Jesús Pascual (Alcalá de Guadaíra, 1997) is a filmmaker, screenwriter and researcher whose work explores the
intersections between queer identities and Andalusian culture. In 2022, he released ‘¡Dolores, guapa!’, a featurelength documentary that won Best Film in the Panorama Andaluz section at the Seville European Film Festival and was
nominated for both the Feroz Awards and the Carmen Awards. His short films include ‘Mi arma’ (2019), selected for
the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival. He holds a Master’s Degree in Contemporary Art History and Visual
Culture from the Museo Reina Sofía, UAM and UCM, and in 2023 published the essay ‘Querer como las locas’, a queer
reading of Andalusian copla that received the 1st Sonia Rescalvo Zafra Award for Queer and Crip Theory. He is
currently working on his second feature-length documentary, exploring contemporary artist Pepe Espaliú and the AIDS
crisis, scheduled for release in 2027.
