Wang Shaojun
wangshaojun0908@gmail.com
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 masterโs in Europe on documentary directing, convincing her stomach that European rice is worth it.
Awards
Education
2023โ2025
LUCA School of Arts (KU Leuven)
M.A. in Documentary Directing
2013โ2017
China Youth College for Political Sciences
B.A. in Journalism
Documentary
โข 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.
โข 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.
โข 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.
โข Amidst Chinaโs 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.
Episodes: One ๐, Two ๐, Three ๐, Four ๐
โข Portraits of people who treated sex dolls as family, and their relationships with real family members.
Experience
2025โpresent
ESPACE P | Volunteer
- Outreach and documentation with migrant street-based sex workers in Brussels.
2022โ2023
VICE Asia | Video Journalist
- Chinaโs Viral โSkinny Enoughโ Challenges Are Making People Sick ๐ 3.5 million views on YouTube
- Why China Has Cancelled โSissy Menโ ๐
2022
Initium Media
- A Female Trucker Heading To Full-Lockdown Shanghai ๐
- Homeowners Boycott Mortgage Payments In Zhengzhou China ๐
- Chinese Parents Abducting Their Own Children in a Bid for Custody ๐
2017โ2020
Jiemian Media | Video Journalist
- African Boys Learning Acrobatics In China ๐
- The Migrate Of Shenzhen Urban Village | Chinese ๐
- Felon Undertaker | Chinese ๐ 7.4 million views on Weibo
- Why No Baby | Chinese ๐ 8 million views on Weibo