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 masterโ€™s in Europe on documentary directing, convincing her stomach that European rice is worth it.

Awards

2026 Film Fest GentOfficial Selection
2025 Sheffield DocFestOfficial Selection
2025 Guanajuato FilmFest (GIFF)Official Selection
2023 TokyoDocsExcellent Pitch
2021 HiShorts!Juryโ€™s Special Mention Award
2017 Jiemian MediaBest News Video of the Year

Education

2023โ€“2025

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

2013โ€“2017

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

Documentary

The Eye In My Camera ๐Ÿ”— | BELGIUM

โ€ข 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 ๐Ÿ”— | PORTUGAL

โ€ข 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 ๐Ÿ”— | HUNGARY

โ€ข 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 ๐Ÿ”— | CHINA

โ€ข Amidst Chinaโ€™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 ๐Ÿ”—, Two ๐Ÿ”—, Three ๐Ÿ”—, Four ๐Ÿ”—

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

Experience

2025โ€“present

ESPACE P | Volunteer

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

2022โ€“2023

VICE Asia | Video Journalist

2022

Initium Media

2017โ€“2020

Jiemian Media | Video Journalist