Khavn
Director · Actor · WriterKhavn, 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.
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR15
- Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod
Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod
2026
Self
Bomba Bernal
2025
Self
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
2024
Father Agaton Damaso
Happy Lamento
2018
Self (archive footage)
Shock Me Shokoy
2017
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
2016
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
2014
The Pianist
Esoterica: Manila
2014
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010
Himself
Years When I Was a Child Outside
2008
Bahag Kings
2008
Goodbye My Shooting Star
2006
K.
The Family That Eats Soil
2005
Dead Man on TV
Last Take, Last Shot
2005
DIRECTOR82
Bomba Bernal
2025
Director
Makbetamaximus
2024
Director
Much Ado About the Future
2024
Director
Stanislavski's Gun
2024
Director
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
2024
Director
Love Is a Dog from Hell
2023
Director
National Anarchist: Lino Brocka
2023
Director
Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)
2023
Director
Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik
2023
Director
- The Devil of Comparisons
The Devil of Comparisons
2022
Director
- Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937
Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937
2022
Director
How To Not Make A Film
2021
Director
Orphea
2021
Director
Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni
2021
Director
KULOB34
2020
Director
Mr. Duck-Egg
2020
Director
Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon
2018
Director
Bamboo Dogs
2018
Director
- This Is Not a Lost Film
This Is Not a Lost Film
2018
Director
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
2017
Director
Aswang 1933
2017
Director
Simulacrum Tremendum
2016
Director
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
2016
Director
Filipiniana
2016
Director
Desaparadiso
2015
Director
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
2014
Director
Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro
2013
Director
- Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore
Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore
2012
Director
- Solar Syokoy
Solar Syokoy
2012
Director
- EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek
EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek
2012
Director
Kalakala
2012
Director
Kommander Kulas: The One and Only Concert of the Amazing Kommander Kulas and His Poor Carabao
2011
Director
Kommander Kulas
2011
Director
Breather
2011
Director
Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakbay
2010
Director
The Trial of Mr. Serapio
2010
Director
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010
Director
Son of God
2010
Director
Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)
2010
Director
The Middle Mystery of KRISTO NEGRO
2009
Director
- Our Daily Bread
Our Daily Bread
2009
Director
- I Am The Drowning Sea
I Am The Drowning Sea
2009
Director
Literature
2009
Director
Pamilya Kariton
2009
Director
Namamasko Po
2009
Director
Ultimo
2008
Director
Manila in the Fangs of Darkness
2008
Director
The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles
2008
Director
Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero
2008
Director
Bahag Kings
2008
Director
Overdosed Nightmare
2008
Director
Philippine Bliss
2008
Director
The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One
2007
Director
Squatterpunk
2007
Director
- The Last Gag of Buster Quizon
The Last Gag of Buster Quizon
2007
Director
Three Days of Darkness
2007
Director
- Dead Woman in My House
Dead Woman in My House
2007
Director
The Longest Moment You're Not Here
2007
Director
Toxic Mango
2007
Director
By The Suez Canal
2007
Director
Kristo
2007
Director
- Vampire of Quezon City
Vampire of Quezon City
2006
Director
- Rugby Boyz
Rugby Boyz
2006
Director
- Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World
Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World
2006
Director
Old East Side
2006
Director
Goodbye My Shooting Star
2006
Director
Buryong
2006
Director
The Family That Eats Soil
2005
Director
Idol: Hero/Villain
2005
Director
Can & Slippers
2005
Director
Small Ali
2005
Director
Three Days Of Darkness Zero
2005
Director
Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata
2004
Director
Headless
2004
Director
- Barong Brothers
Barong Brothers
2003
Director
Greaseman
2001
Director
The Twelve
2000
Director
Kamias: Memory of Forgetting
1999
Director
Amen
1998
Director
- 1/4 Day In A Life
1/4 Day In A Life
1997
Director
- Memory of Dawn
Memory of Dawn
1996
Director
- Jollywood
Jollywood
Director
WRITER43
Bomba Bernal
2025
Writer
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
2024
Writer
Orphea
2021
Writer
Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni
2021
Writer
KULOB34
2020
Writer
Happy Lamento
2018
Screenplay
Bamboo Dogs
2018
Screenplay
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
2017
Story, Screenplay
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
2016
Writer
Filipiniana
2016
Writer
Desaparadiso
2015
Writer
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
2014
Screenplay
- Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore
Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore
2012
Writer
- EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek
EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek
2012
Writer
Kommander Kulas: The One and Only Concert of the Amazing Kommander Kulas and His Poor Carabao
2011
Writer
Breather
2011
Writer
The Trial of Mr. Serapio
2010
Screenplay
Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakbay
2010
Screenplay
Son of God
2010
Writer
Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)
2010
Writer
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010
Writer
Literature
2009
Writer
The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles
2008
Writer
Manila in the Fangs of Darkness
2008
Writer
Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero
2008
Writer
Bahag Kings
2008
Writer
Philippine Bliss
2008
Writer
Three Days of Darkness
2007
Writer
- The Last Gag of Buster Quizon
The Last Gag of Buster Quizon
2007
Writer
Squatterpunk
2007
Writer
Old East Side
2006
Writer
- Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World
Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World
2006
Writer
Goodbye My Shooting Star
2006
Writer
- Vampire of Quezon City
Vampire of Quezon City
2006
Screenplay
Buryong
2006
Writer
The Family That Eats Soil
2005
Writer
Can & Slippers
2005
Writer
Three Days Of Darkness Zero
2005
Writer
Headless
2004
Writer
Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata
2004
Writer
Greaseman
2001
Writer
The Twelve
2000
Writer
Amen
1998
Writer
PRODUCER17
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
2024
Producer
National Anarchist: Lino Brocka
2023
Producer
Orphea
2021
Executive Producer
Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni
2021
Producer
KULOB34
2020
Producer
Bamboo Dogs
2018
Producer
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
2017
Producer
- EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek
EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek
2012
Producer
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011
Producer
Breather
2011
Producer
Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakbay
2010
Producer
Son of God
2010
Producer
Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero
2008
Producer
Philippine Bliss
2008
Producer
- Vampire of Quezon City
Vampire of Quezon City
2006
Producer
Can & Slippers
2005
Producer
The Twelve
2000
Producer
EDITOR4
SOUND21
- Car Aircon Electrical Autocartoons
Car Aircon Electrical Autocartoons
2025
Music
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
2024
Music
2Bayani
2022
Original Music Composer
Skylab
2021
Music
Orphea
2021
Music
Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni
2021
Music
Happy Lamento
2018
Music
Bamboo Dogs
2018
Original Music Composer
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
2017
Music
Aswang 1933
2017
Sound Designer
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
2014
Original Music Composer
- EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek
EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek
2012
Music
- Zero
Zero
2011
Music
Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakbay
2010
Music
- I Am The Drowning Sea
I Am The Drowning Sea
2009
Music
Years When I Was a Child Outside
2008
Music
Three Days of Darkness
2007
Music
Todo Todo Teros
2006
Music
Goodbye My Shooting Star
2006
Music
A Short Film About the Indio Nacional
2005
Music
Can & Slippers
2005
Music
