Big Fish (Original title)
Date: 1996 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirector: Zadoc Nava
Synopsis: A portrait of the director's father, José Nava, who in the early 1960s travelled from Mexico to England intending a short stay, but never went back. For 35 years he has worked in performance theatre and continued his passion for painting. The film is an impressionistic view of being a migrant in Britain, feeling "like a fish in the wrong pond", presenting a world in which the distinctions between memory, fantasy and reality have collapsed. It also explores the contradictory dynamic that exists between father and son, and fuses a personal trajectory with broader issues of identity, ethnicity and art.
Genre: Biopic
Subjects: Nava, José, Mexico, Migration, Great Britain, Performance artists, Theatre
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Releases
Date: 1996Country: United KingdomRelease type: Non-TheatricalFormat: U-Matic Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 25 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Arts Council Film and Video Library
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-908052
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Digital materials(1)
Description: MKVBFI identifier: N-5060688
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(2)
Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1470689
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-908052
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Date: 1996 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirector: Zadoc Nava
Synopsis: A portrait of the director's father, José Nava, who in the early 1960s travelled from Mexico to England intending a short stay, but never went back. For 35 years he has worked in performance theatre and continued his passion for painting. The film is an impressionistic view of being a migrant in Britain, feeling "like a fish in the wrong pond", presenting a world in which the distinctions between memory, fantasy and reality have collapsed. It also explores the contradictory dynamic that exists between father and son, and fuses a personal trajectory with broader issues of identity, ethnicity and art.
Genre: Biopic
Subjects: Nava, José, Mexico, Migration, Great Britain, Performance artists, Theatre
Series title:
Releases
Date: 1996Country: United KingdomRelease type: Non-TheatricalFormat: U-Matic Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 25 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Arts Council Film and Video Library
Credits
(13)
Production Company: Taylor McMillan Films, Production Company: Third Space Productions, Sponsor: Black Arts Video Project, Sponsor: Arts Council England, Sponsor: London Production Fund, Producer: Peter McMillan, Associate Producer: Jeremy Goold, Screenplay: Orson Nava, Screenplay: Zadoc Nava, Photography: Oliver Curtis, Editor: James Goold, Music: Javier Alvarez
Cast
(9)
José Nava, Emil Nava, Moises Galeano Nava, Joey Nava, Kasmyn Chen, Chelsea Williams, Victoria Kelly, Katie Lovegrove, Rosa MarcurFilm, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-908052
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Digital materials(1)
Description: MKVBFI identifier: N-5060688
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(2)
Description: Digital BetacamLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1470689
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Description: VHS cassetteLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-908052
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access