August 8, 3:00PMFinsbury Park Picturehouse
dir. Kalil Haddad & Ryan Steel
Canada, 2026, 62 mins
August 8, 5:30PM
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Staples of the independent Canadian scene, filmmakers Kalil Haddad and Ryan Steel present the UK premiere of their new shorts cycle You Sorta Know It's Gonna End. Conceived as a video mixtape, this hour-long compendium echoes the era of VHS rips, featuring ten classic shorts from both directors, alongside the new collaboration 'BAND PRACTICE'.
A bold new voice in queer experimental film, Kalil Haddad's global tour of his previous collection He Never Dies: The Films of Kalil Haddad established him as a provocator; reckoning with a fraught visual aesthetic which inhabits the burning edge of cultural danger and morality. He recently starred in Isiah Medina's 2025 feature, Gangsterism. Ryan Steel is a member of the Winnipeg Film Group, previously working with established voices of the Canadian avant-garde such as directors Guy Maddin (My Winnipeg, Rumours) and Grace Glowiki (Dead Lover). He brings to this work his notion of material, analog and DIY aesthetic - together, crafting You Sorta Know It's Gonna End as a tangle of nostalgia, masculine crisis and caustic youth.
This UK Premiere will be followed by a video Q&A with directors Kalil Haddad and Ryan Steel.
Curated by Electric Blue Cinema, and Lucy Peters.
