First Darkness

First Darkness
Experimental, reflective documentary, June 2010
HD Video
07:50 mins
"First Darkness is completely stunning. Utterly beautiful, completely absorbing, technically and lyrically brilliant. Bravo"
Jane Ray, Producer BBC Radio 4
In First Darkness Wyllie O Hagan recreates the journey of an artist reconnecting with life after her friend dies. The artist reflects that while in the midst of grief she continues to make art, painting and printmaking through a time of loss. The artist comes to realise that this loss is survivable, and that some of her most powerful work comes from a place of darkness.
First Darkness has been very successful on the International Film Festival circuit, screening in Competition and winning awards at Monaco International Film Festival, Asolo Art Film Festival in Italy, It's All True Documentary Film Festival in Rio and San Paolo, Brazil, and The London Short Film Festival.