My Brief Eternity.
WINNER BAFTA Cymru Awards 2016 Short Film Award
“A powerful testament to the enduring power of art and its ability to transcend the boundaries of mortality.”
My Brief Eternity documents the making of the last artistic work of Osi Rhys Osmond, one of Wales's most respected artists, authors, broadcasters and commentators on arts and culture.
The film explores Osi’s reflections on the power of art – its role and significance in his life, and its value in coping and living with cancer. It provides an intimate portrayal of the artist’s mindset, thoughts and feelings as he explores art as a prism for capturing life, and the creative process as a metaphor for living and dying.
My Brief Eternity was conceived, produced and directed by filmmaker Clare Sturges with the unfailing support of Katy Mahood at Maggie’s. It earned Clare her second BAFTA Cymru Award in 2016.
OFFICIAL SELECTION Commonwealth Stories on Screen: A Short Film Program – representing Wales at the Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast Australia, April 2018
WINNER Brian Hibbard Award for Best Welsh Short Cardiff Independent Film Festival 2017
LONGLISTED EE BAFTA British Short Film Award 2017
WINNER BAFTA Cymru Short Film Award 2016
LONGLISTED BIFA Best British Short Film 2016
NOMINATED Best Short Documentary London Short Film Festival 2016
NOMINATED Best Short Documentary UK Film Festival 2016
OFFICIAL SELECTION East End Film Festival 2016
OFFICIAL SELECTION Wales International Documentary Festival 2016
OFFICIAL SELECTION Amsterdam Lift-Off Festival Online 2016
OFFICIAL SELECTION Tokyo Lift-Off Festival Online 2016
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My Brief Eternity is a poignant way to share the work of Wales’s inspiring and much-loved artist Osi Rhys Osmond – an important public intellectual whose legacy has value for everyone.
I hope the film will help both people living with cancer and their families, and the wider public, to reflect on and explore the therapeutic value of art in making sense of the world and helping to cope with the physical and emotional demands of cancer.
Osi’s ‘Self Portrait’ is on permanent exhibition at the Maggie’s Centre in Velindre, Cardiff, opened by Camilla Parker Bowles, King’s Consort and Duchess of Cornwall, in 2019 (pictured with Osi’s wife Hilary and daughter Sara).
“This is a powerful film in which we see the artist, Osi Rhys Osmond, making a painting both delicate and delightful, while confronting his imminent death. It is very moving.”
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Producer | Director Clare Sturges
DOP Ryan Eddleston
Sound Recordist | Designer Nick Davies
Editor Chris MacGaughey
Colourist Rob Godwin
Studio: Firebug Studio, SullyWith the kind support of Katy Mahood at Maggies and Ian Walsh at University of Wales Trinity Saint David
