A visual practice shaped by silence, memory, and duration

Chih Hao Shen

Chih Hao Shen

Chih Hao Shen

VISUALIST

VISUALIST

VISUALIST

H2 Films

We are small, but our dreams are vast.
Within a brief human lifetime, we seek to leave behind images that linger —
stories that move like wind,
light that becomes a path,
and quiet traces of meaning shared with others.

Chih Hao Shen is a filmmaker working across animation and documentary, exploring memory, identity, and human experience through experimental visual languages.

His debut film was recognized by the Rhode Island International Film Festival, and his films have received numerous selections and recognitions from international festivals, including DokuFest, Animest, Fantasporto, and In the Palace. His work received the Grand Prix at the Asolo Art Film Festival and has also been presented at international industry platforms including Clermont-Ferrand, Visions du Réel, and IDFA.

PHILOSOPHY

CHIH HAO SHEN
VISUALIST

PHILOSOPHY

Through my films, I seek to create subtle yet lasting shifts in perception —
exploring emotion, memory, and the fragile structures of human experience.
Even the faintest image, I believe, can become a way of seeing differently.

Through my films, I seek to create subtle yet lasting shifts in perception —
exploring emotion, memory, and the fragile structures of human experience.
Even the faintest image, I believe, can become a way of seeing differently.

Chih Hao Shen is a filmmaker working across animation and documentary, exploring memory, identity, and human experience through experimental visual languages.


His debut film was recognized by the Rhode Island International Film Festival, and his films have received numerous selections and recognitions from international festivals, including DokuFest, Animest, Fantasporto, and In the Palace. His work received the Grand Prix at the Asolo Art Film Festival and has also been presented at international industry platforms including Clermont-Ferrand, Visions du Réel, and IDFA.

