Private Project

IN TWO DIRECTIONS

Within the same space, movement unfolds in opposing directions at once.

People move, trains circulate, paths intersect.
There is no single point of origin, no definitive destination.

We are used to understanding time as something that moves forward,
yet here it appears to unfold simultaneously, pointing elsewhere.

Within this flow, humans do not command time,
but remain briefly suspended within it.

  • CHIH HAO SHEN
    Director
  • CHIH HAO SHEN
    Writer
  • MFX Films
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental
  • Genres:
    Experimental
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 29 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 21, 2026
  • Country of Origin:
    Taiwan
  • Country of Filming:
    Taiwan
  • Language:
    No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • STAY GOLD FILM FESTIVAL
    Tulsa
    United States
    Official Selection
Director Biography - CHIH HAO SHEN

Chih Hao Shen is an animation and documentary filmmaker whose work explores human existence, memory, and time through restrained visual storytelling.

His debut work received recognition from Rhode Island IFF. His short film 10 Seconds was selected by In The Palace, Fantasporto, and Asolo Art Film Festival (2026). His documentary YinYang Sea won the Grand Prix at Asolo Art Film Festival (2026).

His projects have been presented in international industry contexts, including Clermont-Ferrand, Visions du Réel, Cannes Short Film Corner, Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, and Oberhausen.

Beyond filmmaking, he has worked in visual design and digital product development, including licensed merchandise design for The Lord of the Rings franchise in the Chinese-language market, visual work at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, and founded and leads a software development company developing animation and visual effects tools within the Apple ecosystem.

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Director Statement

This work did not begin with a train station, but with a simpler question:
does time truly move in a single direction?

In everyday life, we tend to understand time as linear, moving from past to future.
Yet through prolonged observation of this space, I began to question that assumption.

Different movements occur simultaneously, extending in different directions.
They intersect, yet do not explain one another.

Under these conditions, time no longer appears as a line,
but as a field that has been divided.

Human beings exist within it, but do not possess it.
We remain briefly between movements,
before being carried toward positions we cannot fully grasp.

This work attempts to preserve that uncertainty.
Not to define what time is,
but to bring the act of viewing closer to the question itself.