attic presents: Chinese Short Film Program #1
Someday, That Space in Time
What remains when space is neither home nor destination, but transition?
What kinds of memories emerge when nothing stays long enough to be remembered?
“Someday, That Space in Time” is the 1st edition in attic’s Chinese Short Film Program, bringing together ten short films by emerging Chinese filmmakers that explore how we move through space and time when neither feels fixed.
These are works shaped by transitions — between past and present, physical and digital, memory and forgetting. They reflect on how memory is formed not through certainty but through drift, how space becomes meaningful only in passing, and how the self is shaped by what cannot be held in place.
We invite you to this program not just to watch, but to feel in what shifts, what echoes, and what remains long after it has gone.
- The majority of the films will have their Netherlands premiere at this event
- Live Q&A sessions with the filmmakers will follow both parts of the screening
- All the films are with English subtitles
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Program Overview:
13:30 Doors
14:00 Part 1. I followed the river before I knew it was memory
- 知了 Summer Knows | Hongshi ZHONG | 2023 | 20mins | Chinese with English subtitles
- 水门的洞口 Where Rivers Part | Linlin DENG | 2025 | 13mins | Chinese with English subtitles
- 散射至弥漫 Melting Blue | Ziyuan HE | 2024 | 14mins | Chinese with English subtitles
- Imaginary Rescripting | Kexin HONG | 2025 | 24mins | Chinese & English with English subtitles
- 盲点、流动 Blind Spot, Flowing | Jiacheng KANG | 2022 | 10mins | No dialogues
16:00 Intermission
16:20 Part 2. I became the trace of everything that passed
- Unassimilated Tremors | Yiru DING | 2025 | 7mins | No dialogues
- 倾听 选择 再一场 Listen Choose Once Again | Zhaodong ZENG | 2024 | 4mins | Chinese with English subtitles
- 像孙治国一样吃火锅 Mr. Sun’s Hotpot | Weicheng HUA | 2017 | 14mins | Chinese with English subtitles
- 九龙东往事 An Asian Ghost Story | Bo WANG | 2023 | 37mins | Chinese & English with English subtitles
- 大桥遗犬 A Dog Under Bridge | Rehoo TANG | 2022 | 12mins | Chinese with English subtitles
About attic:
attic is a film and cultural initiative based in Amsterdam, dedicated to creating a welcoming space for independent cinema and shared cultural experiences. Through curated screenings, conversations, and cross-cultural gatherings, attic invites audiences to engage with moving images that transcend language and geography.
We imagine cinema not just as a place to watch, but as a space for connection — for recognition, for reflection, and for building new forms of community.
