Kalil Haddad is an experimental filmmaker based in Toronto. He has written, directed, and edited over a dozen short films including: The Taking of Jordan (22), His Smell (23), and Victim of Circumstance (24). His films often explore themes of identity and desire, memory, and alienation.
“The work of Kalil Haddad is radical in form and provocation. He distorts lo-fi footage to flesh out material analyses of queer subjectivities. His work blends archival, experimental, documentary, and narrative elements that allow for a making and remaking of archival text. Seeking history as a ruin of resources, he unveils materialist truths concerning the connection between sexuality, gender, race, and class exploitation. Haddad revels in the radical possibilities of grainy schlock and lifts untold stories from the conditions of our desires.” -- Wilde Davis, Los Angeles Film Forum
“The work of Kalil Haddad is radical in form and provocation. He distorts lo-fi footage to flesh out material analyses of queer subjectivities. His work blends archival, experimental, documentary, and narrative elements that allow for a making and remaking of archival text. Seeking history as a ruin of resources, he unveils materialist truths concerning the connection between sexuality, gender, race, and class exploitation. Haddad revels in the radical possibilities of grainy schlock and lifts untold stories from the conditions of our desires.” -- Wilde Davis, Los Angeles Film Forum
UPCOMING SCREENINGS
“He Never Dies” tour
Spectacle Theatre
Brooklyn, July 18 [with Q&A]
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FilmForum
Los Angeles, July 27 [with Q&A]
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The Art Theatre
Long Beach, July 29 [with Q&A]
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Spectacle Theatre
Brooklyn, July 29
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Metro Cinema
Edmonton, July 31 [with Virtual Q&A]
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Festivals
“Victim of Circumstance”
Long Beach Underground Film Festival
Long Beach, July 19
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“Victim of Circumstance”
Fantasia International Film Festival
Montreal, August 3
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FILMOGRAPHY
Victim of Circumstance
2024 | 20:32 | English
The Boy Was Found Unharmed
2024 | 2:32 | English
Muscle Monsters
2023 | 4:39 | English
Paul and Eileen Had Four Children
2023 | 11:51 | English
His Smell
2023 | 13:54 | English
The Taking of Jordan (All American Boy)
2022 | 7:39 | English
Vampires Drink Blood... I Drink Sorrow
2021 | 5:43 | English
The Boys of Summer
2021 | 5:22 | English
Honeypot
2021 | 3:42 | English
The Beautiful Room is Empty
2020 | 19:45 | English
Tiger Eats a Baby
2020 | 23:01 | English
Farm Boy
2019 | 17:17 | English
As I Sat in His Car...
2018 | 9:54 | English
Liam & Kiki
2017 | 7:58 | English
Late Night Delight