Khavn
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Known for: Directing
Also known as: Khavn de la Cruz, Khavn Dela Cruz
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.
Movie Credits
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011-06-03
A silent film by Jet Leyco.
The Family That Eats Soil
2005-01-26
A strange and dysfunctional family sits down three times a day to a meal of soil.
Taon Noong Ako'y Anak sa Labas
2008-08-20
Filmmaker John Torres describes his childhood and discusses his father's infidelities.
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
2016-07-22
A bunch of 10-year-old kids rob pedestrians and kill without a mercy. But after a failed bank robber
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
2014-10-24
Somewhere in Manila, a crime boss rules with an iron fist. To his most loyal henchman he gives the t
Last Take, Last Shot
2005-07-13
A black comedy film, which focuses on two film workers, Raffy, the clapper, and Dido, a utility boy.
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010-01-01
Documentary profiling the directors involved in the loose Philippine New Wave filmmaking movement.
Shock Me Shokoy
2017-10-31
Esoterica: Manila
2014-11-09
Drawing from his personal adventures, film director, Elwood Perez veers away from standard-issue plo
Paalam Aking Bulalakaw
2006-07-19
K. loves Ana. But Ana’s now gone. Once she was there. But not anymore. A chance encounter from their
Bahag Kings
2008-01-01
A post-silent film on the travails and camaraderie of King Black, King Red, King Blue, King Yellow,
Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
2024-06-26
In this whimsical historical fresco, a counterpoint to today’s urgent political issues, the figure o
Bomba Bernal
2025-01-15
"This is not a film by Khavn". Bomba Bernal is the hardcore pornographic bomb handjobbed in the hidd