Bec (they/them) is an artist+ filmmaker, programmer, workshop facilitator, & founder/organizer of RestFest Film Festival.
The nature of their art practice is everchanging and unpredictable, aligned with their own reality as a Crip, Mad, & AuDHD bodymind. They are often making, experimenting, studying, or organizing screenings & gatherings while beneath a laptop & a hard drive or with their hands stained by charcoal & paint. Their recent filmmaking practice has included cameraless cinematic techniques using alternative processes [cyanotype, anthotype, chemigram] and abstraction/manipulation/deconstruction of footage from public & personal archives. They’ll collect footage when they can, either with vintage digital cameras or on 16mm & super 8. They spend much of their time lovingly organizing gentle, virtual Crip gathering spaces and film screenings around art & film & care & rest: RestFest Film Festival.
Screenings of their films include BFI Future Film Festival (Nominated for Best Documentary and Best Experimental Film; London, U.K.), Sunrise Film Festival (Lowestoft, Suffolk, U.K.), Brussels Independent Film Festival (Brussels, Belgium), Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival(Winning Best College Long Narrative; Florida, U.S.), CineYouth Festival hosted by Chicago International Film Festival (Illinois, U.S.), Los Angeles International Underground Festival (Winning Best Student Film, California, U.S.), MikroFAF Festival (Belgrade, Serbia), FIN Kids Stream Festival hosted by Atlantic International Film Festival (Nationwide, Canada), Gnezdofest (Kruševac, Serbia), MICA Film and Animation Festival (Maryland, U.S.) among others.
Group exhibitions include Marvels of Media Exhibition: The Adventure of Nature and the Senses (Museum of Moving Image [MoMI]; NYC, U.S.), Horizons Design + Art Exhibition (Barry Gallery; Virginia, U.S.), PRAYERS FOR THE PANDEMIC; PRAYERS FOR PROGRESS (Drawing Rooms; New Jersey, U.S.), [REDACTED TITLE]* (Chelsea College of Art; London, U.K.).
Their artwork has been published in Lassitude Zine (now part of Wellcome Collection Museum and Oxford Brooks University libraries; London & Oxford, U.K.), Arts & Culture Accessibility Hub (Project of Open Door Arts), FEELS issue 23 (Canada), Zeniada Magazine, and Wishbone Words Magazine.
They hold a B.A. in Film & Media Studies with a minor in Visual Arts from Johns Hopkins University. During their studies, they spent a semester on exchange at Chelsea College of Art (UAL) in London, U.K. in their B.A. Fine Art program, and became a visiting student in the MICA and NYU Arts Departments.
Bec is the Founder & Festival Director of RestFest Film Festival, a film festival & online gathering space created by/for Disabled, Deaf, chronically ill, neurodivergent, mentally ill, and/or mad community worldwide. RestFest was featured in the February 2026 issue of Sight and Sound Magazine (BFI).
Bec also does guest film programming / curation and provides workshops at cultural institutions and universities. If interested in booking/collaborating with Bec for a workshop or speaking engagement, please reach out.