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

Antony Hickling
Hickling in 2024
Born8 November 1975
Johannesbourg, South Africa
NationalityBritish French
Alma materArden School of Theatre, Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis
Occupation(s)Actor, director, writer

Biography

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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).

After working in the theatre in London for several years, he moved to Paris to study at the Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis. After obtaining his Master of Arts, he left his doctorate in Performing arts, unfinished to pursue a career in cinema.[1]

In 2012, he trained as a director at the European Center for Film Production (CEFPF) in Paris under the direction of the Belgian director Harry Cleven. He went on to direct films related to his research on Queer and his films have been screened at LGBTQ film festivals worldwide.[2][3] He continues to work as an actor and has lent his voice to many characters in animation for cinema, documentaries, video games and for major advertising brands around the world. He has worked as professor of stage & screen at the Cours Florent school in Paris since 2022.

He became a French citizen in 2018.

Films

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The early films of Hickling[4] are characterized by his underground film style and are rich in religious symbolism, metaphors and explicit sexual depictions. The Trilogy of films : Little Gay Boy, Where Horses Go To Die and Frig marks the end of what Hickling has called the first chapter. Both Frig and Little Gay Boy were forbidden in France for under - 18s by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, usually reserved for movies containing simulated sex or extreme violence.

In 2017, he founded the production company H&A Films, and with Down in Paris, he moves towards a more traditional narrative style. The film illustrates the beginning of a new phase in the director's work. His next film, An Afternoon with Patrick Sarfati, is an intimate documentary portrait of the French photographer.

Filmography

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Director

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Birth 1, 2 & 3 Director & Writer Three experimental shorts films - 25min
2012 Q.J Director & Writer Short film - 5min
2013 Little Gay Boy Director & Writer Experimental feature film - 72min
2014 One Deep Breath (film) Director & Writer Experimental feature film - 56min
2014 PD Director & Writer Experimental short film - 8min
2016 Where Horses Go To Die Director & Writer Feature film - 67min
2017 Loki Starfish: Eyes on the Highway Director Music video
2018 Frig Director & Writer Experimental feature film - 60min
2019 Queer I Director & Writer Experimental short film - 7min
2021 Down in Paris Director & Writer Feature film - 102 min
2023 An afternoon with Patrick Sarfati Director & Writer Documentary film - 75 min
2024 Ella [5] Director, Writer Benedict Wells Short film - 5O min

Actor

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 Love in the 21st Century with Colin Farrell [6] Kevin (Episode 6) TV series
2000 Where the Heart Is Indian Waiter TV series (1 episode)
2006 The Romantics The witness TV series
2006 Boom Boom Clap Stuart Short film
2007 Give & Take Danny Short film
2008 8th Wonderland Dany Film
2010 Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds Douglas Film
2010 All Hallows'een Hugh Travers Short film
2012 Worse The man Short film
2014 Love in Paris (Saison 6 des Mystères de l'amour) Neurologue French TV series
2014 The sky above Bastille (Le ciel au-dessus de Bastille) Derek Anger Experimental Film
2016 Eric et Quentin The American French TV Canal+
2021 The Butcher’s Daughter Sid Kharish Film
2021 The Biggest Fan Tony Williams Film
2021 Down in Paris Richard Barlow Film
2021 Black Box (2021 film) Collaborater Film
2022 Lupin (French TV series) Max Moller Serie Netflix
2023 Hard Skills Greg Film

Theatre

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Year Title Role Theatre Director
1995 Miss Julie with Amanda Donohoe Peasant Royal Exchange Manchester Braham Murray
1999 Skin Chris Manchester Helen Parry
1999 The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me [7] Monkey Polka Theatre Roman Stefanski
2000 A different place Able English Touring Theatre Erica Whyman
2000 The Winter's Tale [8] Florizel Southwark Playhouse Erica Whyman
2001 Unsuitable girls Ashok Pilot Theatre Kully Thiarai
2001 Death of a Salesman with Joseph Marcell [9] Bernard Leicester Haymarket Theatre Kully Thiarai
2002 Dolly West's Kitchen Jamie O'Brien Leicester Haymarket Theatre Paul Kerryson
2003 A man astray Douglas Soho Theatre Erica Whyman
2004 La question aux pieds nus Lui Théâtre Déjazet Jacques Clancy
2009 The Dumb Waiter Ben Monfort-Théâtre Lucille O'Flanagan
2009 Romeo and Juliet Romeo Monfort-Théâtre Daniel Soulier

Voice Over & Dubbing

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 The Lady BBC Journalist Film
2012 My Way (2012 film) Post production Voice Over Film
2014 Rapace Journalist French TV Film
2014 Misunderstood (2014 film) Ricky Film
2015 The Parisian Bitch, Princess of Hearts William Film
2018 Kursk (film) Post production voices Film
2018 Frig Narrator Film

Animation Movies

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Year Title Role Notes
2015 Mouk Voiced several characters Animation TV Series
2015 Long Way North Larson Film
2016 Louise by the Shore Tom the parachutist Film
2016 Ballerina (2016 film) Victor - reference voice Film
2017-2021 Cartoonito (French TV channel) Presenter TV Series

