Benjamin Cantu

Benjamin Cantu was born in Budapest on 10.12.1978. He wrote and animated films from 1998- 2000, studied animation at the ‘Konrad Wolf’ College of Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg from 2000-2003, and then directing at the German Film and Television Academy (dffb) in Berlin from 2003-2010. After several shorts and documentaries, some of which have won awards, STADT LAND FLUSS marks his debut as a feature film director and won the Reader Jury of the "Siegessäule" at the 2011 Berlinale. (Source : Berlin Film Festival)