El jardín de los faunos

Pol Merchan

Un impulso colectivo - Curts Germany, Spain 24 min Spanish premiere Documentary

Synopsis

Retracing the life and work of Spain’s Nazario Luque, groundbreaking queer artist and author of the first openly gay underground comic strips. Romantic and sharply provocative, El jardín de los faunos is an intimate portrait of a man who devoted his life to love and freedom, amplifying queer culture in a country still discovering its freedom after Franco’s dictatorship.

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Themes

BiographicSpanish CinemaShort FilmDocumentaryLGTBILiterature

Filmmaker

Pol Merchan

He is an artist, filmmaker, and film programmer for the Xposed Queer Film Festival. He received his bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona and his master’s degree from the Universität der Künste Berlin’s Art in Context program. Merchan’s films have been exhibited internationally in art institutions and at numerous film festivals around the globe.

Filmography: The Garden of Fauns (short film, 2022, D'A 2023), Pirate Boys (short film, 2018), Familiar Memories (short film, 2016)

Pol Merchan

Film information

Int. title: The Garden of Fauns
Director: Pol Merchan
Script: Mònica Rovira, Pol Merchan
Contact: Pol Merchan
Country: Germany, Spain
Year: 2023
Format: Digital
Length: 24 min
Language: Spanish

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El jardín de los faunos