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Breather
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Privately Published, 2011), 1 hour 36 mins
This film, directed by Khavn de la Cruz, is about the ways the filmmaker and his family cope with his father's hospitalization.
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Privately Published, 2011), 1 hour 36 mins
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This film, directed by Khavn de la Cruz, is about the ways the filmmaker and his family cope with his father's hospitalization.
Date Written / Recorded
2011
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2011, 2011-09-03
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Film and films, Filipino people, Cancer, Family, Hospitals and medical centers, Indians (Asian)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 by Khavn de la Cruz
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Cameroon Love Letter
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Gertjan Zuilhof, 1955-, Lourd De Veyra, 1975- and Jose Dalisay, Jr., fl. 1977-2008 (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 11 mins
Prolific Philippine filmmaker Khavn De La Cruz pays tribute to Cameroon, a nation that has long embraced Philippine cinema, in this work that combines documentary footage with a narrative that mirrors the style of soap operas from De La Cruz's native land. As the director presents a portrait of life in Cameroon th...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Gertjan Zuilhof, 1955-, Lourd De Veyra, 1975- and Jose Dalisay, Jr., fl. 1977-2008 (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 11 mins
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Prolific Philippine filmmaker Khavn De La Cruz pays tribute to Cameroon, a nation that has long embraced Philippine cinema, in this work that combines documentary footage with a narrative that mirrors the style of soap operas from De La Cruz's native land. As the director presents a portrait of life in Cameroon through images shot on the streets as they happened, he weaves in the story of a romance told through the letters exchanged between a man...
Prolific Philippine filmmaker Khavn De La Cruz pays tribute to Cameroon, a nation that has long embraced Philippine cinema, in this work that combines documentary footage with a narrative that mirrors the style of soap operas from De La Cruz's native land. As the director presents a portrait of life in Cameroon through images shot on the streets as they happened, he weaves in the story of a romance told through the letters exchanged between a man and a woman. A man travels to Cameroon after his marriage goes sour, and he falls for a local woman that he's met. However, their messages to one another confirm that despite their affection, there is more that separates them than brings them together. Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) also features an original score by De La Cruz. Awards/Festivals: Goteborg International Film Festival 2010; International Film Festival Rotterdam 2010.
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Date Written / Recorded
2010-06-28
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Gertjan Zuilhof, 1955-, Lourd De Veyra, 1975-, Jose Dalisay, Jr., fl. 1977-2008
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Gertjan Zuilhof, 1955-, Lourd De Veyra, 1975-, Jose Dalisay, Jr., fl. 1977-2008
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Communication, Romantic relationships
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 Used by permission of Khavn De La Cruz.
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EdsaXXX: Nothing Ever Changes
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; produced by Armi Cacanindian, fl. 2012 and Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Sheree, fl. 2003-2012 and Jeffrey Quizon, 1973- (Privately Published, 2012), 1 hour 25 mins
Political realism in an absurdist musical. Everything in this film is based on exaggeration and also on the incomparable reality of the Philippines. The images of the rebellion against the dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1989 are real; those of future rebellions become increasingly crazy and musical.
Two years ago,...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; produced by Armi Cacanindian, fl. 2012 and Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Sheree, fl. 2003-2012 and Jeffrey Quizon, 1973- (Privately Published, 2012), 1 hour 25 mins
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Political realism in an absurdist musical. Everything in this film is based on exaggeration and also on the incomparable reality of the Philippines. The images of the rebellion against the dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1989 are real; those of future rebellions become increasingly crazy and musical.
Two years ago, the Filipino poet, singer and experimental filmmaker Khavn was in Rotterdam with Mondomanila. Anyone who saw that kaleidoscopic spectac...
Political realism in an absurdist musical. Everything in this film is based on exaggeration and also on the incomparable reality of the Philippines. The images of the rebellion against the dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1989 are real; those of future rebellions become increasingly crazy and musical.
Two years ago, the Filipino poet, singer and experimental filmmaker Khavn was in Rotterdam with Mondomanila. Anyone who saw that kaleidoscopic spectacle will know that we’re in for another bumpy ride.
In EDSA XXX, Khavn takes us forward to 2030, the year of the 30th EDSA revolution. Have you ever wondered why nothing changes despite countless presidents? Here the answer is given in the form of an absurdist cross between low-budget science-fiction musical and crazy political satire. See how, after the fall of Nigger Thunder, a simple tramp is elevated to three-eyed new leader by the Freedom Fighters disguised with shopping bags, the dauntless fighters against freedom. Discover with Three Eyes who is really pulling the strings and get to know a resistance movement of mermaids wearing blue leggings.
