Han Yan

Han Yan is a contemporary Chinese director who has gained international visibility with works addressing social and identity themes of modern Chinese society. His film Wo men yi qi yao tai yang (Everybody Wants the Sun) represents a critical and poetic approach to narrative, characterized by refined aesthetic research and sensitivity toward the margins and contradictions of contemporary reality. His cinematography is distinguished by a direction of the gaze that dialogues with the tradition of poetic realism while maintaining an authentically contemporary perspective.