5TH EDITION ★ 1 - 24 MARCH 2024 ★ GHENT
Hard Love 炼爱
Xueying Dong
2021
Following the lives of 5 single women in Chinese cities.
Golden Rooster Awards 2022 - Best Documentary
Beijing International Film Festival 2021 - Selection
Shanghai International Film Festival 2021 - Selection
The film focuses on five single women living in the city. One eager to have a stable relationship, one believes that egg freezing is the most valuable investment, one is always forced to date somebody under the pressure of her family, one is obsessed with a dating app, one is struggling as a single mom. With the rapid urbanization, when talking about love, what are we thinking about?
"Hard Love explores the experiences of women over thirty looking for love in a society that vastly undervalues them."
FilmCarnage
About the Director
Tracy Dong graduated from the Beijing Film Academy. In 2008, she opened 8090 Studio, a post-production company. She started to make documentaries in 2010 with a DV camera. Her debut feature In Character was selected into the 41st Göteborg Film Festival and screened at numerous film festivals around the world.
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