About

Pol Merchan (born 1980) is an artist, filmmaker, and curator for the Xposed Queer Film Festival Berlin. He holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona and a master’s degree from the Art in Context program at Universität der Künste Berlin. He was nominated for the Lichter Art Award with his film Pirate Boys and the Golden Key at the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival with The Garden of the Fauns. Merchan’s films have been exhibited internationally in art institutions and at numerous film festivals around the globe.