C. BESTON

Grew up on the edge of the woods in Delaware and currently based in the Pacific Northwest. Emerging writer and retired amateur filmmaker.

PUBLISHED WORK

 

FICTION

“Special Collections” in X-R-A-Y

“I Am the Ash” in Menacing Hedge

“My Brother, My Mother, My Father, and I” in X-R-A-Y

“Here, It Changes Every Day” in Barren Magazine

“‘Parasol,’ Demetrios Jameson, 1947” in Smokelong Quarterly

POETRY

“Look Back” in Bending Genres

“I Saw Her, In The Hair Salon” in Yes Poetry

“The Oxford Dodo” in Okay Donkey

FILM

Included as an archive, no longer involved in filmmaking.

CURATION

Selected and introduced EYES OF LAURA MARS and LEAVE HER TO HEAVEN as part of SIFF’s monthly Movie Club series while on staff at the organization. Wrote Letterboxd Lists on Dialogues with Laura Mars and Ten Favorite Fantasias.

PRODUCTION

Earned a Certificate in Film and Video Production at the University of Washington in 2019. Participated in the Northwest Film Forum’s Remove the Gap Productions as mentee production staff and video editor 2020-2021.

Work Samples include narrative shorts The Game You Play Alone (writer/director) and Happy Spooktober (writer/crew). Editor on projects for Kubota Garden Foundation, Rainier Valley Food Bank, Kinetic West, and The Creative Advantage.

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