Juan Benavides is an architect working with documentary film. Operating between Mexico and Europe, his practice explores contemporary architecture and its relationship to landscape and everyday life through observational filmmaking and formal composition. His work has been presented internationally at festivals, exhibitions, and cultural institutions.
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Film Commissions & Inquiries
mail@juanbenavides.mx

BASED IN SLOVAKIA
AVAILABLE ACROSS EUROPE & MEXICO
IN COLLABORATION WITH DOMINIKA KOPIAROVA

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CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION
(1) CASAS DE ARENA, WITH HECTOR BARROSO
(2) JIHLAVA MUNICIPAL ARENA, WITH CHYBIK + KRISTOF
(3) XOCHI-CALLI, WITH CARLOS H. MATOS
(4) A HOUSE FOR MANY GENERATIONS, WITH SORDO MADALENO
(5) TERRENO HOUSE, WITH FERNANDA CANALES
(6) BUILDING EL PUERTECITO, WITH GOMA
(7) AROUND HOUSE 720, WITH FERNANDA CANALES
(8) TRESTLE CABIN, WITH MILLER HULL
At the Garden’s Pace
THE Netherlands, 2024
DOCUMENTARY FILM, 70 MIN.
CURRENTLY IN FESTIVAL RUN
WORLD PREMIERE AFFR 2024

GRAPHICS BY ALFONS HOOIKAAS

SCORE BY ANDRES LAVALLE
COLORING BY JAMIE NEALE

FOR SCREENING REQUESTS & INQUIRIES: mail @juanbenavides.mx
The Missing Room
Carroccera Collective
Alto Monferrato, Italy, 2024

House M
Philippe Vander Maren & Richard Venlet
Grez-Doiceau, Belgium, 2025