Antony Hickling

Antony Hickling, director

Antony Hickling (born November 8, 1975) is an English Independent film maker, actor and writer.

Early and personal life

Antony Hickling was born in South Africa, Johannesburg. He grew up in the UK and trained as an actor at Manchester University (Arden School of Theatre). He went on to study for his master's degree then doctorate in Arts of the Stage at Paris 8 University France, under the direction of professor Claude Amey , his main focus on "Queer arts". After several years of study he left his doctorate unfinished in order to pursue a career in cinema. After training at CEFPF film school Paris he went on to direct films related to his research on Queer . His films have been screened in LGBTQ film festivals worldwide. Hickling's films are characterized by religious symbolism and explicit, sexual representations, often blending the boundaries between overesthetized surrealism and realism. He continues to work as an actor specializing in voice over and has provided voices in advertising, video games, cartoons and animation movies.

Selected filmography

Festivals

Films projected in the following international film festivals 2010-2017 : Festival of films Gays & Lesbien Paris, France FFGLP 2010, Gay et Lesbien film festival of Turin, Italy 2015, Festival Internacional de Cine Lésbico y Gai de Madrid, Spain 2013, Mix Brasil Festival of Sexual Diversity 2014, Porn Film Festival Berlin 2013 & 2014 Germany, Festival Désir..Désirs Tour, France 2013, The International Film Festival of Uruguay 2013, Iris Prize Wales, U.K. 2014, Kashish MIQFF Mumbai, India 2012, Durban Gay & Lesbian film festival S.Africa 2013, BFI Flare London, U.K 2013, TimiShorts Romania 2014, Cinemarge Bordeaux, France 2014 & 2015, Next Film festival Romania 2014, Queer Lisboa 2014 & 2013, Zinegoak Bilboa, Spain 2014 & 2015, TLV Fest Israel 2013, Merlinka festival, Serbia 2013, Cinepride Film festival, Nantes, France 2015, In&Out : 6e Festival Gay et Lesbien of Nice, France 2014, Écrans Mixtes, Lyon, France 2013, MIX Copenhagen 2014, Padova Pride Village, Italy 2014, Rio Festival of Gay Cinema 2015, Hannover Queer Film Festival, Germany 2016, Polychromes Nice-Marseille, France 2016, Queer Lisboa, Portugal 2016, L'Etrange Films Festival Forum des Images, Paris, France 2016, Chéries-Chéris 2016 MK2 Paris, France, Galerie Michèle Chomette, Paris, France 2017, Zinegoak Bilbao, Spain International LGBT Film Festival 2017, Thessaloniki International LGBTQ Film Festival (Cinema Museum of Thessaloniki Cinémathèque), Greece 2017, Festival Les Hérault du Cinéma et de la Télé, Le Cap d'Agde, France 2017, MIX Mexico Festival de Cine y Video 2017, Cine-Pride l'Association Homogène, le Mans, France 2017, CAC La Traverse, Centre d'art contemporain d'Alfortville, France 2017 , Festival cultural de diversidad sexual y género, Mexico 2017

Film Festival Jury & Conference

TGLFF- Torino Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Italy 2015
Timi Shorts- Timișoara, Romania 2015
Chéries-Chéris - Paris 2012
Round table discussion with Randal Kleiser, about the current state of contemporary LGBTQI cinéma for the Champs-Elysée Film Festival, Paris

Cinema Release

Little Gay Boy Oct 2015 Paris at Saint-André-des-Arts (cinéma)
Where Horses Go To Die Jan 2017 Paris at Saint-André-des-Arts (cinéma)

DVD

Little Gay Boy, 2013 Harmattan, France, Tongariro Films Poland 2013, Cinema Uno Mexico, Optimale France, Open Reel Italy
Boys On Film X, 2013 Pecadillo Pictures, UK
One Deep Breath, 2015 Optimale, France, Open Reel Italy, Cinema Uno Mexico
Par-Courts Gay 5, 2016 Optimale, France
Where Horses Go To Die 2017 Optimale, France

Awards and nominations

One Deep Breath Best experimental feature at Zinegoak film festival in Bilboa 2015
Holy Thursday (The Last supper) - Special mention from the Jury. Chéries-Chéris 2013
Special Mention for his work as a director at Rio FICG 2015 for Little Gay Boy & One Deep Breath
Nominated for "Queer Arts prize" for Queer Lisboa 2016 for Where Horses Go To Die
Nominated for "Best experimental feature" Zinegoak International LGBTQ Film Festival, Spain, 2017 for Where Horses Go To Die

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