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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.

Most Popular Khavn Trailers

Total trailers found: 95

I Am The Drowning Sea Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

I am the drowning sea. Waxing, waning, vanishing, surrendering, yearning, drunk, helpless against your indifference, with no way out.

How To Not Make A Film Trailer (2021)

09 March 2021

This is a special performance by Khavn de la Cruz, performed and recorded during the first day of the online Film Pantun Workshop organised by SeaShorts Film Society.

Aswang 1933 Trailer (2017)

01 January 2017

Khavn resurfaces the lost film 'Aswang.' The first film made in the Philippines to feature optically recorded sound was George Musser's Ang Aswang (The Vampire).

Namamasko Po Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

this is not a film by khavn

Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro Trailer (2013)

28 January 2013

This travel-shockumentary-vampire fiction could well be a disguised ode to the Mondo films of Jacopetti, but with Khavn you never really know.

Barong Brothers Trailer (2003)

25 January 2003

Khavn is jack of all trades. In this case he brings an improvised homage to the great silent slapstick tradition.

Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik Trailer (2023)

08 September 2023

An exhibition by Khavn feat. Babel Gun.

1/4 Day In A Life Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

This is not a short film by Khavn.

Skylab Trailer (2021)

26 November 2021

The year is 1979, the Skylab satellite is falling to Earth. In the days leading up to the crash, two troubled boys wait for doomsday, only to realize that darker forces are threatening them.

A Short Film About the Indio Nacional Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

What follows is a black-and-white silent film set in the 1890s during the brewing Filipino revolution against Spanish colonialism.

The Twelve Trailer (2000)

27 May 2000

"The Twelve" is a pre-apocalyptic vision reminiscent in theme to Hal Hartley's 2000 As Seen By film "The Book Of Life".

2Bayani Trailer (2022)

01 April 2022

The old Aguinaldo speaks from another time as he writes his memoirs of Bonifacio, the Katipunan, and the revolution.

Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Short superhero film.

Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

A tribute-cum-reformulation-in-film of Philippine National Hero Jose Rizal's poem "Mi Ultimo Adios," Khavn's "Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero" explores identity and nationhood as viewed through the lens of a truly post-colonial individual.

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

11 February 2012

Short film from by Khavn.

Memory of Dawn Trailer (1996)

01 January 1996

A diary film by Khavn.

Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon Trailer (2018)

01 January 2018

Juan Tamad embarks on a series of absurd adventures in this 'lost' Filipino film.

Literature Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

A man reading on the street.

Stanislavski's Gun Trailer (2024)

31 May 2024

Chekhov's gun is a narrative principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed.

Old East Side Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Fast forwarding through Batang West Side.

Toxic Mango Trailer (2007)

01 September 2007

Guima and Aras are star-crossed lovers in this sardonic tale of fruit and global genocide. One day, a black mango suddenly appears in Guima and Aras's tree.

Zero Trailer (2011)

01 January 2011

On his film Dodo wrote: “Whenever I’m asked what Zero is exactly, I tell them it’s a ghost story.

The Devil of Comparisons Trailer (2022)

25 September 2022

The Devil of Comparisons (original title: El Demonio de las Comparaciones), was a 30-hour black & white silent film from 1929 by Narding Salome Exelsio (1883-1949).

Pamilya Kariton Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

this is not a film by khavn

Makbetamaximus: Theater of Destruction Trailer (2024)

25 January 2024

“Double, double, toil and trouble,” indeed! Shakespeare’s punchiest tragedy gets a makeover in a way that only the prodigious Filipino multi-hyphenate Khavn De La Cruz could deliver.

Much Ado About the Future Trailer (2024)

31 May 2024

Narrated by Katch23.

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore Trailer (2014)

24 October 2014

Somewhere in Manila, a crime boss rules with an iron fist. To his most loyal henchman he gives the task of guarding his woman.

Ultimo Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

Farewell, to all I love. To die is to rest, writes Jose Rizal, and where his poem ends, "Ultimo" begins.

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

12 October 2023

Lost cinema. Lost culture. Lost country. Lost people. How to recreate the past with nothing? Cinema of the impossible.

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

Documentary profiling the directors involved in the loose Philippine New Wave filmmaking movement.

Three Days Of Darkness Zero Trailer (2005)

01 January 2005

The "prequel" to "Three Days Of Darkness" aka "Tatlong Araw Ng Kadiliman" starring Katya Santos, Gwen Garci, and Precious Adona.

Gunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni Trailer (2021)

22 January 2021

The amazing adventures of Gunam-gunam (Rumi) and Guni-guni (Phantasm). Adapted from the book Auxiliary Materials for Teaching the Filipino Language by Kelly Sta.

