Kidlat Tahimik Movies

This is a Filipino omnibus film about three different journeys.

A young filmmaker is bent on recreating forgotten massacres from Philippine history, but when she begins shooting at a site where 1,000 men, women,...

Kidlat, a Filipino jeepney driver, is fascinated by the idea of the American space programme and by Western society as a whole. When he moves to...

An observation of post-colonial economic relations through the intersecting trajectories of two Filipino women: one preparing to leave her native...

An elderly nun witnesses a young construction worker's fatal accident, compelling her to question the ethical principles of the institution she has...

"I am blushing" - Swedish comedy about a film crew traveling to the Philippines to find environments for a movie.

The film follows Kaspar Hauser, who lived the first seventeen years of his life chained in a tiny cellar with only a toy horse to occupy his time,...

Accused of treason, Dr. Jose P. Rizal awaits trial and meets with his colonial government-appointed counsel, Luis Taviel de Andrade. The two build...

Kadu, a boy from Pakil, Laguna, experiences the dissolution of tradition as it gives way to capitalism in the form of Madame, a foreigner who...

A national artist delivers a powerful message urging us to embrace and celebrate our cultural heritage, highlighting its richness and greatness, and...

This film is a record of the first Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. It reflects the various ways the festival was given shape by...

Three powerful shamans fight it out in a series of bizarre encounters over an a-go-go dancer. Their final encounter ends disastrously for all three,...

Documentary profiling the directors involved in the loose Philippine New Wave filmmaking movement.

Kidlat Tahimik, a director and performer, sought to recreate relations between the body and filmed image seen through "Asian eyes." This...

Documentary about the working poor in Hongkong.

Masato Hara made his directorial debut in high school in 1968 and achieved a reputation as a young prodigy. Many years later, he continues to make...

Kidlat Tahimik’s son, Kabunyan de Guia, embarks on a journey from his hometown of Baguio to the southern urban city of Davao using an orange...

The film illustrates the philosophy of “giving back” to nature, and documents the pinugo, the unique system of sustainable land...

Inspired by a trip to Monument Valley and the Navajo Nation while en route to the Telluride Film Festival, Tahimik and his eldest son Kidlat Gottlieb...

Stuck in the German lands of “Yodelburg,” our hero Kidlat dreams of space and muses on humanity’s endless capacity for creativity,...