Documentary shots of the EDSA protests which led to the fall of President Marcos in 1986 show that Khavn allows himself to be inspired by reality.
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Date Written / Recorded
2012
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Sheree, fl. 2003-2012, Jeffrey Quizon, 1973-
Contributor
Armi Cacanindian, fl. 2012, Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Sheree, fl. 2003-2012, Jeffrey Quizon, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2012, 2012-12-01
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Comedy, Filipino people, Satire, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by Khavn de la Cruz
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Kalakala
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; produced by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Dante Perez (Privately Published, 2012), 1 hour 12 mins
This video is a new 'film opera' by Manila-based director Khavn De La Cruz.
'Eight days before Christmas, Typhoon Sendong ravaged a small city in the northern coastline of the Philippines, burying most of it in water. 8,128 families displaced; almost 5000 dead; at least a thousand missing, most of them presumed t...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; produced by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Dante Perez (Privately Published, 2012), 1 hour 12 mins
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This video is a new 'film opera' by Manila-based director Khavn De La Cruz.
'Eight days before Christmas, Typhoon Sendong ravaged a small city in the northern coastline of the Philippines, burying most of it in water. 8,128 families displaced; almost 5000 dead; at least a thousand missing, most of them presumed to have been drwned alive. Three weeks after, a man is found walking around the city in broad daylight, a dead 'baby' in his arms. He...
This video is a new 'film opera' by Manila-based director Khavn De La Cruz.
'Eight days before Christmas, Typhoon Sendong ravaged a small city in the northern coastline of the Philippines, burying most of it in water. 8,128 families displaced; almost 5000 dead; at least a thousand missing, most of them presumed to have been drwned alive. Three weeks after, a man is found walking around the city in broad daylight, a dead 'baby' in his arms. He wanders around the business district, dogged by local who wondered, sympathized, empathized. Following the ghost of his wife, he walks on until he reaches a river and drowns himself.' – Khavn
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Date Written / Recorded
2012
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Dante Perez
Contributor
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Dante Perez
Date Published / Released
2010-03-10, 2012
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Filipino people, Documentary films, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 by Khavn de la Cruz
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Misericordia
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Dante Perez (Privately Published, 2013), 1 hour 11 mins
Anyone lulled by Khavn's strikingly accessible Mondomanila is in for a shock. The Filipino film beast punishes his audience here again, just like old times. The form is powerful and avant-gardist and the subject is self-chastising. Incessantly. Khavn’s red period.
This travel-shockumentary-vampire fiction could...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Dante Perez (Privately Published, 2013), 1 hour 11 mins
Description
Anyone lulled by Khavn's strikingly accessible Mondomanila is in for a shock. The Filipino film beast punishes his audience here again, just like old times. The form is powerful and avant-gardist and the subject is self-chastising. Incessantly. Khavn’s red period.
This travel-shockumentary-vampire fiction could well be a disguised ode to the Mondo films of Jacopetti, but with Khavn you never really know. Our guide is Kristo Vampiro, who admits...
Anyone lulled by Khavn's strikingly accessible Mondomanila is in for a shock. The Filipino film beast punishes his audience here again, just like old times. The form is powerful and avant-gardist and the subject is self-chastising. Incessantly. Khavn’s red period.
This travel-shockumentary-vampire fiction could well be a disguised ode to the Mondo films of Jacopetti, but with Khavn you never really know. Our guide is Kristo Vampiro, who admits in a voice-over that he is willing to go very far to quench his thirst for blood. The entirely blood-red images show the continual self-castigation of people in the street, juxtaposed with cock fights and acted crucifixions, complete with mouth-organ music.
According to Khavn, the film came about during a four-day tour of the Filipino archipelago which he gave an Italian friend. They stopped at the folk-&-roll bar Hobbit House, where all the waiters are dwarfs, and visited the Ringside brothel. They also stopped at several cock fights, which cost the losing gamblers a week’s income, but also made them believe that one good win could save them. Khavn also filmed the cemetery, 'maybe the only real utopia in Southeast Asia'.
