He storyboarded and co-directed, with animator Sandra Salter, the film of his poem FILM NEWS Following the success of Cul de sac, Channel 4 have commissioned Sandra Salter and Benedict to make a poetry film for its Random Acts slot - scheduled for July 2012. The poem is The Royal Oak which was published in Magma.
Benedict's poems have appeared in a number of publications including Ambit, Magma, Other Poetry, Orbis, Borderlines, the delinquent, South Bank Poetry and Succour. He's a featured poet in Plectrum webzine and Beat The Dust and performs at poetry events in London.
Cul de sac which was shortlisted for the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, Berlin. It was then included in a Special Programme of ZEBRA
highlights at the 24th International Short Film Festival, Berlin. It has since been shortlisted for other film competitions and selected to appear in a number of festivals.
Apart from his day job as a journalist, Benedict is an occasional host of Moscow Rules, a literary journey in Hampstead on behalf of The Sohemian Society and The London Adventure, tracing the action in Le Carré's Smiley's People.
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