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Dr. Cecilia Sayad is a Senior Lecturer in Film at the University of Kent and a member of the Centre for Film and Media Research. She holds a PhD in Cinema Studies from New York University, with prior teaching experience at NYU, Vassar College, and the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on horror film, authorship, and criticism, particularly exploring how horror intersects with reality through mock found-footage and ghost-hunting media. She has published extensively on topics including film authorship performance, digital technology's impact on cinematic reality, and Latin American cinema.
- Teaches modules: Film Criticism and Horror Genre Studies
- Supervises topics: film authorship, digital ontology, French New Wave, and post-war American cinema
Her award-winning work includes the BAFTSS 2017 Best Article for 'Found-Footage Horror and the Frame's Undoing' and her 2021 monograph The Ghost in the Image. She has also contributed to edited volumes like Film Criticism in the Digital Age (2015) and co-edited works on Brazilian filmmaker Eduardo Coutinho.
Research emphasizes the evidential role of audiovisual media in horror's relationship to reality, analyzing found-footage films, ghost-hunting TV, and web-based supernatural content. Her work bridges film theory with digital media studies, interrogating how technology shapes perceptions of reality and haunting.