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Date Written / Recorded
2013
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Dante Perez
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Dante Perez
Date Published / Released
2013, 2013-01-28
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Filipino people, Religious regalia, Cockfighting, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by Khavn de la Cruz
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Mondomanila
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; produced by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Timothy Mabalot, fl. 2007-2014, Kristine Kintana, fl. 2008-2014 and Marife Necesito, fl. 1996-2013 (Privately Published, 2012), 1 hour 12 mins
Mondo Cane is the legendary and cruel shockumentary by Gualtiero Jacopetti. Khavn sees his own Mondo in Manila. Jacopetti was an outsider; Khavn is a participant. The secret of Khavn is that he shows poverty and injustice in an almost cheerful way, making it even more awkward.
Life in the slums of large Third Wor...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; produced by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Timothy Mabalot, fl. 2007-2014, Kristine Kintana, fl. 2008-2014 and Marife Necesito, fl. 1996-2013 (Privately Published, 2012), 1 hour 12 mins
Description
Mondo Cane is the legendary and cruel shockumentary by Gualtiero Jacopetti. Khavn sees his own Mondo in Manila. Jacopetti was an outsider; Khavn is a participant. The secret of Khavn is that he shows poverty and injustice in an almost cheerful way, making it even more awkward.
Life in the slums of large Third World cities has been filmed in many different ways, but never before was a musical made about it. Khavn De La Cruz has been involved sinc...
Mondo Cane is the legendary and cruel shockumentary by Gualtiero Jacopetti. Khavn sees his own Mondo in Manila. Jacopetti was an outsider; Khavn is a participant. The secret of Khavn is that he shows poverty and injustice in an almost cheerful way, making it even more awkward.
Life in the slums of large Third World cities has been filmed in many different ways, but never before was a musical made about it. Khavn De La Cruz has been involved since 2003 with a unique celebration of the lives of losers in the ghettos of Manila, the Filipino capital. Characters like the teenager Tony D and his depraved friends. There’s Lovely Loanshark, the gambling addict, a slum milker who's always screaming. Sgt. Pepper is a policeman and (to his great dismay) the father of only daughters and a gay son. There’s Steve Banners, the old white pederast, and Ogo X, the misformed rapper. Mondomanila got support from HBF a long time ago and was finally made with mainly private money. The film shows a colourful, occasionally almost glamorous but also violent, rancid and perverse society in the gutter, in flashy, fast-cut scenes, with absurd dialogues and bizarre events. Khavn shakes up film styles to his heart's content: exuberant video clips, grubby film noir, hyper-realistic documentary and even slapstick - linked by an original story and rousing music.
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Date Written / Recorded
2012
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Timothy Mabalot, fl. 2007-2014, Kristine Kintana, fl. 2008-2014, Marife Necesito, fl. 1996-2013
Contributor
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Timothy Mabalot, fl. 2007-2014, Kristine Kintana, fl. 2008-2014, Marife Necesito, fl. 1996-2013
Date Published / Released
2010, 2012
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Filipino people, Youth, Slums, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 by Khavn de la Cruz
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The One and Only Concert of the Amazing Combo of Commander Kulas
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Alexie Tiron, fl. 2011-2011, Curly J., fl. 2011-2011 and Celino Caluag, fl. 2011-2011 (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 19 mins
During the night Kommander Kulas dreams that he is a giant cockroach. When he wakes up, he finds stitches on his chest: someone has stolen his heart during the sleep. With his best and only friend, the Poor Carabao, Kommander sets off for an adventure in search of his heart, passing through the long and unwinding...
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Alexie Tiron, fl. 2011-2011, Curly J., fl. 2011-2011 and Celino Caluag, fl. 2011-2011 (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 19 mins
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During the night Kommander Kulas dreams that he is a giant cockroach. When he wakes up, he finds stitches on his chest: someone has stolen his heart during the sleep. With his best and only friend, the Poor Carabao, Kommander sets off for an adventure in search of his heart, passing through the long and unwinding road of Kamias among the vast landscape of the Philippines, encountering mythogical and tarots figures. A balanced, even minimalistic w...
During the night Kommander Kulas dreams that he is a giant cockroach. When he wakes up, he finds stitches on his chest: someone has stolen his heart during the sleep. With his best and only friend, the Poor Carabao, Kommander sets off for an adventure in search of his heart, passing through the long and unwinding road of Kamias among the vast landscape of the Philippines, encountering mythogical and tarots figures. A balanced, even minimalistic work, far from usual rough language by Khavn De La Cruz, that underlines the link with Alejandro Jodorowsky, cult director from Chile, showing also the waste range of poetic of KHAVN.
