ABOUT
KALIL HADDAD is an experimental filmmaker based in Toronto. He has written, directed, and edited over a dozen short films including: Tiger Eats a Baby (20), The Taking of Jordan (22), His Smell (23), and Victim of Circumstance (24). His films have screened at Kasseler Dokfest, Indie Memphis, Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Onion City Experimental, London Short Film Festival, and the Institute of Contemporary Arts.


FILMS AVAILABLE AT

The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre

Vtape


PRESS

Bleeding Edge - Toronto Star - Tone Glow

Cinema Year Zero - Counter Arts


SOCIALS

Email - Vimeo - Instagram - Twitter



VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE
2024 | 20:32 | Canada | English

Scott and Brandon meet in the 1980s at an orphanage. When Brandon sets off for California, Scott follows closely behind. A story told through the pages of an adult magazine.

Screenings:
  • Pleasure Dome x Bleeding Edge (Toronto, 2024)
  • Paradise Theatre (Toronto, 2025)

[currently screening  festivals]


THE BOY WAS FOUND UNHARMED
2024 | 2:32 | Canada | English

Jody remembers being eleven.

Screenings:
  • Electric Frog Press (Glasgow, 2024)
  • Pleasure Dome x Bleeding Edge (Toronto, 2024)

[currently screening  festivals]

MUSCLE MONSTERS
2023 | 4:39 | Canada | English

Advice, man to man. Part 1 of The Glue Trilogy.

Screenings:
  • Cinema Variety Hour (Toronto, 2023)
  • Millennium Film Workshop (Brooklyn, 2023)
  • Sun Pass Film Festival (Miami, 2024)
  • Pleasure Dome x Bleeding Edge (Toronto, 2024)
  • Kasseler Dokfest (Kassel, 2024)



PAUL AND EILEEN HAD FOUR CHILDREN
2023 | 11:51 | Canada | English

A remembrance of things past.

Screenings:
  • WNDX (Winnipeg, 2023)
  • Film Diary (NYC, 2024)
  • Fleapit (Halifax, 2024)
  • The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NYC, 2024)
  • Pebbles Underground (Digital, 2024)
  • Insomniac Film Festival (Toronto, 2024)
  • Ithaca Experimental Film Festival (Ithaca, 2025)

[currently screening  festivals]


HIS SMELL
2023 | 13:54 | Canada | English

Sebastian’s roommate is away for the weekend...

Screenings:
  • Fringe! (London, 2023)
  • Indie Memphis (Digital, 2023)
  • Festival CinemaZERO (Trento, 2023)
  • Saint Bimbo (Brooklyn, 2023)
  • Wicked Queer (Boston, 2024)
  • Millennium Film Workshop (Brooklyn, 2024)
  • Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (Montreal, 2024)
  • Pleasure Dome x Bleeding Edge (Toronto, 2024)
  • London Short Film Festival (London, 2025)

[currently screening  festivals]


THE TAKING OF JORDAN (ALL AMERICAN BOY)
2022 | 7:39 | Canada | English

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

Notable Screenings:
  • WNDX (Winnipeg, 2022)
  • Millennium Film Workshop (Brooklyn, 2022)
  • Onion City Experimental Film Festival (Chicago, 2023)
  • Wicked Queer (Boston, 2023)
  • Images Festival (Toronto, 2023)
  • Sohome Horror Pride (London, 2023)
  • Festival du Film de Fesses (Paris, 2023)
  • IFC Centre (NYC, 2023)
  • LesGaiCineMad (Madrid, 2023)
  • London Short Film Festival (London, 2024)
  • Spectacle Theater (Brooklyn, 2024)
  • Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, 2024)
  • The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NYC, 2024)
  • Pleasure Dome x Bleeding Edge (Toronto, 2024)

Exhibitions:
  • “Going Nowhere: Three Velocities” (Mexico City, 2022)
  • “Indexing Resistance: The Blood & Guts of Queer Protest in Canada” (Toronto, 2022)

Awards:
  • Jury Prize, Best of the Festival - Onion City Experimental Film Festival



VAMPIRES DRINK BLOOD... I DRINK SORROW
2021 | 5:43 | Canada | English

A love story at the end of time.

Screenings:
  • Bleeding Edge (Toronto,  2022)
  • Fleapit (Halifax, 2023)



THE BOYS OF SUMMER
2021 | 5:22 | Canada | English

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

Screenings:
  • Volvox Vault (Digital, 2021)
  • Fleapit (Halifax,  2023)
  • Millennium Film Workshop (Brooklyn, 2023)
  • Pleasure Dome x Bleeding Edge (Toronto, 2024)



HONEYPOT
2021 | 3:42 | Canada | English

Boys will be boys. Part 2 of The Glue Trilogy.
Screenings:
  • Volvox Vault (Digital, 2021)
  • Millennium Film Workshop (Brooklyn, 2023)
  • Pleasure Dome x Bleeding Edge (Toronto, 2024)



THE BEAUTIFUL ROOM IS EMPTY
2020 | 19:45 | Canada | English

Marie, a retired elementary school principle, must confront spaces both concrete and virtual, as she attempts to navigate the ghosts of her childhood.

Screenings:
  • Toronto Palestine Film Festival (Toronto, 2020)
  • Kasseler Dokfest (Kassel, 2022)
  • Reelout Queer Film Festival (Kingston, 2023)

Exhibitions:
  • “Four Works” (Toronto, 2020)




TIGER EATS A BABY
2020 | 23:01 | Canada | English

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

Screenings:
  • QFest Houston (Houston, 2020) 
  • The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NYC, 2024)
  • Cinema Variety Hour (Toronto, 2023)
  • Pleasure Dome x Bleeding Edge (Toronto, 2024)



FARM BOY
2019 | 17:17 | Canada | English

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

Screenings:
  • QFest Houston (Houston, TX 2019)
  • Toronto Queer Film Festival (Toronto, ON 2019)



AS I SAT IN HIS CAR...
2018 | 9:58 | Canada | English

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

Screenings:
  • Toronto Queer Film Festival (Toronto, 2018)
  • 8 BALL TV (Digital, 2019)
  • Future of Film Showcase (Toronto,, 2019)
  • Toronto Palestine Film Festival (Toronto, 2019)

Kalil Haddad, 2025