Sara Nesteruk is a documentary animator working in Ukrainian histories, with a particular focus on testimony from the Great Famine, Holodomor in 1932 and 1933. She is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Digital Design at SODA, the School of Digital Arts at Manchester Metropolitan University and Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Creative Digital Design Professional programme. Sara’s digital projects explore preservation and narratives in history through the production of digital and film artefacts (for example websites and short films). Her current manuscript project, “Pich: A Visual History of the Ukrainian Oven” explores the role of the stove in Ukrainian cultural narrative, folklore and linguistic development. Forthcoming book chapters include writing for “The Holodomor in Global Perspective” (ibidem Press, in print) and “Borders de Todos Lados” (forthcoming, Academic Studies Press). Sara is a member of the UKRI Peer Review College for AHRC and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She received her doctorate from Leeds Beckett University’s School of Arts. Awards include an Arts Council England Artists’ International Development Award and winner of Best Experimental Short Film at Intershort Festival. Sara directed “The Accident” (Channel 4), “Recipes for Baking Bread”, “Why We Sometimes Wish Those We Love Might Die” (School of Life) and “90 Years from the Holodomor” (in production). Published journal contributions include essays and visual essays for Cubic Journal, Message and Soanyway.
