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 individual forms. The work incorporates performance art, poetry and painting. The Trilogy of films : ''Little Gay Boy'', ''Where Horses Go To Die'' and '' Frig'' are of an autobiographical nature and ''Frig'' marks the end of what Hickling has called the first chapter.
With his next film ''Down in Paris'' he moves towards a more traditional narrative style and the film illustrates the beginning of a new phase in the directors work.

Selected filmography

Actor

*2021 ''Down in Paris'' by Antony Hickling
*2021 '' The Biggest Fan'' by Philippe Guillard
*2021 ''The Butcher’s Daughter'' by Christopher Thompson (actor)
*2016 ''Louise by the Shore'' by Jean-François Laguionie
*2015 '' Long Way North'' by Rémi Chayé
*2010 '' Heavy Rain'' by Quantic Dream
*2010 '' Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds'' by Luc Besson
*2008 '' 8th Wonderland'' by Nicolas Alberny & Jean Mach

Director

* ''An afternoon with Patrick Sarfati'' (documentary) (2023) (75min)
* ''Down in Paris'' (2021) (102min)
* '' Frig '' (2018) (60min)
* ''Where Horses Go To Die'' (2016) (67min)
* ''One Deep Breath'' (2014) (56min)
* ''Little Gay Boy'' (2013) (73min)

Film Festival Focus, Jury & Conference

*Jury, TGLFF, Torino Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Italy 2015
*Jury & Focus, Timi Shorts- Timișoara, Romania 2015
*Jury, Chéries-Chéris Paris, France 2012
*Jury, Serile Filmului Gay International Film Festival 2012, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
*Round table discussion with Randal Kleiser, about the current state of contemporary LGBTQI cinéma for the Champs-Élysées Film Festival, Paris Paris 2017
* Focus on his work at BIG!ff – Bari International Gender film festival Italy 2018, sponsored by Apulia Film Commission Italy.
* Focus on his work at Rio Festival de Gênero & Sexualidade no Cinema 2018
* Focus on his work at the festival cultural de diversidad sexual y género, Cuernavaca, Mexico 2018.
* Focus on his work at Chéries-Chéris MK2, Paris, France 2018
* Hybrida eSex#1International colloquium on gender and sexuality perspectives in contemporary Francophone artistic-literary creation University of Valencia 2018
* Focus on his work at Queer Zagreb, Perforacije Festival Zagreb, Croatia 2019
* Jury, Sadique-master film festival, Paris 2019
* Focus on his work at The IV DIGO – Goias Sexual diversity and gender international Film Festival, Brazil 2019.
* Focus on his work for Semana Rainbow, A Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Brasil 2019
* Carte Blanche for the 25th edition of L'Etrange Film Festival, Forum des Images, Paris, France 2019
* Retrospective & Masterclass at The International Queer Film Festival Merlinka or Merlinka festival, Belgrade, Serbia 2019
*Jury & Masterclass, Zinegoak, Bilbao International Film Festival (Basque Country) Spain, 2020
* Retrospective TLVFest, Tel Aviv's International LGBT Film Festival, Israel, Sept 2020.
*Jury, The International Queer Film Festival Merlinka or Merlinka festival, Belgrade, Serbia 2021
*Jury, image+nation culture queer Image+Nation, 35th Edition, Montreal, Canada, Nov 2022

Awards

* ''Down in Paris'' wins: ''Best Director'', Queer international Film Festival, Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Nov 2022
* ''Down in Paris'' wins: ''Best Director for a Feature Film (International)'', Yellowstone International Film Festival, New Delhi, India, October 2022
* Antony Hickling for ''Down in Paris'' wins The Kim Renders Memorial Award for Outstanding Performance Reelout Queer Film Festival, Canada, Feb 2022
* ''Down in Paris'' wins season award nomination for Best Feature Live Action Narrative , Manchester Lift-Off, UK, 2022
* ''Down in Paris'' obtained the Arthouse Recommendation from the French Association of Arthouse Cinemas on 24 Feb 2022.
* ''Down in Paris'' wins ''Best Narrative Feature'' for the 39th Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival OCT 2021
*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, Brazil, 2019
*''One Deep Breath'' – Best experimental feature at Zinegoak film festival in Bilboa, Spain, 2015
*Special Mention for his work as a director at Rio FICG, Brazil, 2015
*''Holy Thursday (The Last supper)'' – Special mention from the Jury. Chéries-Chéris, France, 2013

References

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Living people
LGBT film directors
English directors
English male film actors
English gay actors
1975 births
21st-century LGBT people