{"id":13849,"date":"2026-04-17T18:57:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xposed-demo.hasans.de\/pol-merchan\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:51:00","slug":"pol-merchan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2026\/pol-merchan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pol Merchan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13849\" class=\"elementor elementor-13849\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74fb5de7 e-flex e-con-boxed qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"74fb5de7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6494f33f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6494f33f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26d825f e-flex e-con-boxed qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"26d825f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ca9dac e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4ca9dac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;slideshow&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_gallery&quot;:[],&quot;background_slideshow_loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_duration&quot;:5000,&quot;background_slideshow_slide_transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;background_slideshow_transition_duration&quot;:500}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9931b9a film-poster-container elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9931b9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"955\" height=\"1433\" src=\"https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-DSC00026-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15283\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-DSC00026-2.jpg 955w, https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-DSC00026-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-DSC00026-2-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/xposedfilmfestival.com\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-DSC00026-2-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 955px) 100vw, 955px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01e4057 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"01e4057\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e527b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e527b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-align: end; background-color: #ffffff;\">Curator<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3f7f62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f3f7f62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">POL MERCHAN<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-355bfae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"355bfae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No Pronouns, He\/Him<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1bf36c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1bf36c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pol Merchan is an artist, filmmaker, and curator. He joined Xposed in 2019 after winning the Xposed Queer Short Film Fund with his film Pirate Boys. Since 2024, he has been part of the selection committee for the Panorama section at the Berlinale. He has curated short film programs in collaboration with queerANarchive at the LGBTIQ Center Split and Centre d\u2019Art La Panera, and has served on the jury of festivals such as TRANSlations: Seattle Trans Film Festival and Filmfest Dresden. As a curator, he foregrounds neurodiversity and accessibility as ways to rethink how cinema is created, experienced, and shared, approaching it as a space for experimentation and for developing new ways of perceiving and feeling. His films have been presented internationally at festivals and institutions including MoMA, Museo Reina Sof\u00eda, International Film Festival Rotterdam, and Anthology Film Archives. 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