Kalil Haddad

Known for Directing

Canada

Biography

Kalil Haddad is an experimental filmmaker based in Toronto. He has written, directed, and edited over a dozen short films.

Known For (4 credits)

1.0

Movie

Photo Booth

2022

Outraged by the latest bombing of Gaza, Palestinian queer activists Hamza and Walid recruit queer novelist Jean Genet to help them sabotage the Eurovision song contest in Jericho. Their method? Secure the collaboration of Buddy and Pedro, Toronto's famous gay penguins... The emergence of queer BDS (boycott, divestment, sanctions) as a dynamic Palestinian-led global movement is brought to vivid life through interviews and actions, opera and agitprop, protests and pranks. Recounting fifteen years of passionate activism in Toronto and worldwide, Photo Booth juxtaposes a surreal operatic narrative with documentary scenes that explore pride and pink-washing, gay soldiers and homo-nationalism, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, and the accelerating weaponization of anti-Semitism.

Movie

Vampires Drink Blood... I Drink Sorrow

2021

A love story at the end of time.

10.0

Movie

As I Sat in His Car...

2018

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

5.5

Movie

Late Night Delight

2017

In the dead of night, somewhere between a dream and reality, television programs explore the neglected realities of the past and present.