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Eternity

Year of completion: 1994
Content type: Documentary
Format: Short
Genre: History, Society
Duration: 56 minutes
Production Status: Completed

ETERNITY is a documentary on the life and influence of Arthur Stace who for 37 years walked the streets of Sydney and wrote on them. He wrote on cement, one word, in perfect copperplate: 'Eternity'. For over 20 years the public was mystified as to its origin. He would write this word over half a million times before his death in 1967.

Completion Year: 1994
Genres: History, Society
Format: Short
Production Status: Completed

Cast and Crew

Director

Lawrence Johnston

Writer

Lawrence Johnston

Producer

Susan MacKinnon

International Sales Contact

Susan MacKinnon

Cast

Les Foxcroft

Awards

1994 — Chicago International Film Festival – Silver Hugo

1995 — Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films – Best Documentary

1995 — Golden Gate Awards - San Francisco Film Society – Special Jury Award

1994 — Heartland Film Festival – Crystal Heart Award

1995 — IDA Awards Documentary Competition – IDA Award

1994 — Film Critics' Circle of Australia – Best Documentary

1994 — Australian Film Institute – Kodak Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - Dion Beebe

1994 — Melbourne International Film Festival – Kino Award

Screenings

1994 — Auckland Film Festival

1996 — Australian Film Week - Ireland

1994 — Chicago International Film Festival

1995 — Cologne Conference - Internationales Fernsehfest Koln

1995 — Golden Gate Awards - San Francisco Film Society

1994 — Hawaii International Film Festival

1994 — Heartland Film Festival

1995 — Montreal International Film Festival of New Cinema & Video

1996 — New Zealand Documentary Conference

1996 — Oz: Adventures in Australian Filmmaking

1995 — St Louis Film Festival

1995 — Strictly Oz - A History of Australian Film

1996 — Strictly Oz - A History of Australian Film - UCLA

1994 — Vancouver International Film Festival

1995 — Viennale International Film Festival Vienna

1995 — Walters Gallery

1994 — Wellington Film Festival

1995 — Cork International Film Festival

1995 — Hong Kong International Film Festival

1994 — Telluride Film Festival

1994 — Toronto International Film Festival

1997 — Melbourne International Film Festival

1996 — Melbourne International Film Festival

1995 — Melbourne International Film Festival

1994 — Melbourne International Film Festival

2019 — The Sydney Film Festival

Production Company

Vivid Pictures Pty Ltd