Khavn
Known for 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.
Known for
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
2014 · as The Pianist
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
2016
Last Take, Last Shot
2005
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
2024 · as Father Agaton Damaso
Happy Lamento
2018 · as Self (archive footage)
Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod
2026 · as Self
The Family That Eats Soil
2005 · as Dead Man on TV
Esoterica: Manila
2014
Goodbye My Shooting Star
2006 · as K.
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010 · as Himself
Bahag Kings
2008
Bomba Bernal
2025 · as Self
Shock Me Shokoy
2017
Years When I Was a Child Outside
2008
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011