Private Project

After Ark

Life awakens after the flood. Creatures wander through ruins, searching, discovering, and sometimes, simply surviving. A journey of hope, memory, and the quiet wonders that endure.

  • MFX Films
    Producer
  • Li Hung Wang
    Producer
  • Chih Hao Shen
    Director
  • Chih Hao Shen
    Writer
  • Chih Hao Shen
    Cinematography
  • Chih Hao Shen
    Animator
  • Project Type:
    Animation
  • Genres:
    Animation, Environmental
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2026
  • Country of Origin:
    Brazil
  • Country of Filming:
    Taiwan
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • SUNCINE Environmental Film Festival
    Barcelona
    Official Selection
  • VAFI & RAFI - International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival
    Varaždin
    Nominee
  • DC Independent Film Festival / DCIFF
    Washington
    Official Selection
  • Girona Film Festival
    Girona
    Official Selection
  • RTF Realtime International Film Festival
    Bristol
    Honorable Mention
  • CLIMATE FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL
    Rhode Island
    Honorable Mention
  • Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil y Juvenil, Calibelula
    Cali
  • Charlotte Asian Film Festival
    Carolinas
    Official Selection
  • Kobani International Film Festival
    Bochum
    Quarter-Finalist
  • Anima Cinefest
    New York
    Official Selection
  • Pixel Minds
    Tallinn
    Official Selection
  • Egyptian American Film Festival
    New York
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Chih Hao Shen

Chih Hao Shen is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary creator whose work explores human existence, memory, and the fragile relationship between individuals and the worlds they inhabit. Through restrained visual language and poetic storytelling, his films reflect on the quiet passage of time and emotional landscapes of contemporary life.

His work has been recognized by international film festivals, including the Rhode Island International Film Festival, Fantasporto – Porto International Film Festival, In The Palace International Short Film Festival, and Asolo Art Film Festival. His projects have been featured at major international industry platforms, including Oberhausen, Clermont-Ferrand, Visions du Réel, Cannes Short Film Corner, and Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia. His visual work has also been presented at international platforms such as the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.

Selected Works

2026 — 10 Seconds
2025 — The Last Atlantis
2025 — Children of Earth
2025 — After Ark
2025 — ONE

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Director Statement

This story began with a question: If we were given a second chance, would we still forget?

I imagined a world rendered in pixels, where each life is visible yet fragile, and extinction leaves permanent scars. A single Ark carries all that survives, yet there are no reset buttons. Animals move through ruins like characters in a game, facing a world shaped by human choices—once lost, species cannot return.

No save. No reset. Humans, the next players, may enter the game again, but reality cannot be restarted. Our actions have consequences that cannot be undone.

Creating this film was my way of confronting impermanence: what we lose, what we keep, and what we cannot restore. The ending questions whether survival is truly an end, or if the consequences of our choices are only beginning.

This is not a story about condemnation. It is about memory, impermanence, and the fragile hope that even in ruins, something gentle still survives.

🌿 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Alignment
This film aligns with SDG 13: Climate Action and SDG 15: Life on Land, by addressing humanity’s relationship with nature and advocating for the protection of all living beings—both animals and ecosystems.