Sasha Litvintseva

Dr. Sasha Litvintseva is a Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Queen Mary University of London, blending film practice with theoretical inquiry across environmental humanities, history/philosophy of science, and media archaeology. Her collaborative film trilogy (Monsters, Measures and Metabolisms) interrogates knowledge regimes through monstrous taxonomies, measurement politics, and metabolic processes.

• PhD in Media, Communications and Cultural Studies (Goldsmiths)
• 2024 Philip Leverhulme Prize recipient

Research explores geological filmmaking as an ecological crisis response, documented in her monograph Geological Filmmaking (2022). She co-authored All Thoughts Fly: Monster, Taxonomy, Film (2021), linking early modern science to cinematic perception.

Her films have premiered at Berlinale, Rotterdam, and Tate Modern, earning international accolades including the German Short Film Prize and Oscar longlist. Current projects include a feature film and monograph funded by extended research leave.

Scientific Awards

• Philip Leverhulme Prize (2024)
• Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis Second Place (2020)
• EXiS Seoul Jury Special Mention (2022)
• IndieLisboa Sylvestre Best Short Film (2022)

As a supervisor, she guides PhD candidates in photo/hyper-realistic CG animals in film and turbid filmmaking methodologies, reflecting her commitment to interdisciplinary research.