Kalil Haddad

As 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.

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.

Through a collage of found footage, reenactments, and digital manipulation, the intersection between queerness and age is explored through a reflection of youthful regrets.

In the dead of night, somewhere between a dream and reality, television programs explore the neglected realities of the past and present.

A love story at the end of time.

Fifteen-year-old twins Liam and Kiki discuss the correlation between sexuality and self-confidence.

Sebastian’s roommate is away for the weekend.

Sebastian’s roommate is away for the weekend.

Scott 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.

Scott 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.

Across distant landscapes of the past, Farm Boy wanders through a phantasmagoria of yearning and regret— memories displaced in time.

Across distant landscapes of the past, Farm Boy wanders through a phantasmagoria of yearning and regret— memories displaced in time.

Through a collage of found footage, reenactments, and digital manipulation, the intersection between queerness and age is explored through a reflection of youthful regrets.

Through a collage of found footage, reenactments, and digital manipulation, the intersection between queerness and age is explored through a reflection of youthful regrets.

KALIL HADDAD x RYAN STEEL B2B VIDEO MIXTAPE. FEATURING TEN CLASSIC SHORTS, PLUS THE ALL-NEW COLLAB "BAND PRACTICE".

In the dead of night, somewhere between a dream and reality, television programs explore the neglected realities of the past and present.

In the dead of night, somewhere between a dream and reality, television programs explore the neglected realities of the past and present.

“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)

Advice, man to man. Part I of The Glue Trilogy.

“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)

Accompanied by his young cub, an orphaned stray roams industrial landscapes, longing for the return of his one true companion.

Accompanied by his young cub, an orphaned stray roams industrial landscapes, longing for the return of his one true companion.

A love story at the end of time.

A love story at the end of time.

Some fun in the sun. Part 3 of The Glue Trilogy.

Boys will be boys. Part 2 of The Glue Trilogy.

Jordan, an amateur adult performer, recalls the horror of his many former lives.

Jordan, an amateur adult performer, recalls the horror of his many former lives.

Jody remembers being eleven.