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Roja Gashtili & Julia Lerman
Biography
Roja Gashtili and Julia Lerman (a.k.a. Roja and Julia) are an LA-based filmmaking duo. They made their short film, Rita Mahtoubian Is Not A Terrorist, which premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, while serving as fellows at AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women. Their work has previously received the Tribeca All-Access grant and was part of IFP's Emerging Storytellers Labs. Prior work includes content for NBC, Showtime, MTV, Refinery29, and Mattel. Their short film, The Last Shift, was part of the inaugural Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women's Filmmaker Program, through which they presented their project to Julianne Moore, Patricia Clarkson, and Mynette Louie.
They participated in Film Independent's 2016 Directing Lab with their feature adaptation of Rita Mahtoubian Is Not A Terrorist. The feature was one of five narrative projects chosen for the 2015 Sundance Creative Producing Labs. They were also a part of the 2016 Fox Global Directors Initiative.
Roja and Julia’s latest short film, Pinky, was commissioned by Refinery29 for their upcoming Shatterbox Anthology series. In addition, they recently sold a half-hour comedy pilot to FX.