Christabel(2001)

Christabel is an experimental film that reimagines Samuel Taylor Coleridge's unfinished Gothic poem through the lens of female possession. Structured in four parts—two digital video segments and two 16mm conclusions—the film strips away narrative convention to explore the poem's enduring symbolic power. Using layered performance, image, and sound design, director creates a contemporary meditation on possession and the feminine body. The work treats Coleridge's fragmentary source material as a visual and sonic landscape rather than a plot to be followed, inviting viewers into an abstract space where Gothic themes resonate with modern anxieties. Christabel demands active engagement, rewarding those drawn to avant-garde cinema and literary adaptation that prioritizes atmosphere and interpretation over plot clarity.