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.
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
︎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
PRESSED & POLISHED
36 MIN.
36 MIN.
THE BERLAGE
GREECE, 2024
Greece, renowned for its olives and marble. Follow Pressed & Polished as it traces the journey from extraction to creation, presenting olives transformed into soap and marble into gravestones. Discover the blend of tradition and technology, and witness how waste and consumption shape the country’s landscape.
Directors: Carlos von Bertrab, Efi Chatzikonstantinou, Misha Frantsuzov, Ivanna Gressani
Editors: Juan Benavides, Carlos von Bertrab, Efi Chatzikonstantinou, Misha Frantsuzov, Ivanna Gressani
Cinematography: Juan Benavides
Translation: Efi Chatzikonstantinou
Editors: Juan Benavides, Carlos von Bertrab, Efi Chatzikonstantinou, Misha Frantsuzov, Ivanna Gressani
Cinematography: Juan Benavides
Translation: Efi Chatzikonstantinou
Pressed & Polished is part of a trilogy along Moving Milk & Timber, 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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