Sue Ela

A video essay that seeks to represent, study and pay homage to the North American filmmaker Cecelia Condit, covering all of her film work and video installation, portraying her through devices of semiotics, aesthetics and cinematographic language.

Alone in the woods, a young girl befriends a dead rat, projecting her imagination and insecurities onto the unlikely companion. What begins as an innocent game of make-believe gradually becomes a disturbing exploration of identity and self-worth.