Romana Turina

Romana Turina is associate professor in film (screenwriting) at Arts University Bournemouth, United Kingdom. While leading research for the Screenwriting Research Network (SRN), serving also as executive committee member, she analyses the applicaton of screenwriting theory in the essay film form, as leading researcher for the British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS). Romana leads the Comparative Screenwriting Research for SRN, with an interest in virtual reality and the application of artificial intelligence to the field. Active as a filmmaker, recently Romana completed the essay film Three Sisters in a Sketchbook (2024), which won as Best Biographical Film at the Toronto International Women Film Festival 2025; and as Best Short Documentary at the LA Independent Film Channel Festival (November 2024). The film was selected as finalist at Tokyo International Short Film Festival (2025), the LA Independent Women Film Awards (2024) and the Hollywood Independent Filmmaker Awards and Festivals (2024). Other creative practice includes the awarded films Lunch with Family (2016) and San Sabba (2016) were shortlisted at the AHRC Research in Film Awards and awarded at the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards (2018). Publications included books, edited anthologies, Special Issues of the Journal of Screenwriting, and articles in academic and professional journals.

Contact: Bournemouth Film School, Film Department, Arts University Bournemouth, Wallisdown, Poole, Dorset BH12 5HH, UK.