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Universidad ORT Uruguay Ramon Llull University produced the documentary “Giza, the Girl in the Suitcase”

February 3, 2014
Universidad ORT Uruguay the Blanquerna School of Communication at Ramon Llull University (Barcelona) produced the documentary “Giza, the Girl in the Suitcase.” The film was written and directed by Dr. David Serrano Blanquer, Full Professor at the Blanquerna School of Communication at Ramon Llull University and Founder and Director of CILEC (Center for Research on European Concentration Camp Literature). It premiered on February 2, 2014, at the “11th Punta del Este Jewish Film Festival.”

It tells the story of Giza Alterwajn, born in 1940 in the Warsaw Ghetto, from which she was smuggled out hidden in a suitcase before she turned one. She survived the war in the home of a Polish Christian family and, after the war ended, arrived in Uruguay with her biological aunt and uncle. After 65 years without contact, Giza and her adoptive sister, Danusia Galkowa, were reunited in Poland.

Uruguay Production Team:

- Production and Location Management: David Telias, Coordinator of Jewish Studies and Professor of Contemporary International History at the School of Administration and Social Sciences.
- Director of Photography: Martín Viarengo, B.A., Assistant Coordinator of the TV Studio and Professor of Film and TV Photography, Lighting and Camera, Production Workshop 3, and Audiovisual Media Photography at the School of Communication and Design.
- On-Set Sound: Gino Maiuri and Santiago Monteverdi, Radio and Sound Lab Assistants at the School of Communication and Design.
- Digi-loader: Santiago Albano, Assistant Coordinator of Post-production and Professor of the Digital Editing Workshop at the School of Communication and Design.

Production team in Spain:

- Director: Jaume Benet.
- Script Collaborator and Documentation Manager: Silvia Morón.
- Head of Music Composition and Production: Jaume Pedrós.