Saturday, October 25 (7pm)
HE NEVER DIES: FILMS OF KALIL HADDAD
Co-presented by Aurora Picture Show and the Big Queer Picture Show
Aurora Picture Show – 5601A Navigation Blvd.
$10 / Free for Aurora members

Aurora and the Big Queer Picture Show co-present a survey of films by queer Palestinian-Canadian filmmaker Kalil Haddad, with the artist in attendance. Haddad mines and remixes personal archives and vintage gay pornography to create transgressive, lo-fi ghost stories that examine the exploitation and violence within constructions of queer desire. In addition to Haddad’s earlier works, this selection includes the premiere of his newest film My Secret Boyfriend Died in a Mass Shooting (2025). The screening will be followed by a conversation between Kalil Haddad and Big Queer Picture Show’s Michael Robinson. Intended for mature audiences. 18+ only.


Image: Kalil Haddad, His Smell, 2023. Courtesy of the artist.