Kalil Haddad
Directing
Biography
Kalil Haddad is an experimental filmmaker based in Toronto. He has written, directed, and edited over a dozen short films.
Place of Birth: Canada
Known For
As I Sat in His Car...
Through a collage of found footage, reenactments, and digital manipulation, the intersection between queerness and age is explored through a reflection of youthful regrets.
Late Night Delight
In the dead of night, somewhere between a dream and reality, television programs explore the neglected realities of the past and present.
Photo Booth
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.
Vampires Drink Blood... I Drink Sorrow
A love story at the end of time.
Gangsterism
As he mulls over the budget for his new film, director-gangster Clem sends his artist cronies after an old comrade rumoured to be a leaker.
Filmography
as Ez
as Alex Trebek