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Khavn

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Khavn

TL, DE, EN, XX cinema · 96 credits

Also known as Khavn de la Cruz · Khavn Dela Cruz

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

Jollywood

Jollywood

TLNot rated

Director

Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod

2026

Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod

DE · 2026Not rated

as Self

Bomba Bernal poster

Bomba Bernal

EN · 2025Not rated

as Self, Director, Editor, Writer

Car Aircon Electrical Autocartoons

2025

Car Aircon Electrical Autocartoons

XX · 2025Not rated

Music

Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge poster

Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge

XX · 2024Not rated

as Father Agaton Damaso, Director, Producer, Music, Screenplay

Makbetamaximus: Theater of Destruction poster

Makbetamaximus: Theater of Destruction

TL · 2024Not rated

Director

Stanislavski's Gun poster

Stanislavski's Gun

TL · 2024Not rated

Director

Much Ado About the Future poster

Much Ado About the Future

TL · 2024Not rated

Director

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

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

TL · 20239.5

Translator, Director

Love Is a Dog from Hell poster

Love Is a Dog from Hell

EN · 2023Not rated

Director

National Anarchist: Lino Brocka poster

National Anarchist: Lino Brocka

TL · 2023Not rated

Producer, Director

Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik poster

Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik

TL · 2023Not rated

Director

El Demonio de las Comparaciones

2022

The Devil of Comparisons

TL · 2022Not rated

Director

2Bayani poster

2Bayani

TL · 20225.0

Original Music Composer

Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937

2022

Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937

EN · 2022Not rated

Director

How To Not Make A Film poster

How To Not Make A Film

EN · 2021Not rated

Director, Cinematography

Skylab poster

Skylab

TL · 2021Not rated

Music

Orphea poster

Orphea

DE · 20214.0

Director, Writer, Music, Executive Producer

Gunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni poster

Gunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni

TL · 2021Not rated

Producer, Music, Writer, Director, Cinematography

KULOB34 poster

KULOB34

TL · 20208.0

Director, Writer, Cinematography, Producer

Mr. Duck-Egg poster

Mr. Duck-Egg

EN · 2020Not rated

Director

Happy Lamento poster

Happy Lamento

DE · 2018Not rated

as Self (archive footage), Music, Screenplay

Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon poster

Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon

EN · 2018Not rated

Director

Bamboo Dogs poster

Bamboo Dogs

TL · 20184.3

Director, Producer, Screenplay, Production Design, Original Music Composer

This Is Not a Lost Film

2018

This Is Not a Lost Film

EN · 2018Not rated

Director

Shock Me Shokoy poster

Shock Me Shokoy

EN · 2017Not rated

Actor

Balangiga: Howling Wilderness poster

Balangiga: Howling Wilderness

TL · 20178.7

Screenplay, Story, Director, Producer, Music

Aswang 1933 poster

Aswang 1933

ES · 2017Not rated

Director, Editor, Sound Designer

Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember poster

Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

TL · 20166.4

Actor, Director, Writer

Simulacrum Tremendum poster

Simulacrum Tremendum

TL · 2016Not rated

Director

Filipiniana poster

Filipiniana

EN · 2016Not rated

Director, Writer

Desaparadiso poster

Desaparadiso

TL · 20155.0

Director, Writer

An Exploration of Self: No Filter poster

An Exploration of Self: No Filter

EN · 2015Not rated

Music

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore poster

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore

TL · 20146.3

as The Pianist, Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer

Esoterica: Manila poster

Esoterica: Manila

TL · 2014Not rated

Actor

Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro poster

Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro

TL · 2013Not rated

Director

EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek poster

EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek

TL · 20128.0

Producer, Music, Director, Writer

Pusong wazak! Isa na namang kwento ng pag-ibig sa pagitan ng isang kriminal at isang puta

2012

Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore

TL · 2012Not rated

Director, Writer

Solar Syokoy poster

Solar Syokoy

EN · 2012Not rated

Director

Kalakala poster

Kalakala

TL · 2012Not rated

Director

Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism poster

Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism

EN · 2011Not rated

Actor, Producer

Zero

2011

Zero

EN · 2011Not rated

Music

Kommander Kulas: The One and Only Concert of the Amazing Kommander Kulas and His Poor Carabao poster

Kommander Kulas: The One and Only Concert of the Amazing Kommander Kulas and His Poor Carabao

EN · 2011Not rated

Director, Writer

Kommander Kulas poster

Kommander Kulas

EN · 2011Not rated

Director

Breather poster

Breather

TL · 2011Not rated

Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement poster

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

EN · 20104.8

as Himself, Director, Writer

Mondomanila poster

Mondomanila

TL · 20105.4

Music, Director, Screenplay, Producer

The Trial of Mr. Serapio poster

The Trial of Mr. Serapio

EN · 2010Not rated

Director, Screenplay

Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) poster

Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)

