Anna Zaluczkowska was born in Liverpool, UK before moving to Derry in Northern Ireland where she lived for most of her childhood and teenage years. She is an award-winning filmmaker who teaches scriptwriting at the University of Bolton. She has developed the WritersLab, an innovative scheme for training new screenwriters, which is a partnership between the University of Bolton and leading professionals in the British screenwriting fraternity. Anna's current research isfocussed on the development of voice in Northern Irish National Cinema and how that voice correlates with new technological developments in film making practice and distribution.