Wang Shaojun

wangshaojun0908@gmail.com

Wang Shaojun

Introduction

Born in 1994

A documentary filmmaker and multimedia journalist with 6 years of experience covering social and human-rights issues in China. Currently pursuing a fully funded master’s in Europe on documentary directing, convincing her stomach that European rice is worth it.

Awards

2025 Sheffield DocFest Official Selection

2025 Guanajuato FilmFest (GIFF) Official Selection

2023 TokyoDocs Excellent Pitch

2021 HiShorts! Jury’s Special Mention Award

2017 Jiemian Media Best news video of the year

Education

2023–2025

LUCA School of Arts(Ku Leuven)
M.A. in Documentary Directing

2013–2017

China Youth College for Political Sciences
B.A. in Journalism

Documentary

The Eye In My Camera 🔗 | BELGIUM

• I feel a constant gaze inside my camera, so I turn the camera on myself, try to have a conversation with the eye behind it.

As Days Go By 🔗 | PORTUGAL

• A group of squatters living in an abandoned building in Lisbon. As days go by, they live like there is no tomorrow. And yet, tomorrow always comes.

Mao Rong Po 🔗 | HUNGARY

• Liu Liu, a kid living abroad with his mother, goes on a trip with a ghost monster while waiting at the supermarket where his mother works.

Three Abductions 🔗 | CHINA

• Amidst China’s annual cases of 80,000 child abductions by one parent, Ying confronts her abusive husband in a custody battle, striving to protect her child from potential abduction.

China Sex Dolls Series | CHINA

Episodes: One 🔗, Two 🔗, Three 🔗, Four 🔗

• Portraits of people who treated sex dolls as family, and their relationships with real family members.

Experience

2025–present

ESPACE P | Volunteer

  • Outreach and documentation with migrant street-based sex workers in Brussels.

2022–2023

VICE Asia | Video Journalist

2022

Initium Media

2017–2020

Jiemian Media | Video Journalist