THE DATING GAME

Available: 11/14/25 12:00 AM - 11/30/25 11:59 PM

 

Showings

Village East by Angelika Thu, Nov 13 9:10 PM
Village East by Angelika Mon, Nov 17 1:30 PM
Film Details
Year:2025
Running Time:88
Language:Mandarin
Trailer URL (YouTube or Vimeo):https://youtu.be/_n1x4g4lP54
Director:Violet Du Feng
Executive Producer:Rebecca Lichtenfeld
Chandra Jessee
Julie Parker Benello
Shizuka Asakawa
Ken Pelletier
Trevor Burguess
Producer:Violet Du Feng
Joanna Natasegara
James Costa
Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas
Editor:John Farbrother
Cinematographer:Wei Gao
Composer:Chad Cannon
Cast:Hao
Wu
Li
Zhou
Wen
Website:https://www.fishandbearpics.com/the-dating-game
Accessibility:Sound-Amplification Headphones upon request
DOC NYC
Event Years:2025
Festival Section:COME AS YOU ARE
Film Genres:Community
Asian/Asian American
Sex and Relationships
Social Issues
Women Directors

Description

NYC PREMIERE A dystopic aftermath of China’s one-child policy is a lopsided gender ratio. In a society with more men than women, a male loneliness epidemic looms as men struggle to find wives in a cutthroat dating market. As women find love in AI boyfriends, men—often of lower social class—hire dating coaches who, through their parroting of patriarchal cliches, may just be making things a lot worse. - Bedatri D. Choudhury

The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director/producer Violet Du Feng, producer James Costa, executive producer Rebecca Lichtenfeld, and co-executive producer Yao King.

The second screening will be followed by a Q&A with director/producer Violet Du Feng, executive producer Rebecca Lichtenfeld and co-executive producer Yao King.

All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide a T-Coil loop for compatible devices.