The Family That Eats Soil Trailer (2005)

26 January 2005

A strange and dysfunctional family sits down three times a day to a meal of soil.

Son of God Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

The directors want to shoot a film about a man known as the son of god. But what starts out as a practical joke, extends to become a curious portrait of what could either be a petty fraud or the world’s most secret miracle.

Three Days of Darkness Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

Girls are hidden in a dark room.

Shock Me Shokoy Trailer (2017)

31 October 2017

EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek Trailer (2012)

01 December 2012

EDSA XXX takes us on a wild ride through the ups and downs, twists and turns in the life of one man’s downfall and the rise to fame of another.

Simulacrum Tremendum Trailer (2016)

30 January 2016

The filmmaker is fairly young, otherwise you could say this extremely long film is Khavn’s life's work.

Balangiga: Howling Wilderness Trailer (2017)

20 October 2017

1901, Balangiga. Eight-year-old Kulas flees town with his grandfather and their carabao to escape General Smith's Kill & Burn order.

Love Is a Dog from Hell Trailer (2023)

02 November 2023

Even after burial Orphea wants to embrace her beloved Eurydike, deceased from food poisoning on January 22nd.

National Anarchist: Lino Brocka Trailer (2023)

30 January 2023

In the Philippines, Lino Brocka is considered a national monument who waged a cinematic battle against corruption and oppression, directing over sixty fiction features between 1970 and 1991, encompassing both lost works and non-political narratives and revealing a multifaceted legacy beyond the political realm, until his untimely death in a 1991 car accident.

Last Take, Last Shot Trailer (2005)

13 July 2005

A black comedy film, which focuses on two film workers, Raffy, the clapper, and Dido, a utility boy. Both share the same dream: to direct their own films someday.

Breather Trailer (2011)

03 September 2011

A touching ode to Leonardo de la Cruz, the filmmaker's late father, who died earlier this year of lung cancer at the age of 65, the film is a personal meditation of sorts.

Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge Trailer (2024)

26 June 2024

In this whimsical historical fresco, a counterpoint to today’s urgent political issues, the figure of the Filipino revolutionary Rizal is revisited in the light of early silent films.

Todo Todo Teros Trailer (2006)

18 August 2006

Basically an artist is also a terrorist, the protagonist thinks in an unguarded moment. And if he is a terrorist after all, then he might just as well be one.

Desaparadiso Trailer (2015)

26 January 2015

What can a family do if someone disappears in a dictatorship? You can’t go to the police for help or information.

Mondomanila Trailer (2010)

30 November 2010

Mondomanila tells the story of teenage anti-hero Tony de Guzman and the rough neighborhood he calls home.

Vampire of Quezon City Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

The Pinoy vampire - a bloodthirsty Aswang - stalks the streets of Quezon City in search of fresh victims while attempting to stay one step ahead of a dangerous human predator.

Bahag Kings Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

A post-silent film on the travails and camaraderie of King Black, King Red, King Blue, King Yellow, King Green, King Purple, & King Orange, the seven rainbow [bahag-hari] kings [hari] of ethnic g-string [bahag] descent.

Years When I Was a Child Outside Trailer (2008)

20 August 2008

Filmmaker John Torres describes his childhood and discusses his father's infidelities.

Manila in the Fangs of Darkness Trailer (2008)

01 January 2008

A man follows a woman through the streets.

Mr. Duck-Egg Trailer (2020)

13 April 2020

This is not a short film by Khavn.

The Last Gag of Buster Quizon Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

Silent short.

Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism Trailer (2011)

03 June 2011

A silent film by Jet Leyco.

Solar Syokoy Trailer (2012)

28 August 2012

A merman is washed not ashore but into the heart of a bustling metro. Disoriented, he walks around and runs into several characters, all of them in the middle of their nightly grind.

Kalakala Trailer (2012)

10 March 2012

Eight days before Christmas, Typhoon Sendong ravaged a small city in the northern coastline of the Philippines, burying most of it in water.

Filipiniana Trailer (2016)

01 January 2016

To reimage, rewrite, and reread my country’s bastard history, using dismembered icons and scenographies that both affirm and negate remembered mythology.

The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One Trailer (2007)

01 January 2007

An unedited blur of random images from a day in a life of Jesus Corazon, the serial rapist-killer of Manila who collects women's hearts in glass jars.

Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

Love letters from a relationship between Cameroon and the Philippines.

Idol: Hero/Villain Trailer (2005)

12 July 2005

Bayani S. Makapili is an ordinary guy who is a big fan of action movies, especially the ones starring Bida, the #1 action hero in the land.