Private Project

Zeno Field

Records keep updating, while reality keeps moving forward.

Humanity attempts to capture the world through images, language, and documentation, yet every record only points to what has already passed. As updates continue, understanding always lags behind.

We keep chasing a world in motion—
as if the closer we get, the less certain it becomes what we are actually chasing.

  • CHIH HAO SHEN
    Director
  • CHIH HAO SHEN
    Writer
  • MFX Films
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Experimental
  • Genres:
    Animation Documentary, experimental animation essay, essay film, media archaeology, system breakdown cinema
  • Runtime:
    16 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 25, 2026
  • Country of Origin:
    Taiwan
  • Country of Filming:
    Taiwan
  • Language:
    Chinese, Chinese - Min Nan
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and 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 the Rhode Island International Film Festival. His short film 10 Seconds was selected by the 2026 In the Palace International Short Film Festival, Fantasporto, and Asolo Art Film Festival. His documentary YinYang Sea won the Grand Prix at the 2026 Asolo Art Film Festival.

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.

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Director Statement

Humanity has long relied on records to confirm the existence of the world. Images, language, and moving images are treated as evidence, as if preservation could stabilize reality and make it fully knowable.

Yet every record refers only to what has already passed. With each update, understanding inevitably lags behind what is being recorded. What we call “the present” is often a delayed reconstruction of the past.

In this temporal gap, perception becomes a continuous pursuit rather than a stable position. The closer we move toward the present, the more uncertain it becomes whether we are still facing the same reality.

History and memory no longer function as stable ground, but accumulate as layers of deviation, subtly reshaping the world through every act of confirmation.

This project emerges from a simple paradox: if everything can be recorded, what does it mean to say that the world is real?