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PROJECTS
Film Projects
Rolla Selbak
Filmmaker, Podcaster, Storyteller
Rolla Selbak is a Sundance alumna, and a writer/director of film and TV, with TV projects most recently in development at 20th Century Fox and Sony. She imprints her fresh point of view as a Palestinian American, having moved to the U.S after the first Gulf War, and often focuses on socially topical issues that unite audiences.
Her recent pilot, CHOKE, was a winner of The Black List (Muslim List). Based on her award winning short film of the same name, it tells the story of a Syrian refugee of who dreams of becoming an MMA champion.
Other notable credits include co-producing the Sundance 2017 short film AMERICAN PARADISE, which served as the predecessor for the Sundance feature film LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO, and helming the internationally acclaimed feature film THREE VEILS, a first of its kind to confront homosexuality within the Muslim-American subculture.
She has previously served on the board of directors at OUTFEST, and the SAN FRANCISCO WOMEN’S FILM INSTITUTE, where she was involved in initiatives specifically geared towards nurturing a new generation of filmmakers.
BIO
BIO
Awards
Awards
WINNER
OUTSIDER'S AWARD
OUT NORTH
THEATER 2011
AUDIENCE AWARD
B E S T F I L M
PORTLAND WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL 2011
WINNER
RAINBOW
AWARD
Honolulu LGBT
International 2011
JURY AWARD
B E S T
F I L M
AFFMA 2011
JURY AWARD
B E S T
FEMALE FEATURE
Long Island LGBT
International 2011
WINNER
B E S T
SCREENPLAY
San Diego LGBT
International 2012
Outstanding
ARTISTIC
ACHIEVEMENT
San Diego LGBT
International 2012
JURY AWARD
B E S T F I L M
S.F WOMEN'S
International 2011
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