Inside the Industry: Poetry and ‘improper cinema’ with Khavn

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Fans of experimental and avant-garde cinema will be pleased to hear that select films from Filipino renaissance man Khavn de la Cruz are now playing on Upstream.

The retrospective includes 3 feature-length titles (Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember, Ruined Heart, Bamboo Dogs) and 3 short films (Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon, Rugby Boyz, and the short version of Ruined Heart).

For those who would like to get to know more about the mind behind the man, we interviewed Khavn on his decades-spanning career, as well as his philosophies as an artist. Hearing about his humble beginnings in poetry, one can better understand how a single person like Khavn was able to direct over 200 films and counting.

As the analogy suggests, the multi-hyphenate Khavn takes on a holistic approach to art, incorporating poetry and even music theory into his films.

In this episode, Khavn challenges the very notion of cinema – and even the labels of “arthouse” and the avant-garde – and explains why boundless creation is now possible with the advent of digital filmmaking.

You can now catch his retrospective on Upstream.

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