Kidlat Tahimik

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".

  • Title: Kidlat Tahimik
  • Popularity: 6.13
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1942-10-03
  • Place of Birth: Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
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Kidlat Tahimik Movies

  • 1979
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    Perfumed Nightmare
    Perfumed Nightmare

    7.15 1979 HD

    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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Mang Fely

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  • 2011
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    Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
    Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism

    1 2011 HD

    A silent film by Jet Leyco.

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Khavn

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  • 2023
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    Lucid
    Lucid

    1 2023 HD

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

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kidlat Tahimik

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  • 1982
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    Shaman Wars
    Shaman Wars

    1 1982 HD

    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,...

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    Cast: Kidlat Tahimik

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  • 2018
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    A Man Who Became Cinema
    A Man Who Became Cinema

    1 2018 HD

    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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Masato Hara

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  • 1974
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    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
    The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

    7.4 1974 HD

    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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bruno S.

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  • 2015
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    Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
    Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III

    1 2015 HD

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

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Mitos Benitez

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  • 1991
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    A Movie Capital
    A Movie Capital

    6 1991 HD

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

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Shinsuke Ogawa

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  • 1998
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    José Rizal
    José Rizal

    9 1998 HD

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

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Cesar Montano

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

    1 2017 HD

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

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kidlat Tahimik

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  • 1996
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    Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
    Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi

    1 1996 HD

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

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kawayan de Guia

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  • 1981
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    I am Blushing
    I am Blushing

    1 1981 HD

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

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Bibi Andersson

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  • 2015
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    Ode to Dreamers
    Ode to Dreamers

    1 2015 HD

    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...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Mailes Kanapi

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

    4.8 2010 HD

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

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Adolfo Alix Jr.

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  • 1979
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    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?

    7 1979 HD

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

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kidlat Tahimik

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  • 1994
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    Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
    Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?

    5 1994 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1994
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    Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
    Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?

    5 1994 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1979
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    Perfumed Nightmare
    Perfumed Nightmare

    7.15 1979 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Mang Fely

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  • 1979
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    Perfumed Nightmare
    Perfumed Nightmare

    7.15 1979 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Mang Fely

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  • 1979
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    Perfumed Nightmare
    Perfumed Nightmare

    7.15 1979 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Mang Fely

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  • 1979
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    Perfumed Nightmare
    Perfumed Nightmare

    7.15 1979 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Mang Fely

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  • 1979
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    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?

    7 1979 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kidlat Tahimik

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  • 1979
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    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?

    7 1979 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kidlat Tahimik

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  • 1979
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    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?

    7 1979 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kidlat Tahimik

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  • 1979
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    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?

    7 1979 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kidlat Tahimik

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  • 1981
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    Turumba
    Turumba

    5.4 1981 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Homer Abiad

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  • 1994
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    Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
    Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?

    5 1994 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1979
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    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
    Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?

    7 1979 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kidlat Tahimik

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  • 1994
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    Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
    Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?

    5 1994 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1981
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    Turumba
    Turumba

    5.4 1981 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Homer Abiad

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  • 2015
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    Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
    Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III

    1 2015 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Mitos Benitez

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  • 1980
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    Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
    Yan Ki Made in Hongkong

    1 1980 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1980
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    Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
    Yan Ki Made in Hongkong

    1 1980 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1991
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    Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
    Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection

    1 1991 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2006
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    Roofs of the World! Unite!
    Roofs of the World! Unite!

    1 2006 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2006
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    Roofs of the World! Unite!
    Roofs of the World! Unite!

    1 2006 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2005
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    Some More Rice
    Some More Rice

    6 2005 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2005
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    Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
    Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras

    1 2005 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1991
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    Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
    Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection

    1 1991 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2005
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    Some More Rice
    Some More Rice

    6 2005 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2005
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    Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
    Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras

    1 2005 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1996
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    Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
    Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi

    1 1996 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kawayan de Guia

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  • 1996
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    Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
    Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi

    1 1996 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kawayan de Guia

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  • 1995
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    Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
    Celebrating the Year 2021, Today

    1 1995 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2003
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    Holy Wood
    Holy Wood

    1 2003 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1992
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    Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
    Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons

    1 1992 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1984
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    Memories of Overdevelopment
    Memories of Overdevelopment

    1 1984 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1984
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    Memories of Overdevelopment
    Memories of Overdevelopment

    1 1984 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1992
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    Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
    Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons

    1 1992 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2003
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    Holy Wood
    Holy Wood

    1 2003 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1995
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    Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
    Celebrating the Year 2021, Today

    1 1995 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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

    1 2017 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kidlat Tahimik

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  • 1996
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    Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
    Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi

    1 1996 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kawayan de Guia

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  • 2019
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    Journey
    Journey

    1 2019 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Joem Bascon

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  • 2006
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    Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
    Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik

    1 2006 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 1995
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    Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
    Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima

    1 1995 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast:

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  • 2020
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    Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag
    Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag

    1 2020 HD

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Kabunyan de Guia

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  • 1979
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    Perfumed Nightmare
    Perfumed Nightmare

    7.15 1979 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Mang Fely

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