Biography

Christian Jil Benitez teaches at the Department of Filipino, Ateneo de Manila University, where he obtained his AB-MA in Filipino literature (2016/2018). A member of the Film Desk of the Young Critics Circle, he served as its chairperson for the filmic year 2019. His current critical engagements primarily revolve around Philippine time, and have been published in Katipunan, Kritika Kultura, eTropic, and Philippine Studies, among others (corresponding author: cbenitez@ateneo.edu).