"[4] Liz Braun of the Toronto Sun also praised the cinematography in Minsan Pa.[5] She made the 161 minute film Ang Anak ni Brocka in 2005 as a Berlinale Talent Campus project.

Benitez collaborated with director Paolo Herras, a third prize winner of Star Cinema's first scriptwriting contest, in shooting Lambanog, his first full-length digital film.

In 2007, Benitez served as a Second Unit Cinematographer/2nd Camera Operator on Wenn Deramas's comedy picture Pasukob, featuring Ai-Ai Delas Alas.

"[11] In 2008, she again worked as a camera operator for a Deramas and Alas romantic comedy movie Ikaw pa rin: Bongga ka boy!.

In 2010, Benitez was 2nd Camera Operator for Arvin Viola again on Gil Portes's Two Funerals, described by the Manila Bulletin as the "quintessential Filipino black comedy, a quirky road movie combining melodrama with satire.

[13] In 2011, Benitez was employed as an underwater camera assistant in the shooting of Survivor India and also served as Director of Photography for Season 1 of the TV series, Where's Tony.