Bears Rebecca Fonté is a transgender filmmaker,
festival programmer, and journalist. She founded
Other Worlds Film Festival after two years as the
Director of Programming for Austin Film Festival. She
also programs midnighters for SF Indiefest and
consult on festivals around the country. Her short,
ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, was selected for 70 festivals
including Fantasia International Film Festival, Dances
With Films, Sci-Fi London and Boston SciFi. Other
shorts CONVERSION THERAPIST, PRENATAL, THE
SECRET KEEPER and SMURF #47 played at a combined
100 festivals. Bears Rebecca was a producer on
Sundance Jury-Award Winning short THE
PROCEDURE and the documentaries CLOSER THAN
WE THINK and ARTIST DEPICTION. Her feature
thriller iCRIME, which they wrote and directed, was
released on DVD by Breaking Glass in 2011.