Selma Shaban

Selma Shaban is a filmmaker, programmer, and researcher whose work focuses on anti-colonial film movements and on experimental approaches to creating liberatory moving-image practices. Most recently, she completed a Watson Fellowship where she researched and trained in film archiving practices across multiple countries in the Global South. Her work includes curating film programs and delivering talks in cities such as Philadelphia, Beirut, Tunis, Dar Es Salaam, and Bangkok. During college, she organized screenings of Palestinian films and contributed to the collective making of the “Hani Jawharriyeh Cinema,” which she discusses in a chapter in an upcoming edited volume from the University of California Press. She graduated from college in 2024 with a double major in Philosophy and Islamic Studies.