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Antony Hickling
Antony Hickling (born 8 November 1975) is an English Independent film maker, actor and writer. He became a French citizen in 2018. Biography Antony Hickling was born in South Africa, Johannesburg the son of an Indian father and English mother. At a young age he returned to the United Kingdom and the family settled in Greater Manchester where he trained as an actor at Manchester University (The Arden School of Theatre). He then moved to Paris, France and left his doctorate in '' Performing arts'' unfinished to pursue a career in cinema. He went on to direct films related to his research on Queer. His films have been screened at LGBTQ film festivals worldwide. He continues to work as an actor. Films Hickling's films are characterized by religious symbolism, metaphor and explicit sexual representations, often blending the boundaries between surrealism and realism. His style intertwines theatrical genres, freely crossing from drama to dance and transcending traditions of indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Gay Boy
''Little Gay Boy'' is a French film directed by Antony Hickling in 2013. It has been screened at LGBTQ film festivals around the world and had a cinema release in Paris, France 2013. Plot The film centers around a young man Jean-Christophe (J.C) played by Gaëtan Vettier. Born to a prostitute mother and an absent father, J-C. experiments with his sexuality and pushes the limits of his identity, until the day he finally meets this fantasized father. Between raw violence and phantasmagoric reveries, J-C. finds his own path and gradually free himself from the demons of the past. Cast * Gaëtan Vettier: J.C * Manuel Blanc: God * Amanda Dawson: Maria * Gala Besson: Angel Gabriel * Biño Sauitzvy: Danser Awards *The Trilogy (''Little Gay Boy, Where Horses Go To Die & Frig'') receives the ''Christian Petermann award for an innovative work. Controversial scenarios expressed through music, dance and daring'' at the IV DIGO – Goias Sexual diversity and gender international Film Festival, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Butcher’s Daughter
''The Butcher Daughter '' (french: Tendre et saignant) is a French film directed by Christopher Thompson (actor) in 2021. It had a cinema release in France the 18 January 2022. Plot On the death of her father, Charly Fleury inherits the family butcher's shop. Editor-in-chief of a fashion magazine, she prefers to sell the business as soon as possible. Martial, her father's former assistant manager, decides to fight to recover the butcher's shop. While everything opposes them, Charly and Martial will have to learn live together. Cast * Géraldine Pailhas : Charly Fleury * Arnaud Ducret : Martial Toussaint * Alison Wheeler : Carole Katayan * Stéphane De Groodt : Miguel Amestoy * Jean-François Stévenin : Jacques Fleury * Antoine Gouy : Yves de la Closerie * Élisa Ruschke : Julia * Anne Le Ny : Madame Keller * Antony Hickling Antony Hickling (born 8 November 1975) is an English Independent film maker, actor and writer. He became a French citizen in 2018. Biography Antony Hic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randal Kleiser
John Randal Kleiser (born July 20, 1946) is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter and actor, best known for directing the 1978 musical romantic-comedy film '' Grease''. Biography John Randal Kleiser was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, the son of Harriet Kelly ( Means) and Dr. John Raymond Kleiser. He has two brothers. Kleiser attended Radnor High School. As a freshman at the University of Southern California, he appeared in George Lucas' student film ''Freiheit''. (Kleiser also lived in the house that Lucas was renting at the time.) Kleiser graduated in 1968. His award-winning Master's thesis film ''Peege'' launched his career and was selected for preservation by the United States Library of Congress National Film Registry in 2007. Kleiser directed several television movies in the mid-1970s, including '' Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway'' (1975) and ''The Boy in the Plastic Bubble'' (1975), which starred John Travolta. Kleiser was tapped to direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chéries-Chéris
Chéries-Chéris (Festival du Film Lesbien, Gay, Bi, Trans & ++++ de Paris) is an annual international LGBT film festival held in Paris in October or November. Original titled "Festival of Gays and Lesbians of Paris", it was founded in 1994 by Yann Beauvais, Philip Brooks, Élisabeth Lebovici, and Nathalie Magnan. The festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture and the Direction régionale des affaires culturelles of Île-de-France. From 2006 to 2009, the Canal + Short Film Award was announced. In 2010, the prize was extended to the Grand Prix, Prix d'Interpretation, Grand Prix Chéries du film documentaire, Pink TV for Documentary Prize, the Grand Prix of the Festival and the Pink TV for Short Film and a Special Mention award. Grand prix * 2010 — '' Uncle David'' (directors: David Hoyle, Gary Reich, and Mike Nicholls) * 2011 — ''Romeos'' (director: Sabine Bernardi) * 2012 — '' Facing Mirrors'' (director: Negar Azarbayjani) * 2013 — ''Noor'' (directors: Guilla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Deep Breath (film)
''One Deep Breath'' is a French experimental film directed by Antony Hickling in 2014. Plot The film follows Maël (Manuel Blanc), traumatized by the suicide of his lover. Cast * Manuel Blanc: Maël * Thomas Laroppe: Adam * Stéphanie Michelini Stéphanie Michelini is a French actress. Career She debuted in 2004, playing the leading role in the film '' Wild Side'', directed by Sébastien Lifshitz. (in French) For this role, she won the for Best Actress. (in French) She is the one o ...: Patricia Kerouac * André Schneider: Adrien * Biño Sauitzvy: Death * Magali Gaudou: Life Awards * ''One Deep Breath'' – Best experimental feature at Zinegoak film festival in Bilboa, Spain, 2015 References External links * 2014 films 2014 LGBT-related films Films set in Paris French LGBT-related films 2000s French films 2010s French films {{2000s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Afternoon With Patrick Sarfati
