Khavn De La Cruz (also known as KHAVN) is a Filipino

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and

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. He is the founder and festival director of MOV International Film, Music and Literature Festival. Considered the father of Philippine digital filmmaking, Khavn has made 47 features and 112 short films since 1994. His 46th feature, ''Ruined Heart'', is lensed by

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and features

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. It premiered in official competition at the 27th

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Works

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Ultraviolins ''Ultraviolins'' is a collection of 14 short stories by Khavn, first published by the University of the Philippines Press in 2008 and subsequently by the University of Hawaii Press in 2009. It is his first book of fiction. On the book's cover, ...

'', a collection of 14 short stories (2008)

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* 1970 births Living people Filipino film directors People from Quezon City Postmodern writers {{Philippines-film-director-stub