Khavn

Khavn

Known for
Directing
Born
December 23, 1973 (age 52)
Birthplace
Quezon City, Philippines

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

Photos

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Filmography

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Jollywood

Jollywood

Movie · Director

2025
Bomba Bernal poster

Bomba Bernal

Movie · Director

2024
Makbetamaximus: Theater of Destruction poster

Makbetamaximus: Theater of Destruction

Movie · Director

2024
Stanislavski's Gun poster

Stanislavski's Gun

Movie · Director

2024
Much Ado About the Future poster

Much Ado About the Future

Movie · Director

2024
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge poster

Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge

Movie · Director

2023
Love Is a Dog from Hell poster

Love Is a Dog from Hell

Movie · Director

2023
National Anarchist: Lino Brocka poster

National Anarchist: Lino Brocka

Movie · Director

2023
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)

Movie · Director

2023
Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik poster

Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik

Movie · Director

2022
The Devil of Comparisons

The Devil of Comparisons

Movie · Director

2022
Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937

Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937

Movie · Director

2021
How To Not Make A Film poster

How To Not Make A Film

Movie · Director

2021
Orphea poster

Orphea

Movie · Director

2021
Gunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni poster

Gunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni

Movie · Director

2020
KULOB34 poster

KULOB34

Movie · Director

2020
Mr. Duck-Egg poster

Mr. Duck-Egg

Movie · Director

2018
Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon poster

Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon

Movie · Director

2018
Bamboo Dogs poster

Bamboo Dogs

Movie · Director

2018
This Is Not a Lost Film

This Is Not a Lost Film

Movie · Director

2017
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness poster

Balangiga: Howling Wilderness

Movie · Director

2017
Aswang 1933 poster

Aswang 1933

Movie · Director

2016
Simulacrum Tremendum poster

Simulacrum Tremendum

Movie · Director

2016
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember poster

Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

Movie · Director

2016
Filipiniana poster

Filipiniana

Movie · Director

2016
Pilak: The Manila Film Center Invasion poster

Pilak: The Manila Film Center Invasion

Movie · Director

2015
Desaparadiso poster

Desaparadiso

Movie · Director

2014
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore poster

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore

Movie · Director

2013
Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro poster

Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro

Movie · Director

2012
Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore

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

Movie · Director

2012
Solar Syokoy poster

Solar Syokoy

Movie · Director

2012
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

Movie · Director

2012
Kalakala poster

Kalakala

Movie · Director

2011
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

Movie · Director

2011
Kommander Kulas poster

Kommander Kulas

Movie · Director

2011
Breather poster

Breather

Movie · Director

2010
Mondomanila poster

Mondomanila

Movie · Director

2010
The Trial of Mr. Serapio poster

The Trial of Mr. Serapio

Movie · Director

2010
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement poster

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

Movie · Director

2010
Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) poster

Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)

Movie · Director

2010
Son of God poster

Son of God

Movie · Director

2009
The Middle Mystery of Kristo Negro poster

The Middle Mystery of Kristo Negro

Movie · Director

2009
Our Daily Bread poster

Our Daily Bread

Movie · Director

2009
I Am The Drowning Sea

I Am The Drowning Sea

Movie · Director

2009
Literature poster

Literature

Movie · Director

2009
Pamilya Kariton poster

Pamilya Kariton

Movie · Director

2009
Namamasko Po poster

Namamasko Po

Movie · Director

2008
Ultimo poster

Ultimo

Movie · Director

2008
Bahag Kings poster

Bahag Kings

Movie · Director

2008
Manila in the Fangs of Darkness poster

Manila in the Fangs of Darkness

Movie · Director

2008
The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles poster

The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles

Movie · Director

2008
Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero poster

Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero

Movie · Director

2008
Overdosed Nightmare poster

Overdosed Nightmare

Movie · Director

2008
Philippine Bliss poster

Philippine Bliss

Movie · Director

2007
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

Movie · Director

2007
Squatterpunk poster

Squatterpunk

Movie · Director

2007
Three Days of Darkness poster

Three Days of Darkness

Movie · Director

2007
The Last Gag of Buster Quizon

The Last Gag of Buster Quizon

Movie · Director

2007
Dead Woman in My House

Dead Woman in My House

Movie · Director

2007
The Longest Moment You're Not Here poster

The Longest Moment You're Not Here

Movie · Director

2007
Toxic Mango poster

Toxic Mango

Movie · Director

2007
By The Suez Canal poster

By The Suez Canal

Movie · Director

2007
Kristo poster

Kristo

Movie · Director

2006
Vampire of Quezon City poster

Vampire of Quezon City

Movie · Director

2006
Rugby Boyz

Rugby Boyz

Movie · Director

2006
Old East Side poster

Old East Side

Movie · Director

2006
Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World

Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World

Movie · Director

2006
Goodbye My Shooting Star poster

Goodbye My Shooting Star

Movie · Director

2006
Buryong poster

Buryong

Movie · Director

2005
The Family That Eats Soil poster

The Family That Eats Soil

Movie · Director

2005
Idol: Hero/Villain poster

Idol: Hero/Villain

Movie · Director

2005
Can & Slippers poster

Can & Slippers

Movie · Director

2005
Small Ali poster

Small Ali

Movie · Director

2005
Three Days Of Darkness Zero poster

Three Days Of Darkness Zero

Movie · Director

2004
Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata poster

Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata

Movie · Director

2004
Headless poster

Headless

Movie · Director

2003
Barong Brothers

Barong Brothers

Movie · Director

2001
Greaseman poster

Greaseman

Movie · Director

2000
The Twelve poster

The Twelve

Movie · Director

1999
Kamias: Memory of Forgetting poster

Kamias: Memory of Forgetting

Movie · Director

1998
Amen poster

Amen

Movie · Director

1997
1/4 Day In A Life

1/4 Day In A Life

Movie · Director

1996
Memory of Dawn

Memory of Dawn

Movie · Director