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The Dating Game

Synopsis

In a country where eligible men greatly outnumber women, three perpetual bachelors join an intensive seven-day dating camp led by one of China’s most sought-after dating coaches in what may be their last-ditch effort to find love.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2025 - European premiere
Official Selection CPH:DOX 2025
Official Selection Hot Docs International Film Festival 2025
Official Selection Sheffield DocFest 2025

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Features
Running time
89 min
Director
Violet Du Feng
Producer
James Costa, Violet Du Feng, Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas, Joanna Natasegara
Executive Producer
Rebecca Lichtenfeld, Chandra Jessee for InMaat, Shizuka Asakawa, Ken Pelletier, Trevor Burgess, Rebecca Lichtenfeld, Chandra Jessee, Shizuka Asakawa, Ken Pelletier, Trevor Burgess
Editor
John Farbrother
Director of Photography
Wei Gao
Sound
Chad Cannon

Genre

Woman Director

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

US, UK, Norway co-production

Fish + Bear Pictures (US), Violet Films (UK), Ten Thousand Images (NO), Inmaat Productions (US)

Violet Films

Sales Company

Cinephil

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