Yumeng Han is a Chinese-born writer-director, currently an MFA Candidate at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Growing up in the urban fringe of Nanjing, China, Yumeng uses cinema to explore the loneliness of lower-middle-class communities and their isolation from modern society. Yumeng’s short film “Crossing River” was selected in the Pardi Di Domaini category of the 70th Locarno Festival, and the short film competition of the 61st San Francisco International Film Festival amongst others.