Jing Zhao is a filmmaker and video artist based between London and Beijing.

 

She began her filmmaking journey at the London Film School, graduating with distinction in 2023. The same year, she became a BAFTA Connect member.

Her films, rooted in personal experience, focus on creating authentic, nuanced characters navigating intimate relationships, with particular interests in femininity, cross-cultural identity, the contemporary reinterpretation of mythology, and theatricality in public spaces.

 

Her graduation film, Dou (adapted from Liaozhai Zhiyi), screened at festivals including Rhode Island and Durban, winning the Prix Interculturel in Munich for its exploration of cross-cultural themes. The zero-budget experimental short, How to Be a Ghost in Bangkok?, received international recognition with selections at festivals such as the London Short Film Festival, FEST New Directors/New Films, and Image Forum, and won Best Experimental Film at the Tirana International Film Festival.

In addition to writing and directing, her produced shorts have also achieved notable success, including the Lithuanian film Praeis, which premiered at Cannes’ La Cinef, and the UK film Saving Art, which was acquired by Disney+.

 

Jing is currently in post-production on her new shorts, F-lush and California City Garden, which were supported by training programs from The First International Film Festival and Hainan International Film Festival in China.