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Big Fish (Original title)
Date: 1996 (Copyright)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: 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 Marcur
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