ACCOLADES

ACCOLADES

Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, United States

DokuFest, International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo

Animest Bucharest International Animation Film Festival, Romania

IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria

Fantasporto – Porto International Film Festival, Portugal

Asolo Art Film Festival (AAFF), Italy

Grand OFF - World Independent Film Awards, Poland

IDFA Docs for Sale, Netherlands

Visions du Réel Film Market, Switzerland

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market, France

ANIMINIMIST Children & Youth Animation Festival, Estonia

Sedicicorto Forlì International Film Festival, Italy

24FRAME Future Film Fest, Italy

42nd Cartoon Club - International Festival of Animation Cinema, Italy

Big Cartoon Festival, Russian Federation

Mequinenza International Film Festival, Spain

International Festival of Red Cross and Health Films, Bulgaria

Cannes Short Film Corner, France

Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Italy

SUNCINE - International Environmental Film Festival, Spain

ECOCINE International Environmental and Human Rights Film, Brazil

23rd Cheongju International Short Film Festival(CISFF), South Korea

VAFI & RAFI - International Children and Youth Animation, Croatia

Seoul International Children's Film Festival (SICFF), South Korea

Festival de Cine: Infancia y Adolescencia, Colombia

UNIVERSAL KIDS FILM FESTIVAL, Turkey

Sudan International Animation Film Festival, Sudan

37th RAM Film Festival, Italy

International Human Rights Film Festival Albania, Albania

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen Market, Germany

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia Market, Japan

Mecal Pro Short Film Market, Spain

SCINEMA International Science Film Festival, Australia

DC Independent Film Festival / DCIFF, United States

Seoul Metro International Subway Film Festival, South Korea

OUR PRIDE LGBTQ Shorts & Arts Fest, United States

52nd Marin County Fair International Festival Film, United States

AVANCA, Portugal

BCN Sports Film 2027, Spain

Chaniartoon - International Comic & Animation Festival, Greece

AGON International Film Festival, Greece

Chicago NewWave IFF, United States

accordi @ DISACCORDI - International Short Film Festival, Italy

33rd Festival MixBrasil, Brazil

Seoul International Film Festival, South Korea

37 Girona Film Festival, Spain

34th Croatian One-Minute Film Festival (COMFF), Croatia

Berlin Indie Spotlight, Germany

24th MonFilmFest, Italy

Mario Puzo Film Festival - Corto e a capo, Italy

GSF Awards - Global Short Film Awards Cannes, France

FESTIVAL CORTOS RODINIA, Spain

Barcelona Indie Awards, Spain

Cinematic European Film Festival, Romania

Nepal Cultural International Film Festival, Nepal

New York International Film Awards, United States

Cortomontagna - Premio Leggimontagna, Italy

International Folklore Film Festival, India

Russian La Boheme Cinema, Russia

Toronto Global Film Festival, Canada

Rome Prisma Film Awards, Italy

Berlin Indie Film Festival, Germany

New York Istanbul Short Film Festival, United States / Turkey

Swedish International Film Festival, Sweden

London Global Film Awards (LGFA), United Kingdom

Asian Independent Film Festival, India

South Film and Arts Academy Festival, Chile

KLEIN FILM FESTIVAL, Croatia

NarrarElFuturo Festival de Cine & Nuevos Medios, Colombia

ELEVEN AWARDS, Italy

Mesa International Film Festival, United States

Tylerman Social Awareness Film Festival, United States

AnimArte - International Animation Festival of Brazil, Brazil

The Next Level International Film Festival, Australia

Anima Cinefest, Italy

VIDIO MUSIKA - Independent Artist Awards, United States

Monza Film Fest, Italy

Indie Cine Tube Awards, India

INTERNATIONAL İSTANBUL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Turkey

FilmOneFest, United States

Symbiotic Film Festival, Ukraine

Follow your heart, International / Online

Northwood Film Festival, United Kingdom

Young Kinovek International Film Festival, Russia

NurSind Care Film Festival - NCFF, Italy

Montelupo Fiorentino International Film Festival, Italy

Imagination Films International Festival, India

PULLING FOCUS AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL, United States

Short Cut, Serbia

T.I.F.A. - Tietê International Film Awards, Brazil

Touchstone Independent Film Festival, United States

Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival, Greece

International Motion Picture Awards, Canada

CINEINTELLIGENCE, India

Constantine's Gold Coin, Serbia

Amsterdam New Cinema Film Festival, Netherlands

Global INDIE Filmmaker Awards, United States

Indo Dubai International Film Festival, India / UAE

Crown Wood International Film Festival, India

TRETS Film Festival, Spain

Cheyenne Earth Day Expo Mini Festival, United States

Indian Independent Film Festival, India

Cine Paris Film Festival, France

Oniros Film Awards - New York, United States

Five Continents International Film Festival, Venezuela

Robinson Film Awards, Italy

Haryana International Film Festival, India

Tracce Cinematografiche Film Fest, Italy

International Celebration of Cinema, Italy

Paradise Film Festival, Hungary

Eastern Europe Film Festival, Romania

BAIFF - Burano Film Festival, Italy

IMAGINATION FILMS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, India

MegaFlix Movie Awards, Brazil

Festival International Gbaka Animation (FIGA), Ivory Coast

Milton Keynes International Film Festival, United Kingdom

NanoCon International Film Festival (NIFF), United States

Kosice International Film Festival, Slovakia

Marbella International Film Festival, Spain

RTF Realtime International Film Festival, Nigeria

Tanzanite International Animation Festival, Tanzania

León International Film Festival, Mexico

African Smartphone International Film Festival, Nigeria

Midnight Monster Club Short Film Festival, United Kingdom

Costa Brava Film Festival, Spain

Films That Move, Spain

MIAMI ART TECH SUMMIT, United States

Global Youth Film Festival Bangladesh, Bangladesh

Vienna International Film Awards, Austria

Hallelujah Film Festival, South Korea

Manhattanhenge Film Festival, United States

UVT Standalone Film Festival & Awards, United States

VisiOn, Russia

AJR VISION - Festival de Cine Independiente, Argentina

Video Hackers Film Festival, Italy

UUCP Film Fest, United States

Aawaz Suno Pahadon Ki Film Festival, India

Pendance Film Festival, Canada

First Films Fest Animation, France

ORION IFF International Film Festival, Australia

Cartoons about the Future, Italy

Vermont Animation Festival (VAF), United States

Top Quark Film Festival, International / Online

No Words International Short Film Festival, Italy

Uluslararası Turan Film Festivali, Turkey

The Short Film Show, United Kingdom

Golden FEMI Film Festival, Bulgaria

Veterans Media Showcase, United States

Frome International Climate Film Festival, United Kingdom

Pag International Underwater Film Festival, Croatia

STAY GOLD FILM FESTIVAL, International / Online

CineCi' Shortmovie CulturalClassic, Italy

Romania ABI Film Festival, Romania

Canada International Mobile Film Festival (CIMFF), Canada

Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia

Animadeba, Spain

FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE VIDEODANZA ROSARIO, Argentina

