ABOUT
Kalil Haddad is an experimental filmmaker based in Toronto. He has written, directed, and edited more than a dozen short films, including The Taking of Jordan (2022), His Smell (2023), Victim of Circumstance (2024), and My Secret Boyfriend Died in a Mass Shooting (2025).

His films have screened at Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Kasseler Dokfest, Fantasia, London Short Film Festival, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, and Onion City Experimental Film Festival, where The Taking of Jordan received the Jury Prize for Best of the Festival. His work has been featured in BOMB Magazine, Reverse Shot, Tone Glow, and Ultra Dogme.
He Never Dies, a touring showcase of collected works, launched in July 2025 at Spectacle Theater and Los Angeles Filmforum. His latest project, You Sorta Know It’s a Gonna End (2025), is a collaborative film mixtape with Ryan Steel.


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Films - Image Gallery - Other Credits

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NOTABLE SCREENINGS

Festivals & Showcases
Brunswick Underground Film Festival
Melbourne, 2025 & 2026
Fantasia International Film Festival
Montreal, 2025
Festival Cinema Zero
Trento, 2023
Festival du Film de FessesParis, 2023
Festival du Nouveau CinémaMontreal, 2024
Film Diary
NYC, 2024 & 2026
Fringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest London, 2023 & 2025
Halifax Independent Filmmakers FestivalHalifax, 2025 & 2026
Images FestivalToronto, 2023
Indie MemphisMemphis, 2023
Insomniac Film Festival
Toronto, 2024
Ithaca Experimental Film FestivalIthaca, 2025
Kasseler DokfestKassel, 2022 & 2024
LabocineDigital, 2026
Les Docs de Noirmoutier
Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, 2026
LesGaiCineMad
Madrid, 2023
London Short Film Festival
London, 2024 & 2025
Onion City Experimental Film Festival
Chicago, 2023
Pebbles Underground
Digital, 2024 & 2025
QFest
Houston, 2019 & 2020
Re:assemblage Collective
Toronto, 2026
SECS Fest
Seattle, 2025
Sohome Horror Pride
London, 2023 & 2025
United UnlimitedToronto, 2026
VIFF Centre
Vancouver, 2026
Wicked Queer
Boston, 2023 - 2026
Winnipeg Underground Film Festival
Winnipeg, 2025
WNDXWinnipeg, 2022 & 2023

Tours
You Sorta Know It’s Gonna End
Presented by Dave Barber Cinematheque [Winnipeg], Fleapit Cinema [Halifax], United Unlimited [Toronto], The Final Film Festival @ ICA [lONDON], 2025-2026
He Never Dies: The Films of Kalil Haddad
Presented by Spectacle Theater [Brookyln], LA Filmforum [Los Angeles], The Art Theatre [Long Beach], Metro Cinema [Edmonton], Nickel Cinema [London], Tone Glow [Chicago], FilmScene [Iowa City], The Frida Cinema [Santa Ana], Aurora Picture Show [Houston], Ultra Dogme [Digital], We Luv Video [Austin], Arkadin Cinema [St. Louis], Northwest Film Forum [Seattle], Spacy [Dallas], Crescent City Film Festival [New Orleans], Walpurgis Queer Horror Fest [Barcelona], Fleapit Cinema [Halifax], Ada Gallery [Richmond], Oklahoma Film Exchange [Oklahoma], 2025-2026

SOLO Showcases
A Collection of Shorts Films by Kalil Haddad
Presented by Enter the Videodrome & Pony Pit
Montreal, 2025
Late Night Confessions: The Films of Kalil Haddad
Presented by The Independent Picture House
Charlotte, 2025
I Drink Sorrow: The Films of Kalil Haddad
Presented by Static Vision & Brunswick Underground Film Festival
Melbourne, 2025
Victim of Circumstance and Other Films By Kalil Haddad
Presented by Pleasure Dome & Bleeding Edge
Toronto, 2024

Feature pairings
Paradise Theatre
The Taking of Jordan with Bruce LaBruce’s Hustler White
Toronto, 2026
Genesis Cinema
Victim of Circumstance with William E. Jones’ Finished
London, 2025
Paradise Theatre
Victim of Circumstance with Bruce LaBruce’s The Visitor
Toronto, 2025
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Taking of Jordan with Nate Wilson’s The All Golden
London, 2024
IFC Centre
The Taking of Jordan with Fred Halsted’s LA Plays Itself
NYC, 2023

EXHIBITIONS
Indexing Resistance: The Blood & Guts of Queer Protest in Canada
Presented by Archive/Counter-Archive
Toronto, 2022
Going Nowhere: Three Velocities
Presented by [ANTI]MATERIA
Mexico City, 2022
Four Works
Presented by Toronto Palestine Film Festival
Toronto, 2020

AWARDS
Best in Show, Paul and Eileen Had Four Children
Ithaca Experimental Film Festival, 2025
Best of the Festival, The Taking of Jordan (All American Boy)
Onion City Experimental Film Festival, 2023
Kalil Haddad, 2026