Kidlat Tahimik Movies

1995
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...
1995
Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
01995HD
A man plants trees around the world.
2006
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...
1992
Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
01992HD
Short film about the sons of the director.
1994
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
51994HD
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...
2005
Some More Rice
Some More Rice
62005HD
Essay film about rice farming and Kurosawa's Seven Samurai.
2011
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
02011HD
A silent film by Jet Leyco.
2015
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...
2006
Roofs of the World! Unite!
Roofs of the World! Unite!
02006HD
Experimental documentary about roof-making.
1991
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
01991HD
Documentary about the meaning of bamboo.
1984
Memories of Overdevelopment
Memories of Overdevelopment
01984HD
A philippine slave travels around the world. An early version of the story Tahimik used for Balikbayan.