Branson International Film Festival, United States

CortoCircuito Film Festival Milano, Italy

AN/OTHER Film Festival, Australia

14th Chennai International Short Film Festival, India

Ahmedabad International Film Festival, India

The Independent Film Festival Vilne Kino, Ukraine

LAMPA International Film Festival, Russian Federation

MAC MARIN Festival, Spain

FICNOVA - Festival Internacional de Cine de la No-Violencia, Spain

Cinempatico Fest, Mexico

Film Festival Pino Scicolone, Italy

Cabbagetown Short Film Festival, Canada

KTOWN International Film Festival ,United States

Neum underwater film festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Movie Nisville Summit, Serbia

Creatives Film & Arts Festiva, Nigeria

Animation Expo (AXPO) 2026, Indonesia

Cinemoon Film Festival, United Kingdom

Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival, Greece

MORPHÉ Film Festival, Ukraine

Thesan Short Film Festival, Italy

14th CMS VATAVARAN - Environment and Wildlife Film Festival, India

Azimuth Film Festival, Russian

ICONA Animation Festival, Greece

Interplay - International Experimental Video Showcase, China

CMS,INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL (ICFF)India

Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, United States

DokuFest, International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo

Animest Bucharest International Animation Film Festival, Romania

IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria

Fantasporto – Porto International Film Festival, Portugal

Asolo Art Film Festival (AAFF), Italy

Grand OFF - World Independent Film Awards, Poland

IDFA Docs for Sale, Netherlands

Visions du Réel Film Market, Switzerland

Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market, France

ANIMINIMIST Children & Youth Animation Festival, Estonia

Sedicicorto Forlì International Film Festival, Italy

24FRAME Future Film Fest, Italy

42nd Cartoon Club - International Festival of Animation Cinema, Italy

Big Cartoon Festival, Russian Federation

Mequinenza International Film Festival, Spain

International Festival of Red Cross and Health Films, Bulgaria

Cannes Short Film Corner, France

Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Italy

SUNCINE - International Environmental Film Festival, Spain

ECOCINE International Environmental and Human Rights Film, Brazil

23rd Cheongju International Short Film Festival(CISFF), South Korea

VAFI & RAFI - International Children and Youth Animation, Croatia

Seoul International Children's Film Festival (SICFF), South Korea

Festival de Cine: Infancia y Adolescencia, Colombia

UNIVERSAL KIDS FILM FESTIVAL, Turkey

Sudan International Animation Film Festival, Sudan

37th RAM Film Festival, Italy

International Human Rights Film Festival Albania, Albania

Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen Market, Germany

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia Market, Japan

Mecal Pro Short Film Market, Spain

SCINEMA International Science Film Festival, Australia

DC Independent Film Festival / DCIFF, United States

Seoul Metro International Subway Film Festival, South Korea

OUR PRIDE LGBTQ Shorts & Arts Fest, United States

52nd Marin County Fair International Festival Film, United States

AVANCA, Portugal

BCN Sports Film 2027, Spain

Chaniartoon - International Comic & Animation Festival, Greece

AGON International Film Festival, Greece

Chicago NewWave IFF, United States

accordi @ DISACCORDI - International Short Film Festival, Italy

33rd Festival MixBrasil, Brazil

Seoul International Film Festival, South Korea

37 Girona Film Festival, Spain

34th Croatian One-Minute Film Festival (COMFF), Croatia

Berlin Indie Spotlight, Germany

24th MonFilmFest, Italy

Mario Puzo Film Festival - Corto e a capo, Italy

GSF Awards - Global Short Film Awards Cannes, France

FESTIVAL CORTOS RODINIA, Spain

Barcelona Indie Awards, Spain

Cinematic European Film Festival, Romania

Nepal Cultural International Film Festival, Nepal

New York International Film Awards, United States

Cortomontagna - Premio Leggimontagna, Italy

International Folklore Film Festival, India

Russian La Boheme Cinema, Russia

Toronto Global Film Festival, Canada

Rome Prisma Film Awards, Italy

Berlin Indie Film Festival, Germany

New York Istanbul Short Film Festival, United States / Turkey

Swedish International Film Festival, Sweden

London Global Film Awards (LGFA), United Kingdom

Asian Independent Film Festival, India

South Film and Arts Academy Festival, Chile

KLEIN FILM FESTIVAL, Croatia

NarrarElFuturo Festival de Cine & Nuevos Medios, Colombia

ELEVEN AWARDS, Italy

Mesa International Film Festival, United States

Tylerman Social Awareness Film Festival, United States

AnimArte - International Animation Festival of Brazil, Brazil

The Next Level International Film Festival, Australia

Anima Cinefest, Italy

VIDIO MUSIKA - Independent Artist Awards, United States

Monza Film Fest, Italy

Indie Cine Tube Awards, India

INTERNATIONAL İSTANBUL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, Turkey

