Khavn
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
2025Bomba Bernal
Director & Writer
2024Makbetamaximus
Director
2024Much Ado About the Future
Director
2024Stanislavski's Gun
Director
2024Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
Director & Writer
2023Love Is a Dog from Hell
Director
2023National Anarchist: Lino Brocka
Director
2023Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)
Director
2023Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik
Director
2021How To Not Make A Film
Director
2021Orphea
Director & Writer
2021Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni
Director & Writer
2020KULOB34
Director & Writer
2020Mr. Duck-Egg
Director
2018Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon
Director
2018Happy Lamento
Screenplay
2018Bamboo Dogs
Director & Screenplay
2017Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
Director & Screenplay
2017Aswang 1933
Director
2016Simulacrum Tremendum
Director
2016Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
Director & Writer
2016Filipiniana
Director & Writer
2015Desaparadiso
Director & Writer
2014Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
Director & Screenplay