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Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Alexie Tiron, fl. 2011-2011, Curly J., fl. 2011-2011, Celino Caluag, fl. 2011-2011
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Alexie Tiron, fl. 2011-2011, Curly J., fl. 2011-2011, Celino Caluag, fl. 2011-2011
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Romantic relationships
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011 Used by permission of Khavn De La Cruz.
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Philippine New Wave
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 13 mins
Not so much a documentary, nor a compendium of interviews, but an almost rarefied glimpse into a wholesale revolt from a rigid paradigm long upheld by the west as the only way to make a film. If you want to see how technology has democratized cinema, here is the tip of a massive iceberg.
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 13 mins
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Not so much a documentary, nor a compendium of interviews, but an almost rarefied glimpse into a wholesale revolt from a rigid paradigm long upheld by the west as the only way to make a film. If you want to see how technology has democratized cinema, here is the tip of a massive iceberg.
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Fijian people, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 Used by permission of Khavn De La Cruz.
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Son of God
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Ali Doron, fl. 2010 and Menk Cruzat, fl. 2008 (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 10 mins
Who is this dwarf called Son Of God? Mystic midget healer. Is he trickster or shaman? Freak or messiah? A film crew tracks his bizarre pilgrimage as magic and religion, faith and doubt, real and unreal blur and melt.
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-; performed by Ali Doron, fl. 2010 and Menk Cruzat, fl. 2008 (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 10 mins
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Who is this dwarf called Son Of God? Mystic midget healer. Is he trickster or shaman? Freak or messiah? A film crew tracks his bizarre pilgrimage as magic and religion, faith and doubt, real and unreal blur and melt.
Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Ali Doron, fl. 2010, Menk Cruzat, fl. 2008
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-, Ali Doron, fl. 2010, Menk Cruzat, fl. 2008
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Privately Published
Person Discussed
Ali Doron, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
Religious beliefs, Religious practices
Copyright Message
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This Is Not A Short Film
directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 38 mins
This Is Not A Short Film is a potpourri of seven short digital films by prolific Filipino director Khavn De La Cruz. Tin Can and Slippers, winner of the Special Mention Award Spazio Immagini at the 2005 Morbegno Film Festival in Italy, an ode to Piling, a young virtuoso of street soccer, has a surprise ending....
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directed by Khavn De La Cruz, 1973- (Philippines: Privately Published), 1 hour 38 mins
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This Is Not A Short Film is a potpourri of seven short digital films by prolific Filipino director Khavn De La Cruz. Tin Can and Slippers, winner of the Special Mention Award Spazio Immagini at the 2005 Morbegno Film Festival in Italy, an ode to Piling, a young virtuoso of street soccer, has a surprise ending. It was shown in Germany during the cultural celebrations surrounding the World Cup. A winning film at the Oberhausen Short Film Festi...
This Is Not A Short Film is a potpourri of seven short digital films by prolific Filipino director Khavn De La Cruz. Tin Can and Slippers, winner of the Special Mention Award Spazio Immagini at the 2005 Morbegno Film Festival in Italy, an ode to Piling, a young virtuoso of street soccer, has a surprise ending. It was shown in Germany during the cultural celebrations surrounding the World Cup. A winning film at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival, Rugby Boyz follows a band of young street kids who find pleasure not only in the title sport but also in diving into polluted waters, rapping at karaoke bars and sniffing paint thinner. Our Daily Bread shows a family that makes a living collecting garbage at the dump. Greaseman, which won the Tokyo Video Festival Excellence Award, uses a psychedelic style to show what happens when a homeless man and a yuppie loner collide. Two slapstick shorts, Small Ali and The Barong Brothers, combine cartoon violence and a Dadaist aesthetic. Mondo Manila, a free adaptation of an award-winning story by one of Khavn's frequent collaborators, Norman Wilwayco, is a cinematic version of the absurdist theater of cruelty, as a squatter poet takes his revenge on a privileged student. All seven of the films in this collection combine social consciousness, experimental visual style and, as background music that jumps out of the background, Khavn's own compositions.
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Date Written / Recorded
2010-06-28
Field of Study
Asian Studies
Content Type
Performance
Author / Creator
Khavn De La Cruz, 1973-
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Privately Published
Topic / Theme
Fijian people, African Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 Used by permission of Khavn De La Cruz.
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