Rebekah Fortune

Rebekah Fortune - Director known for her work in such projects: «Just Charlie» (2017),

As a Neurodivergent Director Rebekah advocates for more inclusivity in film and TV for creatives, cast, and crew with both seen and unseen disabilities. Having not been diagnosed with Autism until recently Rebekah struggled to fit in whilst she was growing up and always found her place when creating.

In 2017 Rebekah's micro-budget debut feature "Just Charlie" was released to critical acclaim, receiving many awards including The Audience Award at Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival Ecrans Junior Award, it has appeared in festivals worldwide and was nominated for 2 BIFA's.

Her short film Her Majesty has won Oscar and BAFTA qualifying festivals and Her latest Sci-Fi short Bebe AI has also won many Academy and BAFTA qualifying festivals. Rebekah has several other projects at various stages of development including co-writing for TV "Barren" a post-apocalyptic female-driven Western along with The Corrective a supernatural thriller that received BFI early development funding and Arcadia a Sci-Fi Thriller developed with Screen Yorkshire.

She is an alumni of Edinburgh Talent Lab, BIFA Springboard, Breaking thru the lens Network@LFF, Flex (Screen Yorkshire) along with being a Directors UK member where she also sits on the access and inclusion committee. Additionally, Rebekah works extensively with young actors with Disabilities preparing them for careers both in front of and behind the camera. Rebekah is working on her second feature Learning To Breathe Under Water produced by Jack Tarling (Gods Own Country) which was selected for Berlinale Talents where it was nominated for the VFF talent award it has signed with Bankside Films and was on the 2021 Brit List.

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