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.
Film Commissions & Inquiries
mail@juanbenavides.mx
BASED IN SLOVAKIA
AVAILABLE ACROSS EUROPE & MEXICO
IN COLLABORATION WITH DOMINIKA KOPIAROVA
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BASED IN SLOVAKIA
AVAILABLE ACROSS EUROPE & MEXICO
IN COLLABORATION WITH DOMINIKA KOPIAROVA
Instagram · Vimeo
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CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION
(1) CASAS DE ARENA, WITH HECTOR BARROSO, PESCADERO
(2) JIHLAVA MUNICIPAL ARENA, WITH CHYBIK + KRISTOF, CZECHIA
(3) XOCHI-CALLI, WITH CARLOS H. MATOS, NEW PALTZ
(4) A HOUSE FOR MANY GENERATIONS, WITH SORDO MADALENO, MEXICO CITY
(5) TERRENO HOUSE, WITH FERNANDA CANALES, VALLE DE BRAVO
(6) BUILDING EL PUERTECITO, WITH GOMA, PUERTECITO
(7) AROUND HOUSE 720, WITH FERNANDA CANALES, VALLE DE BRAVO
(8) TRESTLE CABIN, WITH MILLER HULL, DECATUR ISLAND
(2) JIHLAVA MUNICIPAL ARENA, WITH CHYBIK + KRISTOF, CZECHIA
(3) XOCHI-CALLI, WITH CARLOS H. MATOS, NEW PALTZ
(4) A HOUSE FOR MANY GENERATIONS, WITH SORDO MADALENO, MEXICO CITY
(5) TERRENO HOUSE, WITH FERNANDA CANALES, VALLE DE BRAVO
(6) BUILDING EL PUERTECITO, WITH GOMA, PUERTECITO
(7) AROUND HOUSE 720, WITH FERNANDA CANALES, VALLE DE BRAVO
(8) TRESTLE CABIN, WITH MILLER HULL, DECATUR ISLAND
At the Garden’s Pace
THE Netherlands, 2024
DOCUMENTARY FILM, 70 MIN.
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
WORLD PREMIERE AFFR 2024
GRAPHICS BY ALFONS HOOIKAAS
SCORE BY ANDRES LAVALLE
COLORING BY JAMIE NEALE
FOR SCREENING REQUESTS & INQUIRIES: mail @juanbenavides.mx
BARRANDIEN: AN ARCHITECTURE OF PALEONTOLOGY
AA VISITING SCHOOL
PRAGUE, CZECHIA, 2026
AA VISITING SCHOOL
PRAGUE, CZECHIA, 2026
MOVING MILK & TIMBER
PRODUCED at THE berlage with generation 33
ESTONIA, 2023
PRODUCED at THE berlage with generation 33
ESTONIA, 2023
MOVING MILK & TIMBER FOLLOWS the path of the most profitable products of each natural resource IN ESTONIA: fresh milk and prefabricated wooden houses.
PRODUCED AS PART OF A TRILOGY OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS developed through THE long-running Project Global course AT THE BERLAGE, CURRENTLY investigating how logistics shape the built environment along the Trans-European Transport Network.
PRODUCED AS PART OF A TRILOGY OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS developed through THE long-running Project Global course AT THE BERLAGE, CURRENTLY investigating how logistics shape the built environment along the Trans-European Transport Network.