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Drift

We arrive in the world,
and we leave it.

Meanwhile,
light passes through cities,
wind moves across empty ground,
and time flows quietly through all things.

Nothing truly remains.

We are only drifting with the world.

  • MFX Films
    Producer
  • Chih Hao Shen
    Director
  • Chih Hao Shen
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Hybrid documentary
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 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
  • 42th Asolo Art Film Festival (AAFF)
    Asolo
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • FANTASPORTO – Porto International Film Festival
    Porto
    Portugal
    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

I have always been drawn to empty spaces.
When people disappear, the world begins to speak.

It is not a story, but a state of being —
a movement from daily tension toward openness,
from human scale into the flow of time.

Absence carries a deeper cruelty:
these places were once inhabited,
and now no longer need anyone.
Buildings, roads, stations, and light
continue to operate, age, shine, and be worn by time,
and yet we are absent.

As all sounds fade,
we become aware of our own smallness,
and begin to drift within the world.