An, AN, aN, or an may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Airlinair (IATA airline code AN) * Alleanza Nazionale, a former political party in Italy * AnimeNEXT, an annual anime convention located in New Jersey * Anime North, a Canadian anime convention * Ansett Australia, a major Australian airline group that is now defunct (IATA designator AN) * Apalachicola Northern Railroad (reporting mark AN) 1903–2002 ** AN Railway, a successor company, 2002– * Aryan Nations, a white supremacist religious organization * Australian National Railways Commission, an Australian rail operator from 1975 until 1987 * Antonov, a Ukrainian (formerly Soviet) aircraft manufacturing and services company, as a model prefix Entertainment and media * Antv, an Indonesian television network * ''Astronomische Nachrichten'', or ''Astronomical Notes'', an international astronomy journal * ''Avisa Nordland'', a Norwegian newspaper * ''Sweet Bean'' (あん), a 2015 Japanese film also known as ''An'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
8th Wonderland
''8th Wonderland'' is a 2008 French drama film directed by and . Plot It tells the story of the first virtual state that a globally composed collective of hundreds of people founded on the Internet. They want to counteract the mere words of politics. Every week the citizens of the 8th Wonderland vote on the next actions, for example the Vatican is decorated with condom machines, a Darwin Bible is printed in large numbers, an atomic deal between Russia and Iran is prevented by very deliberate mistranslation and football professionals worth millions are sold in a Chinese sweatshop shipped to the handmade mass shoe production. With their radicalizing actions, the web revolutionaries are shaking not only the international media, but also the western secret services. When John McClane, an impostor, claims to be the founder and head of the 8th Wonderland and exploits its popularity for commercials, the Internet partisans must act if they want to save face. They bring down a multinatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luc Besson
Luc Paul Maurice Besson (; born 18 March 1959) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed or produced the films '' Subway'' (1985), ''The Big Blue'' (1988), and '' La Femme Nikita'' (1990). Besson is associated with the '' Cinéma du look'' film movement. He has been nominated for a César Award for Best Director and Best Picture for his films '' Léon: The Professional'' (1994) and the English-language '' The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'' (1999). He won Best Director and Best French Director for his sci-fi action film ''The Fifth Element'' (1997). He wrote and directed the 2014 sci-fi action film ''Lucy'' and the 2017 space opera film ''Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets''. Near the beginning of his career, in 1980 he founded his own production company, Les Films du Loup, later renamed as Les Films du Dauphin. These were superseded in 2000 when he co-founded EuropaCorp with his longtime collaborator . As writer, director, or producer, Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The War Of The Two Worlds
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quantic Dream
Quantic Dream SA is a French video game developer and publisher based in Paris. Founded in May 1997, Quantic Dream has developed five video games: ''The Nomad Soul'' (1999), ''Fahrenheit'' (2005), ''Heavy Rain'' (2010), '' Beyond: Two Souls'' (2013), and '' Detroit: Become Human'' (2018). The company is known for promoting interactive storytelling, with founder David Cage as the primary creative force. The studio was acquired by NetEase in August 2022 to act as its first European studio. History David Cage, after fifteen years as a composer, started writing the concept and story of ''The Nomad Soul'' in 1994. He sent the script to contacts he had acquired during his time making music, who noted that it was not technically feasible. To prove them wrong, Cage hired a team of friends and made an office out of a sound booth, with a financial deadline of six months to come up with a game engine and prototype. In the final week, Cage travelled to London and met with publisher E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Rain
''Heavy Rain'' is a 2010 adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game features four protagonists involved with the mystery of the Origami Killer, a serial murderer who uses extended periods of rainfall to drown his victims. The player interacts with the game by performing actions highlighted on screen related to motions on the controller, and in some cases, performing a series of quick time events. The player's decisions and actions during the game affect the narrative. Game developer David Cage wrote the 2,000-page script, acted as director for the four years of development, travelled to Philadelphia to research the setting, and intended to improve upon what was flawed in his 2005 game ''Fahrenheit''. Composer Normand Corbeil wrote the score, which was recorded at Abbey Road Studios. The game was released for PlayStation 3 in February 2010, PlayStation 4 in 2016, and Windows in 2019. ''Heavy Rain'' was a critical and comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Way North
''Long Way North'' (french: Tout en haut du monde, lit=At the very top of the world) is a 2015 French-Danish animated film directed by Rémi Chayé. The film premiered at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award. Plot In 19th-century Saint Petersburg, a young girl named Sasha watches as her beloved grandfather – a noted explorer named Oloukine – departs upon a voyage to reach the North Pole on board the ''Davaï'', a specially designed icebreaker built to withstand the harsh arctic conditions and paid for by the Tsar of Russia. After years without word from the vessel, the Tsar declares a reward of 1 million rubles for proof of the ''Davaï''s final resting place, effectively declaring the vessel sunk with all hands. Sasha, now 15 and about to host her debutante ball, sneaks into a newly built library wing to be named for her grandfather in order to view the many artifacts he had donated, but while there, she overhears a conversation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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