
Directing
Kalil Haddad
Place of birth
Canada
Known for
Directing
Credits
32 titles
Kalil Haddad is an experimental filmmaker based in Toronto. He has written, directed, and edited more than a dozen short films. His work has been featured in BOMB Magazine, Reverse Shot, Tone Glow, and Ultra Dogme.
Known for
10.0Through 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...
2018
NRFifteen-year-old twins Liam and Kiki discuss the correlation between sexuality and self-confidence.
Liam & Kiki
2017
8.0Jordan, an amateur adult performer, recalls the horror of his many former lives.
The Taking of Jordan (All American Boy)
2022
NRKALIL HADDAD x RYAN STEEL B2B VIDEO MIXTAPE. FEATURING TEN CLASSIC SHORTS, PLUS THE ALL-NEW COLLAB "BAND PRACTICE".
You Sorta Know It's Gonna End
2026
NRScott and Brandon meet at an orphanage in the 1980s. When Brandon sets off for California, Scott follows close behind. Their story lives in the margins of an adult magazine.
Victim of Circumstance
2024
NRAs he mulls over the budget for his new film, director-gangster Clem sends his artist cronies after an old comrade rumoured to be a leaker.
Gangsterism
2025
Film credits
2020s · 3 titles
NRAs he mulls over the budget for his new film, director-gangster Clem sends his artist cronies after an old comrade rumoured to be a leaker.
Gangsterism
2025
1.0Outraged 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
2022
NRA love story at the end of time.
Vampires Drink Blood... I Drink Sorrow
2021
2010s · 2 titles
10.0Through 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...
2018
4.0In the dead of night, somewhere between a dream and reality, television programs explore the neglected realities of the past and present.
Late Night Delight
2017
Behind the camera
10.0Through 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...
2018
10.0Through 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...
2018
NRFifteen-year-old twins Liam and Kiki discuss the correlation between sexuality and self-confidence.
Liam & Kiki
2017
8.0Jordan, an amateur adult performer, recalls the horror of his many former lives.
The Taking of Jordan (All American Boy)
2022
8.0Jordan, an amateur adult performer, recalls the horror of his many former lives.
The Taking of Jordan (All American Boy)
2022
NRKALIL HADDAD x RYAN STEEL B2B VIDEO MIXTAPE. FEATURING TEN CLASSIC SHORTS, PLUS THE ALL-NEW COLLAB "BAND PRACTICE".
You Sorta Know It's Gonna End
2026
NRScott and Brandon meet at an orphanage in the 1980s. When Brandon sets off for California, Scott follows close behind. Their story lives in the margins of an adult magazine.
Victim of Circumstance
2024
NRScott and Brandon meet at an orphanage in the 1980s. When Brandon sets off for California, Scott follows close behind. Their story lives in the margins of an adult magazine.
Victim of Circumstance
2024
4.0Across distant landscapes of the past, Farm Boy wanders through a phantasmagoria of yearning and regret— memories displaced in time.
Farm Boy
2019
4.0Across distant landscapes of the past, Farm Boy wanders through a phantasmagoria of yearning and regret— memories displaced in time.
Farm Boy
2019
NRA love story at the end of time.
Vampires Drink Blood... I Drink Sorrow
2021
NRA love story at the end of time.
Vampires Drink Blood... I Drink Sorrow
2021
4.0In the dead of night, somewhere between a dream and reality, television programs explore the neglected realities of the past and present.
Late Night Delight
2017
4.0In the dead of night, somewhere between a dream and reality, television programs explore the neglected realities of the past and present.
Late Night Delight
2017
NR"The latest iteration of his porno provocations, Haddad distorts still pornographic images of a young, gay duo, suggesting a tale of love ending in tragedy. The images capture a certain tenderness, hard core shots brought to life by romantic soundscapes." (Wilde Davis, Los Angeles Filmforum)
My Secret Boyfriend Died in a Mass Shooting
2025
NR"The latest iteration of his porno provocations, Haddad distorts still pornographic images of a young, gay duo, suggesting a tale of love ending in tragedy. The images capture a certain tenderness, hard core shots brought to life by romantic soundscapes." (Wilde Davis, Los Angeles Filmforum)
My Secret Boyfriend Died in a Mass Shooting
2025
4.0Advice, man to man.
Muscle Monsters
2023
10.0Accompanied by his young cub, an orphaned stray roams industrial landscapes, longing for the return of his one true companion.
Tiger Eats a Baby
2020
10.0Accompanied by his young cub, an orphaned stray roams industrial landscapes, longing for the return of his one true companion.
Tiger Eats a Baby
2020
NRJody remembers being eleven.
The Boy Was Found Unharmed
2024
6.5Boys will be boys.
Honeypot
2021
10.0“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
2020
NRSebastian’s roommate is away for the weekend.
His Smell
2023
NRSebastian’s roommate is away for the weekend.
His Smell
2023
NR“Kalil Haddad’s hypnotizing documentary chronicles decades of family history without the use of interviews or voiceover. The result is a haunting portrayal of the passage of time as slo-mo horror.” (Insomniac Film Festival)
Paul and Eileen Had Four Children
2023
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Dylan's Sleepover
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7.0Some fun in the sun.
The Boys of Summer
2021