Documentary

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Year Title Production Notes
2015 Pansy - Les Pensées de Paul Canal+ France, Bangumi Productions TV
2017 The War of the Aces (La Guerre des As) ARTE France, Indigenes Productions TV Series
2018 Snake tracker (Traqueur de serpents) Planète+ TV Animal Documentary
2021 The Miracles of Jesus (Les Miracles de Jésus) Pernel Media TV
2022 Munich 72, des jeux et du sang - 2 Pernel Media, Arte TV
2022 Snapshot of History (Instantané d'Histoire) ECPAD, ZED, Arte TV
2022 China perseverance (Chine perseverance) Arte TV
2022 The Animal Factory (L'usine des Animaux) Arte TV
2023 Butterflies, superheroes of nature (Les Papillons, ces super-héros de la nature Version) Pernel Media, Arte TV
2023 The Mayas: from the mystery of their origins to the fall (Les Mayas : du mystère des origines à la chute) Pernel Media, Arte TV
2024 The Joan of Arc case (L'affaire Jeanne d'Arc) [10] Program33 TV
2024 Genius of builders (Génie des bâtisseurs) Pernel Media, Planète+ TV

Video Games

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Year Title Role Notes
2010 Heavy Rain [11] Gordi Kramer action-adventure video game
2012 Les Aventures de Tintin Voiced several characters action-adventure video game

Film Festival Focus, Jury & Conference

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  • Jury, Chéries-Chéris[12] Paris, France 2012
  • Jury, Serile Filmului Gay International Film Festival 2012, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
  • Member of the Board of Directors and programmer for the festival Chéries-Chéris, Paris, France, from 2013 to 2016.
  • Jury, TGLFF, Torino Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Italy 2015[13]
  • Jury & Focus, Timi Shorts- Timișoara, Romania 2015[14]
  • Round table discussion with Randal Kleiser, about the current state of contemporary LGBTQI cinéma for the Champs-Élysées Film Festival, Paris[15] Paris 2017
  • Focus on his work at BIG!ff – Bari International Gender film festival Italy 2018, sponsored by Apulia Film Commission Italy.[16][17]
  • 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 [GeSex#1] International colloquium on gender and sexuality perspectives in contemporary Francophone artistic-literary creation University of Valencia 2018[18]
  • Focus on his work at Queer Zagreb, Perforacije Festival Zagreb, Croatia 2019[19][20]
  • Jury, Sadique-master film festival, Paris 2019[21]
  • 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[22]
  • 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

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  • Down in Paris wins: Best Director, Queer international Film Festival, Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Nov 2022 [23]
  • Down in Paris wins: Best Director for a Feature Film (International), Yellowstone International Film Festival, New Delhi, India, October 2022 [24]
  • Antony Hickling for Down in Paris wins The Kim Renders Memorial Award for Outstanding Performance Reelout Queer Film Festival, Canada, Feb 2022[25]
  • 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[26]
  • 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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  1. ^ Hickling, Antony (2010). Contemporary Queer : La "Queer Theory" dans le domaine des arts de la scène (Thesis). Paris 8.
  2. ^ "Antony Hickling". Uni France.
  3. ^ "catalogue.bnf". BNF.
  4. ^ "Antony Hickling". IMDb.
  5. ^ "Ella" – via www.allocine.fr.
  6. ^ "Love in the 21st Century". 21 July 1999 – via IMDb.
  7. ^ Web, UK Theatre. "Archive for The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me at Polka Theatre for Children, London. 1999. [LONDON]". UK Theatre Web.
  8. ^ "Review of The Winter's Tale". www.cix.co.uk.
  9. ^ Web, UK Theatre. "Death of a Salesman (Play) archive [PLAY]". UK Theatre Web.
  10. ^ "L'affaire Jeanne d'Arc". 19 December 2023 – via IMDb.
  11. ^ "IMDB Heavy Rain". IMDb.
  12. ^ "JURY 2012". cheries-cheris.
  13. ^ "Antony Hickling – One Deep Breath #TGLFF30". Fred fm. 8 May 2015.
  14. ^ "Timişoara şi Clujul, gazdele unor festivaluri internaţionale". Cotidianul.
  15. ^ "Rencontre avec Randal Kleiser & table ronde sur la place du cinéma LGBT aujourd'hui". champselyseesfilmfestival.
  16. ^ "Gender Festival, al Cineporto Antony Hickling". Barilive.
  17. ^ "Il Bari International Gender Film Festival torna a Bari con un prezioso focus su Antony Hickling al Cineport 8 giugno 2018". Bari Today.
  18. ^ "Antony Hickling: "Naissance d´une trilogie queer"". You tube.
  19. ^ "AUTOBIOGRAFSKI FILMOVI ANTONYJA HICKLINGA". Jutarnji. 24 January 2019.
  20. ^ "Dva iznimna filmska ostvarenja na programu siječanjskog izdanja Queer MoMenti u kinu Europa". metro-portal.
  21. ^ "Jury". sadique-master. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  22. ^ Pessôa, Júlia (13 August 2019). "Artista queer comenta trilogia em cartaz em JF". Tribuna de Minas.
  23. ^ "Down in Paris (2021)". IMDb.
  24. ^ "Down in Paris (2021) - Awards - IMDb". IMDb.
  25. ^ "Winning films of ReelOut: The 23rd Reeout Queer Film Festival". 16 February 2022.
  26. ^ "Dos mujeres ganan los principales premios del Zinegoak por vez primera". Elpais.