EN · 20102.0

Director, Writer

Son of God poster

Son of God

TL · 2010Not rated

Director, Writer, Producer

The Middle Mystery of Kristo Negro poster

The Middle Mystery of Kristo Negro

TL · 2009Not rated

Director

Our Daily Bread poster

Our Daily Bread

EN · 2009Not rated

Director

Ang Dagat Na Nalulunod

2009

I Am The Drowning Sea

TL · 2009Not rated

Director, Music

Literature poster

Literature

EN · 2009Not rated

Director, Writer

Pamilya Kariton poster

Pamilya Kariton

ES · 2009Not rated

Director

Namamasko Po poster

Namamasko Po

EN · 2009Not rated

Director

Years When I Was a Child Outside poster

Years When I Was a Child Outside

TL · 2008Not rated

Actor, Music

Bahag Kings poster

Bahag Kings

TL · 2008Not rated

Actor, Director, Writer

Ultimo poster

Ultimo

TL · 2008Not rated

Director

Manila in the Fangs of Darkness poster

Manila in the Fangs of Darkness

TL · 20084.0

Director, Writer

The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles poster

The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles

EN · 20084.0

Director, Story

Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero poster

Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero

EN · 2008Not rated

Director, Writer, Producer

Overdosed Nightmare poster

Overdosed Nightmare

TL · 2008Not rated

Director

Philippine Bliss poster

Philippine Bliss

TL · 2008Not rated

Director, Producer, Writer

The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One poster

The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One

EN · 20078.5

Director

Squatterpunk poster

Squatterpunk

TL · 2007Not rated

Director, Writer

Three Days of Darkness poster

Three Days of Darkness

TL · 20072.0

Director, Writer, Music

The Last Gag of Buster Quizon

2007

The Last Gag of Buster Quizon

EN · 2007Not rated

Director, Writer

Patay Na Babae Sa Loob Ng Bahay

2007

Dead Woman in My House

ES · 2007Not rated

Director

The Longest Moment You're Not Here poster

The Longest Moment You're Not Here

EN · 2007Not rated

Director

Toxic Mango poster

Toxic Mango

EN · 2007Not rated

Director

By The Suez Canal poster

By The Suez Canal

TL · 2007Not rated

Director

Kristo poster

Kristo

TL · 2007Not rated

Director

Goodbye My Shooting Star poster

Goodbye My Shooting Star

TL · 2006Not rated

as K., Music, Writer, Director

Vampire of Quezon City poster

Vampire of Quezon City

TL · 20061.0

Director, Screenplay, Producer

Rugby Boyz

2006

Rugby Boyz

EN · 20067.0

Director

Todo Todo Teros poster

Todo Todo Teros

TL · 20065.2

Music

Old East Side poster

Old East Side

EN · 2006Not rated

Director, Writer

Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World

2006

Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World

EN · 2006Not rated

Director, Writer

Buryong poster

Buryong

TL · 2006Not rated

Director, Writer, Editor

The Family That Eats Soil poster

The Family That Eats Soil

TL · 20055.5

as Dead Man on TV, Director, Writer

Last Take, Last Shot poster

Last Take, Last Shot

TL · 200510.0

Actor

A Short Film About the Indio Nacional poster

A Short Film About the Indio Nacional

TL · 20056.7

Music

Idol: Hero/Villain poster

Idol: Hero/Villain

TL · 2005Not rated

Director

Can & Slippers poster

Can & Slippers

TL · 2005Not rated

Director, Producer, Writer, Music

Small Ali poster

Small Ali

TL · 2005Not rated

Director

Three Days Of Darkness Zero poster

Three Days Of Darkness Zero

TL · 2005Not rated

Director, Writer, Editor

Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata poster

Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata

TL · 20048.5

Director, Writer

Headless poster

Headless

TL · 20048.0

Director, Writer

Barong Brothers

2003

Barong Brothers

TL · 2003Not rated

Director

Greaseman poster

Greaseman

TL · 2001Not rated

Director, Writer

The Twelve poster

The Twelve

EN · 2000Not rated

Director, Writer, Producer

Kamias: Memory of Forgetting poster

Kamias: Memory of Forgetting

TL · 1999Not rated

Director

Amen poster

Amen

EN · 1998Not rated

Director, Writer

1/4 Day In A Life

1997

1/4 Day In A Life

TL · 1997Not rated

Director

Alaala ng Madaling-Araw

1996

Memory of Dawn

TL · 1996Not rated

Director