Kidlat Tahimik Movies

  • 1974
    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

    7.3391974HD

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

    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
  • 1979
    Perfumed Nightmare

    Perfumed Nightmare

    Perfumed Nightmare

    7.21979HD

    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...

    Perfumed Nightmare
  • 1998
    José Rizal

    José Rizal

    José Rizal

    91998HD

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

    José Rizal
  • 1995
    Celebrating the Year 2021, Today

    Celebrating the Year 2021, Today

    Celebrating the Year 2021, Today

    01995HD

    A man plants trees around the world.

    Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
  • 2010
    Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

    Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

    Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

    4.82010HD

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

    Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
  • 1979
    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?

    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?

    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?

    71979HD

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

    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
  • 2019
    Journey

    Journey

    Journey

    02019HD

    This is a Filipino omnibus film about three different journeys.

    Journey
  • 1991
    A Movie Capital

    A Movie Capital

    A Movie Capital

    61991HD

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

    A Movie Capital
  • 1981
    I am Blushing

    I am Blushing

    I am Blushing

    01981HD

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

    I am Blushing
  • 1981
    Turumba

    Turumba

    Turumba

    5.41981HD

    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...

    Turumba
  • 2011
    Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism

    Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism

    Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism

    02011HD

    A silent film by Jet Leyco.

    Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
  • 2006
    Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik

    Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik

    Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik

    02006HD

    Produced over 15 years for the JVC-sponsored Tokyo Video Festival, Tahimik’s Video Diaries offers a lovely set of accents to his longer 16mm...

    Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
  • 2015
    Ode to Dreamers

    Ode to Dreamers

    Ode to Dreamers

    02015HD

    A machine capable of recording ideas directly from the mind is invented, and an out-of-work comedian suffering from depression uses it to learn if he...

    Ode to Dreamers
  • 2018
    A Man Who Became Cinema

    A Man Who Became Cinema

    A Man Who Became Cinema

    02018HD

    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...

    A Man Who Became Cinema
  • 1982
    Shaman Wars

    Shaman Wars

    Shaman Wars

    01982HD

    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,...

    Shaman Wars
  • 2017
    BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI

    BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI

    BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI

    02017HD

    As the ultimate enfant terrible of Philippine cinema, avant-gardist Kidlat Tahimik refuses to settle on anything, whether it’s the telling of a...

    BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
  • 1995
    Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima

    Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima

    Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima

    01995HD

    An unexploded bomb that the Americans dropped in the Philippines in their war against the Japanese was found in a river. It was transformed into a...

    Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
  • 1996
    Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi

    Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi

    Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi

    01996HD

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

    Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
  • 2015
    Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III

    Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III

    Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III

    02015HD

    Magellan, the famous navigator, met his untimely death in the Philippines before he could circumnavigate the globe. Ironically, it was his slave and...

    Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
  • 2005
    Some More Rice

    Some More Rice

    Some More Rice

    62005HD

    Essay film about rice farming and Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.

    Some More Rice