Elena Lecun Xiang

Elena Lecun Xiang is a Chinese documentary filmmaker based in New York City whose work explores immigration, gender, and globalization. Her debut short documentary, The Acupuncturist (2025), was published by amNewYork.

Her feature documentary Goodbye, Yiwu, currently in progress, has received the AIDC Award and First Prize for Best Potential for Impact Making at the CNEX Chinese Doc Forum, as well as Best Pitch at the 2026 Fusion Film Festival Docs in the Works. The project was also selected for the 2026 FIRST International Film Festival Documentary Lab and the A-Doc Allies Program.

Elena is a recipient of the Video Consortium x Sony Camera Contest Award, AAJA’s Jeannie Park Grant, and multiple grants from New York University. She is a graduate of NYU’s News and Documentary program.