Khavn

Khavn

Directing

82 films as director · Active 1996–2025

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 beyo…

Known for

Last Take, Last Shot

Last Take, Last Shot

2005

Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod

Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod

2026

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore

2014

The Family That Eats Soil

The Family That Eats Soil

2005

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

2010

Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge

Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge

2024

Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

2016

Years When I Was a Child Outside

Years When I Was a Child Outside

2008

Directed(82)

Bomba Bernal

2025Bomba Bernal

Makbetamaximus: Theater of Destruction

2024Makbetamaximus: Theater of Destruction

Much Ado About the Future

2024Much Ado About the Future

Stanislavski's Gun

2024Stanislavski's Gun

Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge

2024Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge

Love Is a Dog from Hell

2023Love Is a Dog from Hell

National Anarchist: Lino Brocka

2023National Anarchist: Lino Brocka

Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)

2023Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)★ 9.5

Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik

2023Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik

2022The Devil of Comparisons

2022Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937

How To Not Make A Film

2021How To Not Make A Film

Orphea

2021Orphea★ 4.0

Gunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni

2021Gunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni

KULOB34

2020KULOB34★ 8.0

Mr. Duck-Egg

2020Mr. Duck-Egg

Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon

2018Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon

Bamboo Dogs

2018Bamboo Dogs★ 4.3

2018This Is Not a Lost Film

Balangiga: Howling Wilderness

2017Balangiga: Howling Wilderness★ 8.7

Aswang 1933

2017Aswang 1933

Simulacrum Tremendum

2016Simulacrum Tremendum

Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

2016Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember★ 6.4

Filipiniana

2016Filipiniana

Desaparadiso

2015Desaparadiso★ 5.0

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore

2014Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore★ 6.3

Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro

2013Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro

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

Solar Syokoy

2012Solar Syokoy

EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek

2012EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek★ 8.0

Kalakala

Kommander Kulas: The One and Only Concert of the Amazing Kommander Kulas and His Poor Carabao

2011Kommander Kulas: The One and Only Concert of the Amazing Kommander Kulas and His Poor Carabao

Kommander Kulas

2011Kommander Kulas

Breather

Mondomanila

2010Mondomanila★ 5.4

The Trial of Mr. Serapio

2010The Trial of Mr. Serapio

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

2010Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement★ 4.8

Son of God

Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)

2010Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)★ 2.0

The Middle Mystery of Kristo Negro

2009The Middle Mystery of Kristo Negro

Our Daily Bread

2009Our Daily Bread

2009I Am The Drowning Sea

Literature

Pamilya Kariton

2009Pamilya Kariton

Namamasko Po

2009Namamasko Po

Ultimo

Manila in the Fangs of Darkness

2008Manila in the Fangs of Darkness★ 4.0

The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles

2008The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles★ 4.0

Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero

2008Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero

Bahag Kings

2008Bahag Kings

Overdosed Nightmare

2008Overdosed Nightmare

Philippine Bliss

2008Philippine Bliss

The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One

2007The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One★ 8.5

Squatterpunk

2007Squatterpunk

2007The Last Gag of Buster Quizon

Three Days of Darkness

2007Three Days of Darkness★ 2.0

2007Dead Woman in My House

The Longest Moment You're Not Here

2007The Longest Moment You're Not Here

Toxic Mango

2007Toxic Mango

By The Suez Canal

2007By The Suez Canal

Kristo

Vampire of Quezon City

2006Vampire of Quezon City★ 1.0

2006Rugby Boyz★ 7.0

2006Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World

Old East Side

2006Old East Side

Goodbye My Shooting Star

2006Goodbye My Shooting Star

Buryong

The Family That Eats Soil

2005The Family That Eats Soil★ 5.5

Idol: Hero/Villain

2005Idol: Hero/Villain

Can & Slippers

2005Can & Slippers

Small Ali

Three Days Of Darkness Zero

2005Three Days Of Darkness Zero

Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata

2004Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata★ 8.5

Headless

2004Headless★ 8.0

2003Barong Brothers

Greaseman

The Twelve

Kamias: Memory of Forgetting

1999Kamias: Memory of Forgetting

Amen

19971/4 Day In A Life

1996Memory of Dawn

Acting(15)

2026Die Liebe stört der kalte TodSelf

2025Bomba BernalSelf

2024Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of RevengeFather Agaton Damaso

2018Happy LamentoSelf (archive footage)

2017Shock Me Shokoy

2016Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

2014Esoterica: Manila

2014Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a WhoreThe Pianist

2011Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism

2010Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film MovementHimself

2008Years When I Was a Child Outside

2008Bahag Kings

2006Goodbye My Shooting StarK.

2005Last Take, Last Shot

2005The Family That Eats SoilDead Man on TV

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