
Directing
Kidlat Tahimik
Eric de Guia (born October 3, 1942 in Baguio City, Philippines), better known as Kidlat Tahimik (a Tagalog translation of "silent lightning"), is a film director, writer and actor whose films are commonly associated with the Third Cinemamovement through their critiques of neocolonialism. One of the most prominent names in the Filipino film industry, he has garnered various accolades locally and internationally, including a Plaridel honorarium for Independent Cinema. He is dubbed by fellow filmmakers and critics as the "Father of Philippine Independent Cinema".
Filmography

First Light
Film · 2026

Bulakna
Film · 2025

Cinemartyrs
Film · 2025

Lucid
Film · 2023

Tata Picks Up the Landscape
Film · 2023

Tata Cuts Down the Timescape
Film · 2023

A Man Who Became Cinema
Film · 2018

BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
Film · 2017

Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
Film · 2015

Ode to Dreamers
Film · 2015

Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
Film · 2011

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Film · 2010

José Rizal
Film · 1998

Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
Film · 1996

A Movie Capital
Film · 1991

Shaman Wars
Film · 1982

I am Blushing
Film · 1981

Perfumed Nightmare
Film · 1979

Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
Film · 1979

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Film · 1974

Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva
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