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The Dating Game

Directed by Violet Du Feng
United States, Norway, United Kingdom
2025
90 mins

Set in China, where eligible men outnumber women by over 30 million, The Dating Game is the story of Zhou, Li, and Wu, three bachelors embarking on a seven-day dating camp, led by Hao, one of China’s most sought-after dating coaches. In their last-ditch effort to find love, the bachelors chuckle and bond as Hao makes them over, altering how they look and act. It’s all part of Hao’s signature “strategic deception,” a series of techniques designed to, purportedly, make humans connect.

As our three bachelors stumble through the camp’s awkward challenges, they try to make sense of their authentic and constructed selves, and find the self-confidence they need to land that date.

Expected guests

Violet Du Feng
Director, Producer
Thom Powers
Documentary programmer

Tickets

Saturday April 52:45pm

Coral Gables Art Cinema

  • Year
    2025
  • Country
    United States, Norway, United Kingdom
  • Language
    Mandarin
  • Premiere Status
    Florida Premiere
  • Director
    Violet Du Feng
  • Producer
    Joanna Natasegara, James Costa, Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas, Violet Du Feng
  • Writer
    Violet Du Feng, John Farbrother
  • Cinematographer
    Wei Gao
  • Editor
    John Farbrother
  • Genre
    Documentary
  • Theme
    Directed by Women
  • Award
    Doc Achievement

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