Sara kolster (NL, 1978) is a director, visual thinker, and maker specialized in storytelling. She creates documentary films, podcasts, drawings, animations and interactive stories. As a designer, she closely works together with the fabulous Studioparkers.
Themes of loss and grief, seen from the perspective of children, play an important role in her work. Her latest film, Blueprint (Blauwdruk, HUMAN) - about the lasting impact of fatal domestic violence on children - will release in November 2025 and can be seen at NPO Start.
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Photo: Lisa van der Rhee
In 2023 Dead as a Dodo (Zo dood als een Pier, HUMAN) was nominated for best youth series at the Cinekid festival. Award winning online animation Why don’t you leave? (Moondocs) was published in 2022 and her short film To the Moon and back (2019) premiered at IDFA. The awarded podcast When I was Five (VPRO) was released 2017.
She has also created interactive stories such as the award-winning Virtual Reality Drawing Room (IDFA Doclab Award for best Storytelling), the web documentary Love Radio, (IDFA Doclab, Zilveren Camera) and the interactive video Hidden Wounds (IDFA Doclab, Reflecting Images 2013).
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You want to get in touch? You can reach me by email or,
text me at: +31 (0)621441282
Studio address
Johan van Hasseltkade 198
Amsterdam - The Netherlands
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Themes of loss and grief, seen from the perspective of children, play an important role in her work. Her latest film, Blueprint (Blauwdruk, HUMAN) - about the lasting impact of fatal domestic violence on children - will release in November 2025 and can be seen at NPO Start.
Photo: Lisa van der Rhee
In 2023 Dead as a Dodo (Zo dood als een Pier, HUMAN) was nominated for best youth series at the Cinekid festival. Award winning online animation Why don’t you leave? (Moondocs) was published in 2022 and her short film To the Moon and back (2019) premiered at IDFA. The awarded podcast When I was Five (VPRO) was released 2017.
She has also created interactive stories such as the award-winning Virtual Reality Drawing Room (IDFA Doclab Award for best Storytelling), the web documentary Love Radio, (IDFA Doclab, Zilveren Camera) and the interactive video Hidden Wounds (IDFA Doclab, Reflecting Images 2013).
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You want to get in touch? You can reach me by email or,
text me at: +31 (0)621441282
Studio address
Johan van Hasseltkade 198
Amsterdam - The Netherlands
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