Kalil Haddad

Historia

Kalil Haddad is an experimental filmmaker and video artist based in Toronto.

Películas

Paul and Eileen Had Four Children
Director
His Smell
Writer
Sebastian’s roommate is away for the weekend.
His Smell
Editor
Sebastian’s roommate is away for the weekend.
His Smell
Director
Sebastian’s roommate is away for the weekend.
Photo Booth
Additional Editing
Outraged by the latest bombing of Gaza, Palestinian queer activists Hamza and Walid recruit queer novelist Jean Genet to help them sabotage the Eurovision song contest in Jericho. Their method? Secure the collaboration of Buddy and Pedro, Toronto's famous gay penguins... The emergence of queer BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions) as a dynamic Palestinian-led global movement is brought to vivid life through interviews and actions, opera and agitprop, protests and pranks. Recounting fifteen years of passionate activism in Toronto and worldwide, Photo Booth juxtaposes a surreal operatic narrative with documentary scenes that explore pride and pink-washing, gay soldiers and homo-nationalism, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, and the accelerating weaponization of anti-Semitism.
Photo Booth
Alex Trebek
Outraged by the latest bombing of Gaza, Palestinian queer activists Hamza and Walid recruit queer novelist Jean Genet to help them sabotage the Eurovision song contest in Jericho. Their method? Secure the collaboration of Buddy and Pedro, Toronto's famous gay penguins... The emergence of queer BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions) as a dynamic Palestinian-led global movement is brought to vivid life through interviews and actions, opera and agitprop, protests and pranks. Recounting fifteen years of passionate activism in Toronto and worldwide, Photo Booth juxtaposes a surreal operatic narrative with documentary scenes that explore pride and pink-washing, gay soldiers and homo-nationalism, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, and the accelerating weaponization of anti-Semitism.
It's What Each Person Needs
Post Producer
A portrait of a young woman providing companionship for juxtaposing demographics.
It's What Each Person Needs
Editor
A portrait of a young woman providing companionship for juxtaposing demographics.
The Maiden
Assistant Editor
In Calgary, Alberta, a teen who’s mourning the loss of his best friend walks through the forest. There, he comes across the diary of a classmate, a girl who’d been briefly involved with his friend before mysteriously disappearing.
The Taking of Jordan (All American Boy)
Editor
Jordan, an amateur adult performer, recalls the horror of his many former lives.
The Taking of Jordan (All American Boy)
Writer
Jordan, an amateur adult performer, recalls the horror of his many former lives.
The Taking of Jordan (All American Boy)
Director
Jordan, an amateur adult performer, recalls the horror of his many former lives.
Vampires Drink Blood... I Drink Sorrow
Writer
A love story at the end of time.
Vampires Drink Blood... I Drink Sorrow
A love story at the end of time.
Vampires Drink Blood... I Drink Sorrow
Editor
A love story at the end of time.
Vampires Drink Blood... I Drink Sorrow
Director
A love story at the end of time.
The Boys of Summer
Director
Some fun in the sun.
Anne at 13,000 Feet.
Assistant Editor
Anne está a punto de cumplir los 30 años y trabaja en una guardería en el centro de Toronto. Los niños la adoran, tiene su propio apartamento y se siente libre realizando paracaidismo. La gente que la rodea se da cuenta, pero nadie se atreve a diagnosticar cuál es su problema. La tensión aumenta a medida que su comportamiento se torna más errático. Son los nervios que produce una mujer bajo la influencia de algo. Pero, ¿de qué exactamente? La sensación es desagradable a la vez que extrañamente vivificante; algo similar al vacío que se forma en nuestro estómago cuando un avión se eleva y sabes que vas a tener que saltar por él desde las alturas.
Still Processing
Editor
A box of stunning family photos awakens grief and lost memories as they are viewed for the first time on camera.
International Dawn Chorus Day
Editor
Birds from six continents on a zoom call gossip about the deaths of Egyptian filmmaker Shady Habash and Egyptian queer activist Sarah Hegazi.
Honeypot
Director
Boys will be boys.
The Beautiful Room is Empty
Editor
“Haddad’s The Beautiful Room is Empty explores the loaded memories of space through his aunt, Marie, (re)visiting her childhood home and recalling the abuse she endured there. […] What have the walls been listening to? What have they absorbed, retained, and released upon a return, a farewell?” - Sarah Sarofim, Canadian Art
The Beautiful Room is Empty
Director
“Haddad’s The Beautiful Room is Empty explores the loaded memories of space through his aunt, Marie, (re)visiting her childhood home and recalling the abuse she endured there. […] What have the walls been listening to? What have they absorbed, retained, and released upon a return, a farewell?” - Sarah Sarofim, Canadian Art
Tiger Eats a Baby
Writer
Accompanied by his young cub, an orphaned stray roams industrial landscapes, longing for the return of his one true companion.
Tiger Eats a Baby
Editor
Accompanied by his young cub, an orphaned stray roams industrial landscapes, longing for the return of his one true companion.
Tiger Eats a Baby
Director
Accompanied by his young cub, an orphaned stray roams industrial landscapes, longing for the return of his one true companion.
Blue Movie
Director
Requiem for lost identities, as two become one.
Prurient
Editor
A poem about sex work in the age of COVID to the music of Handel. Let me weep over my cruel fate, and let me sigh for liberty.
Farm Boy
Writer
Across distant landscapes of the past, Farm Boy wanders through a phantasmagoria of yearning and regret— memories displaced in time.
Farm Boy
Co-Editor
Across distant landscapes of the past, Farm Boy wanders through a phantasmagoria of yearning and regret— memories displaced in time.
Farm Boy
Director
Across distant landscapes of the past, Farm Boy wanders through a phantasmagoria of yearning and regret— memories displaced in time.
As I Sat in His Car...
Writer
Through a collage of found footage, reenactments, and digital manipulation, the intersection between queerness and age is explored through a reflection of youthful regrets.
As I Sat in His Car...
Co-Editor
Through a collage of found footage, reenactments, and digital manipulation, the intersection between queerness and age is explored through a reflection of youthful regrets.
As I Sat in His Car...
Through a collage of found footage, reenactments, and digital manipulation, the intersection between queerness and age is explored through a reflection of youthful regrets.
As I Sat in His Car...
Director
Through a collage of found footage, reenactments, and digital manipulation, the intersection between queerness and age is explored through a reflection of youthful regrets.
Liam & Kiki
Director
Fifteen-year-old twins Liam and Kiki discuss the correlation between sexuality and self-confidence.
Late Night Delight
Writer
In the dead of night, somewhere between a dream and reality, television programs explore the neglected realities of the past and present.
Late Night Delight
In the dead of night, somewhere between a dream and reality, television programs explore the neglected realities of the past and present.
Late Night Delight
Director
In the dead of night, somewhere between a dream and reality, television programs explore the neglected realities of the past and present.