Juan Benavides is an architect who makes films. He runs a filmmaking studio focused on producing short and long-format documentaries that explore buildings with strong formal clarity, rich spatial and material conditions, and set against inspiring landscapes. At present, he is based in Europe mostly producing films and teaching at The Berlage.
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︎Film Commissions & Inquiries
mail@juanbenavides.mx
To browse the catalog of films, please visit on your desktop browser, at vimeo.com/juanbenavidesl or follow @juanbenavidesl
MOVING MILK & TIMBER
28 MIN.
28 MIN.
THE BERLAGE
ESTONIA, 2023
This documentary film looks at the logistics environment of milk and timber production in Estonia by following the path of the most profitable products of each natural resource: fresh milk and prefabricated wooden houses.
Directors: Thomas Gkikas, Ana Nuño de Buen, Yuhe Tan
Writers: Thomas Gkikas, Ujal Gorchu, Ana Nuño de Buen
Cinematographer: Juan Benavides
Editors: Juan Benavides, Yuhe Tan
Narrator: Felix Verheyden
Writers: Thomas Gkikas, Ujal Gorchu, Ana Nuño de Buen
Cinematographer: Juan Benavides
Editors: Juan Benavides, Yuhe Tan
Narrator: Felix Verheyden
Moving Milk & Timber is part of a trilogy along Pressed & Polished, and Punching & Canning, a series of documentary films produced under the course Project Global at the Berlage, led by Juan Benavides, Sanne van den Breemer, and Benjamin Groothuijse.
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