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Khavn de la Cruz
Khavn Dela Cruz

Khavn

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

Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore

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Acting

2024

Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge as Father Agaton Damaso

2017

Shock Me Shokoy

2016

Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

2014		Esoterica: Manila
2014		Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore as The Pianist

2011

Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism

2010

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement as Himself

2008		Taon Noong Ako'y Anak sa Labas
2008		Bahag Kings

2006

Goodbye My Shooting Star

2005		Last Take, Last Shot
2005		The Family That Eats Soil as Dead Man on TV

Art

2018

Bamboo Dogs as Production Design

Crew

2023

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

2021		How To Not Make A Film as Cinematography
2021		Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni as Cinematography

2020

KULOB34 as Cinematography

2011

Breather as Cinematography

Directing

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Aswang as Director

2025

Bomba Bernal as Director

2024		Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge as Director
2024		Much Ado About the Future as Director
2024		Stanislavski's Gun as Director
2024		Makbetamaximus as Director

2023		Love Is a Dog from Hell as Director
2023		Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) as Director
2023		Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik as Director
2023		National Anarchist: Lino Brocka as Director

2022		The Devil of Comparisons as Director
2022		Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937 as Director

2021		Orphea as Director
2021		How To Not Make A Film as Director
2021		Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni as Director

2020		KULOB34 as Director
2020		Mr. Duck-Egg as Director

2018		Bamboo Dogs as Director
2018		Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon as Director
2018		This Is Not a Lost Film as Director

2017		Balangiga: Howling Wilderness as Director
2017		Aswang 1933 as Director

2016		Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember as Director
2016		Simulacrum Tremendum as Director
2016		Filipiniana as Director

2015

Desaparadiso as Director

2014

Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore as Director

2013

Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro as Director

2012		EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek as Director
2012		Solar Syokoy as Director
2012		Kalakala as Director
2012		Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore as Director

2011		Breather as Director
2011		Ang kaisa-isang konsiyerto ng kagila-gilalas na kombo ni Kumander Kulas at ng kanyang kawawang kalabaw sa walang katapusang kalsada ng Kamyas as Director
2011		Kommander Kulas as Director

2010		Mondomanila, or: How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey as Director
2010		The Trial of Mr. Serapio as Director
2010		Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement as Director
2010		Son of God as Director
2010		Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) as Director

2009		Our Daily Bread as Director
2009		The Middle Mystery of KRISTO NEGRO as Director
2009		I Am The Drowning Sea as Director
2009		Literature as Director
2009		Pamilya Kariton as Director
2009		Namamasko Po as Director

2008		Philippine Bliss as Director
2008		Overdosed Nightmare as Director
2008		Ultimo as Director
2008		Manila in the Fangs of Darkness as Director
2008		The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles as Director
2008		Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero as Director
2008		Bahag Kings as Director

2007		Toxic Mango as Director
2007		Dead Woman in My House as Director
2007		Squatterpunk as Director
2007		The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One as Director
2007		The Last Gag of Buster Quizon as Director
2007		Three Days of Darkness as Director
2007		The Longest Moment You're Not Here as Director

2006		Buryong as Director
2006		Goodbye My Shooting Star as Director
2006		Rugby Boyz as Director
2006		Vampire of Quezon City as Director
2006		Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World as Director
2006		Old East Side as Director

2005		Idol: Hero/Villain as Director
2005		Can & Slippers as Director
2005		The Family That Eats Soil as Director
2005		Small Ali as Director
2005		Three Days Of Darkness Zero as Director

2004		Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata as Director
2004		Headless as Director

2003

Barong Brothers as Director

2001

Greaseman as Director

2000

The Twelve as Director

1999

Kamias: Memory of Forgetting as Director

1998

Amen as Director

1997

1/4 Day In A Life as Director

1996

Memory of Dawn as Director

Editing

2025

Bomba Bernal as Editor

2017

Aswang 1933 as Editor

2006

Buryong as Editor

2005

Three Days Of Darkness Zero as Editor

Production

2024

Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge as Producer

2023

National Anarchist: Lino Brocka as Producer

2021		Orphea as Executive Producer
2021		Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni as Producer

2020

KULOB34 as Producer

2018

Bamboo Dogs as Producer

2017

Balangiga: Howling Wilderness as Producer

2012

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

2011		Breather as Producer
2011		Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism as Producer

2010		Mondomanila, or: How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey as Producer
2010		Son of God as Producer

2008		Philippine Bliss as Producer
2008		Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero as Producer

2006

Vampire of Quezon City as Producer

2005

Can & Slippers as Producer

2000

The Twelve as Producer

Sound

2025

Car Aircon Electrical Autocartoons as Music

2024

Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge as Music

2022

2Bayani as Original Music Composer

2021		Skylab as Music
2021		Orphea as Music
2021		Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni as Music

2018		Bamboo Dogs as Original Music Composer
2018		Happy Lamento as Music

2017		Balangiga: Howling Wilderness as Music
2017		Aswang 1933 as Sound Designer

2012

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

2011

Zero as Music

2010

Mondomanila, or: How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey as Music

2009

I Am The Drowning Sea as Music

2008

Taon Noong Ako'y Anak sa Labas as Music

2007

Three Days of Darkness as Music

2006		Todo Todo Teros as Music
2006		Goodbye My Shooting Star as Music

2005		Can & Slippers as Music
2005		A Short Film About the Indio Nacional as Music

Writing

2021		Orphea as Writer
2021		Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni as Writer

2020

KULOB34 as Writer

2018		Bamboo Dogs as Screenplay
2018		Happy Lamento as Screenplay

2017		Balangiga: Howling Wilderness as Story
2017		Balangiga: Howling Wilderness as Screenplay

2016		Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember as Writer
2016		Filipiniana as Writer

2015

Desaparadiso as Writer

2014

Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore as Screenplay

2012		EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek as Writer
2012		Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore as Writer

2011		Breather as Writer
2011		Ang kaisa-isang konsiyerto ng kagila-gilalas na kombo ni Kumander Kulas at ng kanyang kawawang kalabaw sa walang katapusang kalsada ng Kamyas as Writer

2010		Mondomanila, or: How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey as Screenplay
2010		The Trial of Mr. Serapio as Screenplay
2010		Son of God as Writer
2010		Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) as Writer
2010		Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement as Writer

2009

Literature as Writer

2008		Philippine Bliss as Writer
2008		The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles as Writer
2008		Manila in the Fangs of Darkness as Writer
2008		Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero as Writer
2008		Bahag Kings as Writer

2007		Squatterpunk as Writer
2007		Three Days of Darkness as Writer
2007		The Last Gag of Buster Quizon as Writer

2006		Buryong as Writer
2006		Goodbye My Shooting Star as Writer
2006		Old East Side as Writer
2006		Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World as Writer
2006		Vampire of Quezon City as Screenplay

2005		Can & Slippers as Writer
2005		The Family That Eats Soil as Writer
2005		Three Days Of Darkness Zero as Writer

2004		Headless as Writer
2004		Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata as Writer

2001

Greaseman as Writer

2000

The Twelve as Writer

1998

Amen as Writer