Director
Trisha Ziff
Year
2011
Length
86’
Country of Production
México
Production
212 Berlin
Mallerich
Paco Poch Films
In collaboration with
Alicorn
FOPROCINE-México
Televisió de Catalunya
ICAA
Fundación Cultural Bancoimer-BBVA
Ibermedia
Producers
Eamon O’Farrill
Trisha Ziff
Paco Poch
Co-Producer
Victor Cavaller
Andrés Luque
Michael Nyman
Associate Producer
Ben Tarver
Cinematography
Claudio Rocha
Editor
Luis López
Paloma López Carrillo
Bernat Aragonés
Original Music
Michael Nyman
Gerard Pastor
Sound
Yuri Laguna
Amanda Villavieja
Distribution
212 Berlin Films
Artegios
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Festivals & Awards
- Premios Goya 2012
8 nominations:
Best Film
Best Documentary
Best Direction
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Music
Best Cinematography
Best Edition
Best Sound - Festival Internacional de Morelia 2011
- Festival de Cine de San Sebastián 2011
Section: Hecho en México - Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla 2011
Section: Historia(s) del Cine - Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2011
Section: Documentaries out of competition
Synopsis
The Mexican Suitcase directed by Trisha Ziff tells the story of the recovery of 4,500 negatives taken by renowned photographers, Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and David ‘Chim’ Seymour during the Spanish Civil War and recovered 70 years later, in a closet in Mexico City. Mexican Suitcase looks at the journey of these “lost” negatives from the war in Mexico, to the exile to France and to Mexico, where they remained safe for more than half a century. Mexican Suitcase also looks at the legacy of the war that Spain has only recently begun to address, after decades of repression and silence.