Asian Premiere
21+
Already Happened
Shi Hou
17 minutes | 2026 | United States of America, China | Drama | Chinese, English
SYNOPSIS
Blending personal archives with speculative fantasies, a filmmaker confronts the compromised imagination of their past and invites the ghost of their youth to redraft the future.
SCHEDULE
Wed, 2 Dec 2026 | 21:25 | EMPIRE XXI | STUDIO 4
Thu, 3 Dec 2026 | 12:30 | EMPIRE XXI | STUDIO 4
CREDIT
| Production Company | - |
| Producer | Tyler Hill |
| Director | Hao Zhou |
| Scriptwriter | Hao Zhou |
| Cinematographer | Bruce James Bales, Zhanwen Yang |
| Production Designer | Paxton Loquist |
| Editor | Hao Zhou, Tyler Hill |
| Main Cast | Hao Zhou, Wes Worthing, Marc Marcos, Xiaoxiao Liu |
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| Contact | shortfilms@parallaxchina.com |
DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Hao Zhou
Hao Zhou is a filmmaker from southwest China. Working across fiction and documentary, he focuses on queer themes and emotional memory. His films include the feature The Night (2014, Berlinale) and the shorts Correct Me If I’m Wrong (2025, IFFR), Like What Would Sorrow Look (2024, Locarno), and Wouldn’t Make It Any Other Way (2024, SXSW). A Berlinale Talents alumnus, he has received support from many organizations.
