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, 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.




SITE INDEX

Films - Image Gallery - Other Credits

Press
- Notable Screenings
- Upcoming

OTHER CREDITS

Music Videos
Cootie Catcher: Gingham Dress
2025 | with Andrei Pora
Justice Der: Self Control
2019 | with Jan Marquez
Mark Pelli: You Changed Me
2018 | with Jan Marquez

ACTOR
Gangsterism
2025 | Dir. Isiah Medina
Photo Booth
2022
| Dir. John Greyson


EDITOR
What’s Yours is Mine
2025 | Dir. Haaris Qadri
It’s What Each Person Needs
2022 | Dir. Sophy Romvari

International Dawn Chorus Day
2021 | Dir. John Greyson
Still Processing
2020 | Dir. Sophy Romvari
Prurient
2020 | Dir. John Greyson



ADDITIONAL / ASSISTANT EDITOR
Matt & Mara
2024 | Dir. Kazik Radwanski

Photo Booth
2022 | Dir. John Greyson
The Maiden
2022 | Dir. Graham Foy
Anne at 13,000 ft.
2019 | Dir. Kazik Radwanski


Gangsterism (Isiah Medina, 2025)

Kalil Haddad, 2026