FilmOneFest, United States

Symbiotic Film Festival, Ukraine

Follow your heart, International / Online

Northwood Film Festival, United Kingdom

Young Kinovek International Film Festival, Russia

NurSind Care Film Festival - NCFF, Italy

Montelupo Fiorentino International Film Festival, Italy

Imagination Films International Festival, India

PULLING FOCUS AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL, United States

Short Cut, Serbia

T.I.F.A. - Tietê International Film Awards, Brazil

Touchstone Independent Film Festival, United States

Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival, Greece

International Motion Picture Awards, Canada

CINEINTELLIGENCE, India

Constantine's Gold Coin, Serbia

Amsterdam New Cinema Film Festival, Netherlands

Global INDIE Filmmaker Awards, United States

Indo Dubai International Film Festival, India / UAE

Crown Wood International Film Festival, India

TRETS Film Festival, Spain

Cheyenne Earth Day Expo Mini Festival, United States

Indian Independent Film Festival, India

Cine Paris Film Festival, France

Oniros Film Awards - New York, United States

Five Continents International Film Festival, Venezuela

Robinson Film Awards, Italy

Haryana International Film Festival, India

Tracce Cinematografiche Film Fest, Italy

International Celebration of Cinema, Italy

Paradise Film Festival, Hungary

Eastern Europe Film Festival, Romania

BAIFF - Burano Film Festival, Italy

IMAGINATION FILMS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, India

MegaFlix Movie Awards, Brazil

Festival International Gbaka Animation (FIGA), Ivory Coast

Milton Keynes International Film Festival, United Kingdom

NanoCon International Film Festival (NIFF), United States

Kosice International Film Festival, Slovakia

Marbella International Film Festival, Spain

RTF Realtime International Film Festival, Nigeria

Tanzanite International Animation Festival, Tanzania

León International Film Festival, Mexico

African Smartphone International Film Festival, Nigeria

Midnight Monster Club Short Film Festival, United Kingdom

Costa Brava Film Festival, Spain

Films That Move, Spain

MIAMI ART TECH SUMMIT, United States

Global Youth Film Festival Bangladesh, Bangladesh

Vienna International Film Awards, Austria

Hallelujah Film Festival, South Korea

Manhattanhenge Film Festival, United States

UVT Standalone Film Festival & Awards, United States

VisiOn, Russia

AJR VISION - Festival de Cine Independiente, Argentina

Video Hackers Film Festival, Italy

UUCP Film Fest, United States

Aawaz Suno Pahadon Ki Film Festival, India

Pendance Film Festival, Canada

First Films Fest Animation, France

ORION IFF International Film Festival, Australia

Cartoons about the Future, Italy

Vermont Animation Festival (VAF), United States

Top Quark Film Festival, International / Online

No Words International Short Film Festival, Italy

Uluslararası Turan Film Festivali, Turkey

The Short Film Show, United Kingdom

Golden FEMI Film Festival, Bulgaria

Veterans Media Showcase, United States

Frome International Climate Film Festival, United Kingdom

Pag International Underwater Film Festival, Croatia

STAY GOLD FILM FESTIVAL, International / Online

CineCi' Shortmovie CulturalClassic, Italy

Romania ABI Film Festival, Romania

Canada International Mobile Film Festival (CIMFF), Canada

Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia

Animadeba, Spain

FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE VIDEODANZA ROSARIO, Argentina

Branson International Film Festival, United States

CortoCircuito Film Festival Milano, Italy

AN/OTHER Film Festival, Australia

14th Chennai International Short Film Festival, India

Ahmedabad International Film Festival, India

The Independent Film Festival Vilne Kino, Ukraine

LAMPA International Film Festival, Russian Federation

MAC MARIN Festival, Spain

FICNOVA - Festival Internacional de Cine de la No-Violencia, Spain

Cinempatico Fest, Mexico

Film Festival Pino Scicolone, Italy

Cabbagetown Short Film Festival, Canada

KTOWN International Film Festival ,United States

Neum underwater film festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Movie Nisville Summit, Serbia

Creatives Film & Arts Festiva, Nigeria

Animation Expo (AXPO) 2026, Indonesia

Cinemoon Film Festival, United Kingdom

Balkans Beyond Borders Short Film Festival, Greece

MORPHÉ Film Festival, Ukraine

Thesan Short Film Festival, Italy

14th CMS VATAVARAN - Environment and Wildlife Film Festival, India

Azimuth Film Festival, Russian

ICONA Animation Festival, Greece

Interplay - International Experimental Video Showcase, China

CMS,INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL (ICFF)India

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