{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin","provider_url":"https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2025","author_name":"Aaron","author_url":"https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2025\/author\/aaron\/","title":"Opening Night Shorts - Poetics of Perspective - XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dntj3Bd7Kn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2025\/films\/opening-night-shorts-poetics-of-perspective\/\">Opening Night Shorts &#8211; Poetics of Perspective<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2025\/films\/opening-night-shorts-poetics-of-perspective\/embed\/#?secret=dntj3Bd7Kn\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Opening Night Shorts &#8211; Poetics of Perspective&#8221; &#8212; XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin\" data-secret=\"dntj3Bd7Kn\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2025\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Shorts1.gif","thumbnail_width":340,"thumbnail_height":255,"description":"We often cite the power of images, and our opening shorts are testament to this: their power to construct realities and shape our perceptions. From the struggle to find a place to live, and ultimately a place for oneself in a society, to the collective struggle of resistance\u2026 These shorts move from pretentious paradises to magical mysteries. In Soft Bwoi, the filmmaker invites queer Caribbean heritage to explore vulnerability. The desktop essay getty abortions takes us on a humorous journey through stock photo databases. Paradise Europe is a mockumentary about a migrant\u2019s struggle to find an apartment while his personal life falls apart, as does the city around him. Les Sports X-trem showcases the glitchy and seemingly video-game-inspired imaginary dating story of two trans men in a gym. The program ends with a futuristic narrative, If I\u00b4m Here, It Is By Mystery, which is all about the power of queer community in bending space and time."}