Hi, my name is Huisang Han. I’m a rising Senior at Emerson College, majoring in Visual Media Arts with a minor in Business Studies. Over the past few years, I’ve dedicated myself to developing as a filmmaker and creative collaborator. My passion lies in telling stories that capture the sui generis experience of Gen Z—a generation raised not just with the internet, but within it. We are the first to inhabit the digital world as an extension of reality, and that has shaped us in ways society is only beginning to understand. As we moved from the 20th to the 21st century, the world underwent a paradigm shift—politically, socially, and technologically. The vertical hierarchies that once defined the film industry no longer work. Gen Z operates through networks and connections, not in pyramids and pipes. This generational disconnect has left the industry stagnant: theaters are empty; diverse stories are underfunded, and innovation is prohibited by fear. No one is taking risks—visually, narratively, or thematically. But I believe those risks are essential to revitalizing cinema.
As a Gen Z filmmaker, I bring a fresh perspective rooted in the chaos, connection, and modernity of the moment. My work seeks to express what it’s like to grow up now: to navigate identity and culture in a hyper-connected yet fundamentally fractured world. And I want to do so through a fresh visual language that isn’t recycled from the past, but born from the present. I’m not just trying to make films—I’m trying to lead a new artistic movement, one that mirrors the controversial state of the world as it really is, taking risks to display authentic truths rather than safe and formulaic comfort.