Khavn
Still: DesaparadisoKhavn De La CRUZ (1973, Philippines), is a prolific Filipino filmmaker, writer, pianist, songwriter and composer. Since 1994 he has directed over 300 films including Squatterpunk (2006), Manila in the Fangs of Darkness (2008) and has collaborated with Alexander Kluge on films such as Orphea (2020) and Happy Lamento (2018), making him one of the most productive filmmakers in the Philippines and beyond. From 2002 to 2011, he was the festival director and programmer for MOV International Film, Music and Literature Festival. He has been a jury member at multiple festivals including the Berlinale and Leipzig Film Festival. He has exhibited at the MoMA, MAXXI, Guggenheim Museum, Tate Modern, Museo Reina Sofia, National Museum of Singapore, and Venice Architecture Biennale; lectured at the Berlinale Talent Campus, Bela Tarr’s Film Factory, Goethe Institute, the Danish Film Institute, and his alma mater, the Ateneo; and curated programmes for the Viennale, the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Sharjah Biennial. Selected retrospectives of his films have been presented around the world, including at IFFR. Cruz resides in Mondomanila with his wife, his five kids and four cats.
Filmography
(selection) Alaala ng madaling araw/Memory of Dawn (1997, short), Amen, a Brown Comedy (1998, short), The Electric Company's Gonna Get Your Backyard (2000, short), The Twelve (2001), Greaseman (2001, short), Pugot/Headless (2002, short), Barong Brothers (2003, short), Mondomanila: Institusyon ng makata/Institute of Poets (2004, short), Small Ali (2004, short), Lata at tsinelas/Can & Slippers (2004, short), Ang pamilyang Kumakain ng lupa/The Family That Eats Soil (2004), Esperando a un superhéroe/Waiting for a Super Hero (2005, short), No te enamores de una superhéroe/Don't Fall in Love with a Super Hero (2005, short), Aquanino/Aquaboy (2005, short), Dos superhéroes cagando, un musical de mierda/Two Super Heroes Taking a Crap, a Toilet Musical (2005, short), Porno Man (2005, short), Superman enamorado/Super Man in Love (2005, short), El Superman que ne podia volar/The Super Man Who Couldn't Fly (2005, short), Superhéroe en la cama /Superhero in Bed (2005, short), Bahag Kings/G-string Kings (2006), Our Daily Bread (2006, short), Rugby Boyz (2006, short), A todas supermenas que he amado/To All the Super Girls I've Loved Before (2006, short), By the Suez Canal (2006, short), Old East Side (2006, short), An Open Letter to All the Terrorists of the World (2006, short), Iskwaterpangk/Squatterpunk (2007, doc), Philippine Bliss (2008), Tatlong araw ng kadiliman/Three Days of Darkness (2008), Ultimo (2008, short doc), Day tingnga ti misteryo ti Kristo Negro/The Middle Mystery of Kristo Negro (2009), Pamilya Kariton/The Pushcart Family (2009, short), Blackworm (2009, short), Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) (2010), Son of God (2010, co-dir), Kommander Kulas: Ang kaisa-isang konsiyerto ng kagila-gilalas na kommander Kulas at ng kanyang kawawang kalabaw sa walang katapusang kalsada ng kamias/Kommander Kulas: The One and Only Concert of the Amazing Kommander Kulas and His Poor Carabao in the Long and Unwinding Road of Kamias (2011), Mondomanila (2011), Pahinga/Breather (2011), Pusong wazak! Isa na namang kwento ng pag-ibig sa pagitan ng isang kriminal at isang puta/Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore (2012, short), How to Raise a Smart & Happy Child from Age Zero to Five (2013, short), Misericordia: The Last Mystery Of Kristo Vampiro (2013), EDSA XXX: Ganito kami noon, ganito pa rin kami ngayon/EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek (2014), Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (2014), Desaparadiso (2015), Simulacrum Tremendum (2016, doc), Ang napakaigsing buhay ng Alipato/Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember (2016), Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (2017), Bamboo Dogs (2018), Orphea (2020), Love Is a Dog from Hell (2022), National Anarchist: Lino Brocka (2023), Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) (2023), Makbetamaximus (2024)
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Khavn op IFFR
Amen, a Brown Comedy
15'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2005
Barong Brothers
10'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2005
Can & Slippers
2'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2005
The Family That Eats Soil
75'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2005
Greaseman
13'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2005
Headless
15'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2005
Mondomanila: Institute of Poets
15'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2005
Small Ali
8'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2005
Aquaboy
5'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2006
Bahag Kings
74'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2006
Don't Fall in Love With a Super Hero
3'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2006
Our Daily Bread
5'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2006
Pornoman
3'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2006
Rugby Boyz
7'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2006
A Short Film about the Indio Nacional
96'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2006
Super Man in Love
1'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2006
The Super Man Who Couldn't Fly
2'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2006
Superhero in Bed
3'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2006
To All the Super Girls I've Loved Before
4'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2006
Two Super Heroes Taking a Crap, a Toilet Musical
5'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2006
Waiting for a Super Hero
3'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2006
Buog
33'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2007
By the Suez Canal
2'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2007
Life Projections
5'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2007
Long Live Philippine Cinema!
6'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2007
Oldeastside
5'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2007
An Open Letter to All the Terrorists of the World
1'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2007
Rambling from the Sea
4'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2007
Squatterpunk
79'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2007
Todo todo teros
102'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2007
When the Rain Ended
7'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2007
Drumbeat
90'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2008
Philippine Bliss
80'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2008
Years When I Was a Child Outside
100'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2008
Melancholia
480'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2009
The Middle Mystery of Kristo Negro
70'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2009
Purgatorio
16'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2009
Three Days of Darkness
81'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2009
Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano)
70'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2010
Ultimo
20'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2010
Kommander Kulas: The One and Only Concert of the Amazing Kommander Kulas and His Poor Carabao in the Long and Unwinding Road of Kamias
80'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2011
Son of God
70'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2011
Mondomanila
75'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2012
How to Raise a Smart & Happy Child from Age Zero to Five
5'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2013
Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro
70'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2013
EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes...
80'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2014
Kamera obskura
76'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2014
Desaparadiso
75'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2015
Simulacrum Tremendum
780'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2016
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
88'
Duitsland
IFFR 2017
Happy Lamento
Strijd der titanen: Alexander Kluge mixt een paar van zijn vreemdere tv-sketches met scènes uit de extravagante films van Khavn. BOEM!
90'
Duitsland
IFFR 2019
National Anarchist: Lino Brocka
Remix van alle nog beschikbare werken van Lino Brocka. Filmgeschiedenis in de vorm van een waanzinnige, verlichtende trip!
70'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2023
Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)
Een reis vol toegeëigende beelden naar alles wat de verloren gegane Filipijnse stille film had kunnen zijn.
62'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2023
Makbetamaximus
Een unieke Macbeth die je niet mag missen, vol maximalistische vermengingen van culturele objecten en verwijzingen.
80'
Filippijnen
IFFR 2024