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