystery of Kristo Negro
2009 · Movie
Director
Bahag Kings
2008 · Movie
Cast · Director · Writer
Manila in the Fangs of Darkness
2008 · Movie
Director · Writer
Overdosed Nightmare
2008 · Movie
Director
Philippine Bliss
2008 · Movie
Director · Producer · Writer
The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles
2008 · Movie
Director · Story
Ultimo
2008 · Movie
Director
Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero
2008 · Movie
Director · Writer · Producer
Years When I Was a Child Outside
2008 · Movie
Cast · Music
By The Suez Canal
2007 · Movie
Director
Dead Woman in My House
2007 · Movie
Director
Kristo
2007 · Movie
Director
Squatterpunk
2007 · Movie
Director · Writer
The Last Gag of Buster Quizon
2007 · Movie
Director · Writer
The Longest Moment You're Not Here
2007 · Movie
Director
The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One
2007 · Movie
Director
Three Days of Darkness
2007 · Movie
Director · Writer · Music
Toxic Mango
2007 · Movie
Director
Buryong
2006 · Movie
Director · Writer · Editor
Goodbye My Shooting Star
2006 · Movie
K. · Music · Writer · Director
Old East Side
2006 · Movie
Director · Writer
Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World
2006 · Movie
Director · Writer
Rugby Boyz
2006 · Movie
Director
Todo Todo Teros
2006 · Movie
Music
Vampire of Quezon City
2006 · Movie
Director · Screenplay · Producer
A Short Film About the Indio Nacional
2005 · Movie
Music
Can & Slippers
2005 · Movie
Director · Producer · Writer · Music
Idol: Hero/Villain
2005 · Movie
Director
Last Take, Last Shot
2005 · Movie
Cast
Small Ali
2005 · Movie
Director
The Family That Eats Soil
2005 · Movie
Dead Man on TV · Director · Writer
Three Days Of Darkness Zero
2005 · Movie
Director · Writer · Editor
Headless
2004 · Movie
Director · Writer
Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata
2004 · Movie
Director · Writer
Barong Brothers
2003 · Movie
Director
Greaseman
2001 · Movie
Director · Writer
The Twelve
2000 · Movie
Director · Writer · Producer
Kamias: Memory of Forgetting
1999 · Movie
Director
Amen
1998 · Movie
Director · Writer
1/4 Day In A Life
1997 · Movie
Director
Memory of Dawn
1996 · Movie
Director
Jollywood
Date unknown · Movie
Director