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Sara Nesteruk works on an intersection of graphic film, using
motion graphics. Sara is a Lecturer in Graphic Design and
Animation and holds a PhD from Leeds Beckett University.
Sara is a member of AHRC peer review college from 2022–
2026 and a fellow of the RSA. Major publications include
conference presentations at the University of Cambridge,
University of Glasgow (forthcoming) and the Ministry of Culture
and Information Policy of Ukraine. Film festivals and screenings
in 2022 include national and international festivals in
Berlin, Split, Edinburgh and Ukraine. Sara’s PhD project,
Recipes for Baking Bread won best experimental short film at
Intershort Festival 2022. Recipes for Baking Bread won an
Artists’ International Development Award from Arts Council
England in 2017. Part of this award was a residency at
the Holodomor Museum in Kyiv and two solo exhibitions,
one in Kyiv and one in Salford. Original contributions to
research from this project include work on Jerry Berman’s
letters. This is a collection of documented, observed
accounts from Holodomor in Ukraine in 1932 and 1933. These
project materials have attracted significant attention in
both Ukraine and UK. A collection of these letters are now
available at the Holodomor Museum in Kyiv and online.
Sara’s works have large audiences at film festivals and
online platforms. Media appearances include Ukrainian
national television and radio, Frieze magazine and work
featured in Time Out, the Guardian and The Times. Film
commissions include motion graphics for documentary
feature Croatia: Defining a Nation in 2022. Director for this
project is Louis Myles, production company Fever Media
and client FIFA+. Film commissions include two commissions
for The School of life. Why We (Sometimes) Wish Those We
Love Might Die, from 2017 now has 255,000 views on Youtube.
Sara’s first short film, The Accident, was a commission
from Channel 4 in 2007. This project has appeared at national
and international festivals and premiered at the Edinburgh
Film Festival in 2007. Forthcoming exhibitions include a solo
show for Recipes for Baking Bread at Bury Art Museum,
Manchester. This is publication and screenings, exhibition of
practice-based research from doctoral work. This is five
short films exploring stories from Holodomor in 1932 and 1933.
Teaching expertise over 18 years of lecturing experience. Sara’s
research interests are in motion graphics. This includes
film production, histories, memories and commercial
television. In particular this draws upon Sara’s
commercial experience in positions in design at BBC Broadcast
and BBC Sport. Specific design focuses are working with
maps and cartographies. This includes visual materials,
historical data, maps, archives and production
technologies using GIS mapping. Recent student projects
include the George Wood Project in collaboration with
Heritage Quay, 2016 and Survivors’ Stories and Motion Graphics
in collaboration with Holocaust Centre North 2022. Sara
is focusing current work on decolonisation of Ukrainian
film histories. This is in specific reference to works by
VUFKU and Oleksandr Dovzhenko. Available for PhD
supervision.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition
Sara Nesteruk (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Sara Nesteruk (Speaker), Roderick Hunter (Speaker) & Simon Poulter (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Sara Nesteruk (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Nic Clear (Chair), David Smith (Participant), Stergia Baraklianou (Participant), Claire Diggle (Participant), Danilo Di Mascio (Participant), Donal Fitzpatrick (Participant), Roddy Hunter (Participant), Marko Jobst (Participant), Spyridon Kaprinis (Participant), Sara Nesteruk (Participant), Hyun Jun Park (Participant), Christian Petersen (Participant), Andrew Taylor (Participant), Matthew Taylor (Participant), Katrina Whitehead (Participant) & Simon Woolham (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
Sara Nesteruk (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation