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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".
7.3The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974
9.0José Rizal
1998
6.0A Movie Capital
1991

Cinemartyrs
2025
9.0I am Blushing
1981
7.5Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
1979
7.3Perfumed Nightmare
1979

First Light
2026
4.8Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010

Ode to Dreamers
2015

BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2017

Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015

Shaman Wars
1982

A Man Who Became Cinema
2018

Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011

Bulakna
2025

Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva

Lucid
2023
8.0Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1996