
Acting
Laith Khalifeh
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Laith Khalifeh is a Palestinian-American filmmaker, photographer, and actor based in New York City. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an emphasis in film. He has studied at the Second City Chicago and is currently training at the Lee Strasberg Theater & Film Institute.
Acting credits
NRA queer love story set during summertime in Brooklyn, NY. We meet Aurora, a 30 something graphic designer unhappy with where her life is - including the relationship with her boyfriend. We follow her to a picnic with her new crush: Sol, a 20 something programmer, and interactive artist, plus Sol's friends, a group of tech/art misfits. As the night unfolds Aurora finds and loses herself within Sol, becoming inebriated with the prospect of the kind of life she's dreamed of for herself, but hasn't achieved.
Aurora
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NROver two summers, between city streets and forest paths, young art student Adnan has a series of unexpected intimate encounters.
Drunken Noodles
2026
5.0Tells the autobiographical story of the director, Dylan Reid, testing positive for Huntington's Disease. The film follows Dylan as he discloses his diagnosis to his close friends but omits the information from his new girlfriend, Lizzie.
By the Grace of...
2021
Behind the camera
NRDaunted by obligation to his father, a young cuban cowboy spends his days dreaming of another life while toiling in the fields grazing his family's cows. One day while in town collecting his government food rations, he encounters his estranged sister and childhood friend, forcing them to confront long held resentments and decide which truths remain unspoken.
To See Myself I Close My Eyes
2024
NRDaunted by obligation to his father, a young cuban cowboy spends his days dreaming of another life while toiling in the fields grazing his family's cows. One day while in town collecting his government food rations, he encounters his estranged sister and childhood friend, forcing them to confront long held resentments and decide which truths remain unspoken.
To See Myself I Close My Eyes
2024