12 hour films - Limerence and Keep dreaming Mummy are autobiographical films using snap chat as a canvas. They were shown at the Royal Scottish academy annual exhibition (196 - 199)

Sara Stroud is a filmmaker and artist based in Aberdeen, Scotland. For the past 21 years, she has balanced raising a family with lecturing in Media. Her true passion lies in documentary filmmaking, and she aspires to pursue this full-time in the future. Sara graduated in Painting from Edinburgh Art School and holds an MA in Digital Moving Image from Guildhall University.

Her creative work draws inspiration from lived experiences and human connections. She blends prose with performance and often uses her phone to create her films. Her work explores themes of womanhood, archetypes, and the role of technology in our lives. Sara also delves into the relationships between people and places, including the virtual spaces where we navigate, connect, and sometimes (dis)connect. Recent documentary films have highlighted local issues surrounding Aberdeen’s Energy Transition Zone and a poetic film on the future of Aberdeen.

In 2022 she set herself the challenge to make a film in a day and submit to the RSA exhibition. This challenge created 3 films in this snap chat series, over 3 years. All autobiographical and made in less than 12 hours. This video tryptic is complete. Artists have always created self portraits as it is cheap and accessible. These films were funny to make, reflective and allowed an exploration and processing of being a mid-century woman.

Sara’s work is often inspired by notions of home, identity, her experiences of being a woman, mother, daughter, and human of this planet. She enjoys expressing herself through filmmaking and poetry. She is interested in culture, aesthetics and how technology is shaping our human experiences & society.

Sara is an avid editor that loves dancing. Her fantasy coffee dates would be Walter Murch, Andrea Arnold and Elizabeth Sankey. You can get in touch via e-mail: sarastroud56@gmail.com or call.

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