
Director
Khavn
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.
Directed

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

Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
Director · 2017

Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata
Director · 2004

The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One
Director · 2007
EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek
Director · 2012

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
Director · 2014

KULOB34
Director · 2020

Headless
Director · 2004

Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
Director · 2016
Rugby Boyz
Director · 2006

Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakbay
Director · 2010

The Family That Eats Soil
Director · 2005

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Director · 2010

Desaparadiso
Director · 2015

Bamboo Dogs
Director · 2018

Manila in the Fangs of Darkness
Director · 2008

Orphea
Director · 2021

The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles
Director · 2008
Acting

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
The Pianist · 2014

The Family That Eats Soil
Dead Man on TV · 2005

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Himself · 2010

Goodbye My Shooting Star
K. · 2006

Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
Father Agaton Damaso · 2024

Bomba Bernal
Self · 2025

Happy Lamento
Self (archive footage) · 2018
Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod
Self · 2026
Writing

Balangiga: Howling Wilderness
Story · 2017

Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata
Writer · 2004
EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek
Writer · 2012

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
Screenplay · 2014

KULOB34
Writer · 2020

Headless
Writer · 2004

Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
Writer · 2016

Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakbay
Screenplay · 2010

The Family That Eats Soil
Writer · 2005

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Writer · 2010

Desaparadiso
Writer · 2015

Bamboo Dogs
Screenplay · 2018