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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".
As director
Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag
Journey
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
Roofs of the World! Unite!
Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
Some More Rice
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
Holy Wood
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
Memories of Overdevelopment
Turumba
Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
Perfumed Nightmare
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
As actor
First Light
Bulakna
Cinemartyrs
Lucid
A Man Who Became Cinema
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
Ode to Dreamers
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
José Rizal
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
A Movie Capital
Shaman Wars
I am Blushing
Perfumed Nightmare
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva