Roma Sur is a screenwriter and a filmmaker, who found her niche in narrating cross-cultural stories that channel her Asian American immigrant experience and her childhood growing up in cosmopolitan India.
Roma Sur is a screenwriter and documentary filmmaker, residing in Denver, Colorado. Sur has served as an Executive Producer on two award-winning web series, and directed and produced four award-winning documentaries.
Her stories are young adult and female driven dramas with levity, that are a cross-pollination of her immigrant experience of living in the US for twenty years, and her childhood in India. Her works have screened globally at Mumbai International Film Festival, NDTV, Golden Door International Film Festival, Breckenridge Film Festival, Global India Film Festival and many more.
Her most recent documentary, Three Worlds One Stage, is currently available on iTunes, Amazon and twelve digital platforms. It is distributed by Freestyle Digital Media.
Her recent feature screenplay, The Rock Within, was a second rounder at the Sundance Asian American lab, an invited project at the Stowe Story Labs and Stowe Spring Retreat, and acknowledged by Screencraft’s Funding contest as well as India’s leading pitch market, Film Bazaar.
  • Writer (5 Credits)
    Laila's Labyrinth
    Student
    Queen of Heart
    Screenplay, Short Script
    The Last Ember
    Screenplay
    Queen of Heart Film2026
    Short
    Maa2021
    Documentary
  • Producer (3 Credits)
    The Last Ember
    Screenplay
    Queen of Heart Film2026
    Short
    Maa2021
    Documentary
  • Director (3 Credits)
    Queen of Heart
    Screenplay, Short Script
    Queen of Heart Film2026
    Short
    Maa2021
    Documentary
Honorable Jury Mention
Maa
Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival
Delhi
2022
Winner, Best Short Doc Category
Maa
Jaipur International Film Festival
Jaipur
2022
Winner, Best Short Documentary
Maa
Global Indian Film Festival, Mumbai
Mumbai
2022
Best Director
Maa
SMIF, Asian Film and Video Festival in Spain
Madrid
2021
second round selection
The Last Ember
Film Bazaar Pitch Market
Second round selection
The Last Ember
Sundance Development Track
Finalist for feature screenplay, Shillong Times
Queen of Heart
Final Draft Fellowship
Second Rounder for The Rock Within
Queen of Heart
Sundance Asian American Fellowship
Semi-finalist
Maa
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival
Rhode Island
College
University of Denver (DU)
Screenwriting
20012003
College
Emerson College
MFA in Writing for Film and Television
20242026
Current City
Denver
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
Asian-American
Married To
Abhi Sur
Children
1
"You are never too small to make a difference." - Greta Thunberg
Roma Sur is a screenwriter and a filmmaker, who found her niche in narrating cross-cultural stories that channel her Asian American immigrant experience and her childhood growing up in cosmopolitan India.
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