The Director

Frank Benitez Peña
A graduate of the National University of Colombia Film School with meritorious thesis and a Berlinale Talent Campus Alumni from 2005. He worked as first assistant director in the feature Karen cries in a bus directed by Gabriel Rojas, world premiere at the Berlinale 2011. 

He has developed his work as writer, director and editor in several companies since 2004. In 2006 he created the production company Planeador Films. 

Nowadays he’s teaching filmmaking at El Externado University in Colombia. His main filmography include:


“Minuto 200” (Short) Writer and director. Winner FDC (Colombian Cinema Fund) 2009/ Winner  Short Under Construction-Cartagena International Film Festival (2010) / Special mention for script and Special mention for acting – IN THE PALACE Film Festival 2011 (Bulgaria)
Official Selection in: Sao Paulo International Short film festival 2011 (Brazil), Milano Film Festival 2011 (Italy), Chicago International Film Festival (USA), Sécuence Court-métrage (France), Emmentaler Filmtage 2011 (Switzerland), La noche de los cortos (Peru), Caracas Chorts (Venezuela)

"Prime Time" (Short) Director. In 2008 it won the Imaginatón Colombian audiovisual marathon.

"Xpectativa" (Short) Writer and director. Voted Best Short Film at the 2005 El Espejo Short Film Festival and Best Audiovisual at the 2005 Invitro Visual Awards (Colombia)

"Imaginario" (Short) Writer and director. Winner of the New Creators section of the Cartagena International Film Festival 2004 (Colombia)