Remote-controlled romance: you swipe, you suffer, you decide his love life.
Vinny, a millennial from London, joins a dating app for the first time while living in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic. With five potential female matches, Vinny must pluck up courage to video date with wildly different personalities, starring Mandip Gill and Georgia Hirst. The viewer’s choices will define Vinny’s interactions with each date and their interest in seeing him again. Amidst a branching, multi-directional chain of conversation topics and deep-dive questions, Vinny is faced with digital game dates, awkward scenarios and unexpected truths. Five Dates is an exploration of the unpredictable modern dating experience, which follows an average single man as he navigates the world of digital dating. Through his journey, the decisions the viewer makes for him will challenge their own conceptions of attraction and compatibility.
Acting
Cast sells genuine chemistry through tiny laptop windows.
Writing
Conversations actually feel like real awkward dating disasters.
Director
Paul Raschid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Filmed entirely during UK lockdown—actors directed remotely while shooting in their own homes.
Part of a wave of 'screenlife' films that turned pandemic constraints into aesthetic innovation, though critics debate if watching someone else's video calls counts as cinema.
US
