ABOUT
KALIL HADDAD is an experimental filmmaker based in Toronto. He has written, directed, and edited over a dozen short films including: 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 - Screenings


FILMS AVAILABLE AT

The Film-Makers’ Cooperative - CFMDC - Vtape


SOCIALS

Email - Vimeo - Instagram - Twitter



VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE
  • Pleasure Dome x Bleeding Edge (Toronto, 2024)
  • The Visitor Theatrical Premiere (Toronto, 2025)


THE BOY WAS FOUND UNHARMED
  • Electric Frog Press (Glasgow, 2024)
  • Pleasure Dome x Bleeding Edge (Toronto, 2024)
  • ZeroZero Films (Toronto, 2025)


MUSCLE MONSTERS
  • 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
  • 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)
Winner: Best in Show, Ithaca Experimental Film Festival


HIS SMELL
  • 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)


THE TAKING OF JORDAN (ALL AMERICAN BOY)
  • Cinema Variety Hour (Toronto, 2022)
  • Flickers (Brooklyn, 2022)
  • WNDX (Winnipeg, 2022)
  • EUREKA (Bogotá, 2022)
  • Millennium Film Workshop (Brooklyn, 2022)
  • Onion City Experimental Film Festival (Chicago, 2023)
  • Wicked Queer (Boston, 2023)
  • Saint Bimbo (Brooklyn, 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 Theatre (Brooklyn, 2024)
  • Le Sigh (Toronto/Digital, 2024)
  • Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, 2024)
  • The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (NYC, 2024)
  • Queer City Cinema Film Festival (Regina, 2024)
  • Pleasure Dome x Bleeding Edge (Toronto, 2024)
      Winner: Jury Prize - Best of the Festival, Onion City Experimental Film Festival


      VAMPIRES DRINK BLOOD...  I DRINK SORROW
      • Eyesore Cinema (Toronto, 2021)
      • Bleeding Edge (Toronto,  2022)
      • Fleapit (Halifax, 2023)


      THE BOYS OF SUMMER
      • Volvox Vault (Digital, 2021)
      • Fleapit (Halifax,  2023)
      • Millennium Film Workshop (Brooklyn, 2023)
      • Pleasure Dome x Bleeding Edge (Toronto, 2024)

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


      THE BEAUTIFUL ROOM IS EMPTY
      • Toronto Palestine Film Festival (Toronto, 2020)
      • Digital Arts Resource Centre (Ottawa, 2022)
      • Kasseler Dokfest (Kassel, 2022)
      • Reelout Queer Film Festival (Kingston, 2023)
      • VIVO Media Arts Centre (Vancouver, 2023)


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


      Kalil Haddad, 2025