About Me
Cinematographer. Filmmaker. Storyteller.
Rolla Selbak is a Sundance 2017 filmmaker, and a triple- minority in the film industry: a queer, Muslim-American woman. Her most recent credits include co-producing American Paradise, a reflection of a desperate man in today's America, and helming the internationally acclaimed feature film Three Veils, a first of its kind to confront homosexuality within the Muslim-American subculture.
She is also the creator of the virally popular online series, Kiss Her I'm Famous, which satirizes our culture's relationship with fame. Through the San Francisco Women's Film Institute Leadership team, she's involved in initiatives specifically geared towards nurturing a generation of young female filmmakers.
Selbak's latest project, A Day With a Muslim, is a social experimental docu-series where she brings unlikely groups of people together, to meet and spend a day with a Muslim. The first episode, Trump Supporters Spend a Day With a Muslim has gained national attention and praise in light of the current political climate in America.
Awards
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
WINNER
RAINBOW
AWARD
Honolulu LGBT
International 2011
JURY AWARD
B E S T
FEMALE FEATURE
Long Island LGBT
International 2011
JURY AWARD
B E S T
F I L M
AFFMA 2011
WINNER
OUTSIDER'S AWARD
OUT NORTH
THEATER 2011
AUDIENCE AWARD
B E S T F I L M
PORTLAND WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL 2011