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Khavn De La Cruz, a.k.a.KHAVN is a Filipino poet, singer, songwriter, pianist, and filmmaker. Considered the father of Philippine digital filmmaking, he has made 32 features and more than a hundred short films since 1994. He is the founder and president of Kamias Road, and the festival director of .MOV International Film, Music, and Literature Festival.

Khavn's latest film Mondomanila, co-produced with the German company, Rapid Eye Movies, premiered at the 41st International Film Festival Rotterdam in January 2012. A rough cut of the film, also called Mondomanila, won Khavn Best Director at the Cinemanila International Film Festival in 2010. His short film, Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore, competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012.

Jury Duty

 * Jeonju International Film Festival (2002)
 * Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (2006)
 * Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival (2006)
 * CPH:DOX - Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (2008)
 * Berlinale - Berlin International Film Festival (2009)
 * Dokufest - International Documentary and Short Film Festival (2010)
 * Dok Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film (2010)

Artist-run Initiatives
In 2000, Khavn founded .MOV International Film, Music, and Literature Festival, the Philippines’ first digital film festival, as well as the world’s only creative initiative that celebrates film, music, and literature exclusively.

That same year, he started a Manila-based film, music, and publishing company called Filmless Films, which he later renamed Kamias Road. Since then, Kamias Road has produced full-length films; released independent music; and published poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, among them Khavn's Ultraviolins, Roxlee's Cesar Asar and the Planet of the Noses, Norman Wilwayco's critically acclaimed Mondomanila, PHILIPPINE NEW WAVE: This Is Not A Film Movement, and UNDER THE STORM: An Anthology of Contemporary Philippine Poetry.

Selected Filmography

 * Mondomanila (2012)
 * Rotterdam International Film Festival 2012


 * Ruined Heart! Another Lovestory Between A Criminal And A Whore (2012)
 * Berlin International Film Festival 2012


 * Squatterpunk
 * Grand Jury Prize, Cinemanila International Film Festival, 2006
 * Rotterdam International Film Festival, The Netherlands, 2007 (World Premiere)''
 * Opening Film, Sonatrope Film Festival, Hong Kong, 2007
 * Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore, 2007
 * IndieLisboa International Film Festival, Portugal, 2007
 * Brisbane International Film Festival, Australia, 2007
 * National Film & Sound Archive, Canberra, Australia, 2007
 * Euganea Movie Movement Film Festival, Italy, 2007
 * Urban Nomad Film Festival, Taiwan, 2007
 * Hamburg Documentary Film Festival, Germany, 2007
 * Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Indonesia, 2007
 * Underdox Film Festival, Munich, Germany, 2007
 * Viennale International Film Festival, Austria, 2007
 * Amsterdam Film Experience, The Netherlands, 2007
 * Leipzig International Festival For Documentary And Animated Film, Germany, 2007
 * Austin Asian Film Festival, Texas, USA, 2007
 * Cinemalaya Film Festival, Philippines, 2007
 * JesCom Media Convention, Ateneo De Manila, Philippines, 2007
 * Chicago Filipino American Film Festival, 2007
 * Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia, 2007
 * Southeast Asian Digital Cinema, Asian Film Archive, Singapore, 2007
 * Berlin Asian Hotshots Film Festival, 2008
 * Saarbrucken Cinema Days, Germany, 2008
 * Ficco, Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporáneo de la Ciudad de México, Mexico, 2008
 * CPH:DOX, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, Denmark, 2008
 * Planet In Focus International Environmental Film & Video Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2008
 * International Film Festival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 2008
 * Visual Praxis Collective, "Picturing The Global Megacity", University of Washington, USA, 2008
 * "The View From Elsewhere", Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Australia, 2009


 * Ultimo: Different Ways Of Killing A National Hero
 * Torino International Film Festival, Italy, 2007 (World Premiere)''
 * Valiente Award, La Palma International DIgital Film Festival, Spain, 2006
 * Green Papaya Art Projects, Philippines, 2007
 * International Competition, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, 2007
 * Underdox Festival for Documentary & Experimental Films, Munich, Germany, 2007
 * Cinemalaya Film Festival, Philippines, 2008


 * Kamias: Memory Of Forgetting
 * Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, 2006
 * Bronze Award, 19th Tokyo Video Festival, 1997
 * Experimental Video Award, 13th Philippine Independent Film Festival, 2000


 * “IDOL”: Hero/Villain: The Bayani S. Makapili True Story
 * 41st Pesaro International Film Festival, 2005
 * 4th La Palma International Digital Film Festival, 2005


 * “The Family That Eats Soil 
 * Rotterdam International Film Festival 2005 (World Premiere)''
 * Austin Asian Film Festival, Texas, USA, 2007
 * Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine, Chile, 2006
 * 29th Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil, 2005
 * 34th Montreal International Festival of New Cinema, 2005
 * 41st Pesaro International Film Festival, 2005
 * 4th La Palma International Digital Film Festival, 2005
 * 28th Goteborg International Film Festival, 2005
 * 34th Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2005
 * Hubert Bals Fund, Spring Selection Round, 2004