Nicky Larkin
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Writer/director living and working in Belfast.
Studied Fine Art in Galway and Chelsea College of Art, London.
Worked primarily as a video installation artist before moving into filmmaking.
His 2018 Northern Ireland Screen-funded documentary Becoming Cherrie told the story of Belfast's most-loved drag queen Cherrie Ontop, aka performer Matthew Cavan, and his struggle for acceptance living with HIV in conservative Northern Irish society.
Becoming Cherrie was nominated for ‘Best British Short’ in the Iris Prize in Cardiff, won 'Best Documentary' at the Oxford Short Film Festival 2020, ‘Best LGBT Short’ at the Bolton International Film Festival 2019, and screened at Dublin International Film Festival, Dinard Film Festival, Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, IndieCork, Docs Ireland, GAZE Film Festival, MixBrasil, Seoul Int. Pride Film Festival, Chicago Irish Film Festival, Irish Film Festival London, and at the Contemporary Irish Arts Centre Los Angeles.
In 2019 he directed Cherrie, Me & HIV, a BBC NI True North doc expanding on Matthew's story. Cherrie, Me & HIV was broadcast in November 2019, and is currently available on the BBC iPlayer.
In 2020 he completed his documentary Abomination, funded by Northern Ireland Screen, following The Belfast Ensemble as they created and staged their radical opera, using verbatim hate speech from the DUP.
In 2020 he wrote and directed the comedy short Gone Viral, starring Steve Blount, Abigail McGibbon and Peter Campion. Funded by Northern Ireland Screen and produced by Green Dragon Media, Gone Viral recently won 'Best UK Short' at the North London Comedy Festival, and is currently being developed into a comedy series.
Studied Fine Art in Galway and Chelsea College of Art, London.
Worked primarily as a video installation artist before moving into filmmaking.
His 2018 Northern Ireland Screen-funded documentary Becoming Cherrie told the story of Belfast's most-loved drag queen Cherrie Ontop, aka performer Matthew Cavan, and his struggle for acceptance living with HIV in conservative Northern Irish society.
Becoming Cherrie was nominated for ‘Best British Short’ in the Iris Prize in Cardiff, won 'Best Documentary' at the Oxford Short Film Festival 2020, ‘Best LGBT Short’ at the Bolton International Film Festival 2019, and screened at Dublin International Film Festival, Dinard Film Festival, Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, IndieCork, Docs Ireland, GAZE Film Festival, MixBrasil, Seoul Int. Pride Film Festival, Chicago Irish Film Festival, Irish Film Festival London, and at the Contemporary Irish Arts Centre Los Angeles.
In 2019 he directed Cherrie, Me & HIV, a BBC NI True North doc expanding on Matthew's story. Cherrie, Me & HIV was broadcast in November 2019, and is currently available on the BBC iPlayer.
In 2020 he completed his documentary Abomination, funded by Northern Ireland Screen, following The Belfast Ensemble as they created and staged their radical opera, using verbatim hate speech from the DUP.
In 2020 he wrote and directed the comedy short Gone Viral, starring Steve Blount, Abigail McGibbon and Peter Campion. Funded by Northern Ireland Screen and produced by Green Dragon Media, Gone Viral recently won 'Best UK Short' at the North London Comedy Festival, and is currently being developed into a comedy series.
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