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.
Best known work
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
2014
Mondomanila
2010
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
2016
A Short Film About the Indio Nacional
2005
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010
Rugby Boyz
2006
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
2017
Bamboo Dogs
2018
The Family That Eats Soil
2005
EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek
2012Filmography
TBA
JollywoodDirector
2026
2025
2025
Bomba Bernalas Self, Director, Editor, Writer
2024
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revengeas Father Agaton Damaso, Director, Producer, Music, Screenplay
2024
Much Ado About the FutureDirector
2024
Stanislavski's GunDirector
2024
2023
Love Is a Dog from HellDirector
2023
Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)Translator, Director
2023
2023
National Anarchist: Lino BrockaProducer, Director
2022
The Devil of ComparisonsDirector
2022
2BayaniOriginal Music Composer
2022
Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937Director
2021
SkylabMusic
2021
OrpheaDirector, Writer, Executive Producer, Music
2021
How To Not Make A FilmCinematography, Director
2021
Gunam-Gunam x Guni-GuniDirector, Music, Writer, Producer, Cinematography
2020
KULOB34Writer, Director, Cinematography, Producer
2020
Mr. Duck-EggDirector
2018
Bamboo DogsProducer, Screenplay, Director, Original Music Composer, Production Design
2018
Happy Lamentoas Self (archive footage), Music, Screenplay
2018
Juan Tamad Goes to the MoonDirector
2018
This Is Not a Lost FilmDirector