China Love
Inside China’s $80 billion wedding industry
China Love takes us on a billion-dollar fantasy ride, exploring contemporary China through the window of the pre-wedding photography industry.
The film is a feature-length observational documentary which follows Chinese and Australian participants as they navigate love, weddings and family in the lead-up to the most important ritual of Chinese society – getting married.
Awards
Finalist | 2018 | Sydney Film Festival | Australian Documentary Prize
Nominee | 2018 | Screen Producers Australia | Best Feature Length Documentary
Nominee | 2018 | Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival | Golden Kapok Award
In Competition | 2018 | Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Documentary
DocNYC | 2018
DOC Edge | 2019
Watch it
Stream on Netflix, Prime Video and iWonder
Screen it
Please contact the distributor: Catriona McNeish at TVF International
Teach it
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About this production
76-minute documentary feature
Producer: Rebecca Barry and Madeleine Hetherton-Miau
Director: Olivia Martin-McGuire
Production year: 2018
Website: chinalovefilm.com
“An empathetic take on how the country’s tumultuous history since the Cultural Revolution has influenced its present day.”
The Guardian
“Fresh, lucid cinematography… reveals a poignant back story.”
FilmInk
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