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.
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Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011-06-03
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
Overview: A silent film by Jet Leyco.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-03
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The Family That Eats Soil
2005-01-26
The Family That Eats Soil
Overview: A strange and dysfunctional family sits down three times a day to a meal of soil.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2005-01-26
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Taon Noong Ako'y Anak sa Labas
2008-08-20
Taon Noong Ako'y Anak sa Labas
Overview: Filmmaker John Torres describes his childhood and discusses his father's infidelities.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2008-08-20
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Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
2016-07-22
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember
Overview: A bunch of 10-year-old kids rob pedestrians and kill without a mercy. But after a failed bank robbery, the dangerous game comes to an end with twenty years of imprisonment. After two decades, they are released but soon begin to disappear one by one.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2016-07-22
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Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore
2014-10-24
Ruined Heart: Another Love Story Between a Criminal & a Whore
Overview: Somewhere in Manila, a crime boss rules with an iron fist. To his most loyal henchman he gives the task of guarding his woman. Before long, she falls in love with the henchman, and the star-crossed lovers decide to leave town. Fighting ensues. It is while on the run that they finally get to know each other for the first time.
Genres: Crime Music Romance
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2014-10-24
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Last Take, Last Shot
2005-07-13
Last Take, Last Shot
Overview: 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. Their lives as mere "small production people" took a different turn when, together with the people in the unit van they were riding,had an encounter with armed men. Their co-workers were killed, and the two of them were forced to drive the unit van out of fear until it ran out of gas. The van contains equipment for movie production like cameras, lights and film stocks. They ended up in a secluded barrio not yet reached by modern technology, and therefore, the townsfolk knew nothing of the movie industry.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2005-07-13
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Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010-01-01
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Overview: Documentary profiling the directors involved in the loose Philippine New Wave filmmaking movement.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-01
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Shock Me Shokoy
2017-10-31
Shock Me Shokoy
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-31
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Esoterica: Manila
2014-11-09
Esoterica: Manila
Overview: Drawing from his personal adventures, film director, Elwood Perez veers away from standard-issue plot conventions in this paradoxically moral tale of a young man en route to becoming a creative artist.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2014-11-09
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Goodbye My Shooting Star
2006-07-19
Goodbye My Shooting Star
Overview: K. loves Ana. But Ana’s now gone. Once she was there. But not anymore. A chance encounter from their past leads to this new meeting between K. and Ana. A mix of music video, poetry reading, and offbeat romance – this is Khavn’s wildside romance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2006-07-19
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Bahag Kings
2008-01-01
Bahag Kings
Overview: 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. Bouncing in their kombi van, from nature’s forest to the city’s jungle, the Bahag Kings descend from being noble rulers to village idiots as they search high & low for the missing “Wala” [Nothing]. And see how they handled a true-to-life police arrest.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
2024-06-26
Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Animation Fantasy
Original Language: tl
Release Date: 2024-06-26
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