
Khavn
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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.
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Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (2014)
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Makbetamaximus (2024)
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Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement (2010)
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Son of God (2010)
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Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge (2024)
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The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One (2007)
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Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakbay (2010)
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Headless (2004)
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Three Days of Darkness (2007)
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Gunam- Gunam X Guni Guni (2021)
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The Trial of Mr. Serapio (2010)
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The Twelve (2000)
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Bomba Bernal (2025)
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Philippine Bliss (2008)
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The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles (2008)
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Orphea (2021)
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Bamboo Dogs (2018)
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The Family That Eats Soil (2005)
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EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek (2012)
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Love Is a Dog from Hell (2023)
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Goodbye My Shooting Star (2006)
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KULOB34 (2020)
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Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember (2016)
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Bahag Kings (2008)
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Stanislavski's Gun (2024)
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Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (2017)
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Manila in the Fangs of Darkness (2008)
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Breather (2011)
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Solar Syokoy (2012)
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Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) (2023)
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Squatterpunk (2007)
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Three Days Of Darkness Zero (2005)
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Aswang 1933 (2017)
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Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore (2012)
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Kalakala (2012)
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I Am The Drowning Sea (2009)
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Desaparadiso (2015)
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Barong Brothers (2003)
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Overdosed Nightmare (2008)
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Toxic Mango (2007)
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Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937 (2022)
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Simulacrum Tremendum (2016)
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Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero (2008)
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Vampire of Quezon City (2006)
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Jollywood (—)
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Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata (2004)
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This Is Not a Lost Film (2018)
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Buryong (2006)
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The Last Gag of Buster Quizon (2007)
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Our Daily Bread (2009)
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Dead Woman in My House (2007)
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Greaseman (2001)
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Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) (2010)
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Filipiniana (2016)
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Pamilya Kariton (2009)
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1/4 Day In A Life (1997)
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Namamasko Po (2009)
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Old East Side (2006)
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Can & Slippers (2005)
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Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik (2023)
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Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro (2013)
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Kamias: Memory of Forgetting (1999)
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Literature (2009)
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Idol: Hero/Villain (2005)
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Amen (1998)
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Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon (2018)
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By The Suez Canal (2007)
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Kommander Kulas (2011)
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Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World (2006)
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Much Ado About the Future (2024)
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Kristo (2007)
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The Middle Mystery of KRISTO NEGRO (2009)
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Mr. Duck-Egg (2020)
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The Devil of Comparisons (2022)
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Kommander Kulas: The One and Only Concert of the Amazing Kommander Kulas and His Poor Carabao (2011)
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National Anarchist: Lino Brocka (2023)
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Rugby Boyz (2006)
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How To Not Make A Film (2021)
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Small Ali (2005)
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Memory of Dawn (1996)
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Ultimo (2008)
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The Longest Moment You're Not Here (2007)
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