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Kalil Haddad is an experimental filmmaker based in Toronto. He has written, directed, and edited over a dozen short films including: Farm Boy (19), The Taking of Jordan (22), and His Smell (23). His work has screened internationally at festivals and gallery exhibitions in Europe, Latin America, and the United States; including Images Festival, Indie Memphis, Kasseler Dokfest, London Short Film Festival, and Onion City Experimental, where The Taking of Jordan was awarded a Jury Prize for Best of the Festival. Writing on his films have appeared in Tone Glow, Cinema Year Zero, and Counter Arts, among other publications.

As an editor, he has collaborated with John Greyson on International Dawn Chorus Day (21) and Sophy Romvari on Still Processing (20) and It’s What Each Person Needs (22). These latter works were released by The Criterion Channel and The New Yorker, respectively, while the former received the TEDDY Award for Best Short Film at the 71st Berlinale.

His work appears in the collections of The Film-Makers’ Cooperative, Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, and Vtape.

FARM BOY

2019  |  17:17  |  Digital

Starring HAYDEN GALLAGHER and CAIRNS NOLAN with EVE BLONDEAU, CHRIS GLEASON, SARAH HIME, EVERETT MAJOR, DAVID RICHARD, and JAMES SHEPPARD


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

Screenings:
  • QFest (Houston, 2019)
  • Toronto Queer FF (Toronto, 2019)



KALIL HADDAD, 2024