Experiencing Interruptions?

Boy & Cat

A boy spends a quiet summer with a cat. As the season slowly changes, he begins to notice how companionship can gently fade. Through soft needle-felted animation, the film captures small moments of presence, distance, and growing up.

  • Chih Hao Shen
    Director
  • Chih Hao Shen
    Writer
  • MFX Films
    Producer
  • Chih Hao Shen
    Animator
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Genres:
    Short, Animation, Needle-felted animation
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 20, 2026
  • Country of Origin:
    Taiwan
  • Country of Filming:
    Taiwan
  • Language:
    No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
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

I have always been interested in how children experience endings—especially the ones that are never clearly spoken.

For a child, change is often not understood through words, but through small disappearances: the end of a summer, a missing companion, a quiet empty space that was once familiar.

In this film, I wanted to stay close to that feeling.

Not to explain it, but to let it be felt.

I hope this film offers a gentle space for children to recognize change, and for adults to remember how it once felt.