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Left Handed Girl at GFT

14 – 20 November, 2025

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Shih-Ching Tsou’s dynamic solo debut, co-written with Sean Baker — director of the Academy Award-winning Anora — follows a family of women returning to Taipei to begin a new chapter in their lives. But when their traditional grandfather forbids his youngest left-handed granddaughter from using her “devil hand,” generations of family secrets begin to unravel.

Why they love it at GFT

“This is so enjoyable, anchored by an irresistible performance from Nina Yeh as I-Jing, the little girl whose perspective it’s largely told from — she is charming and cheeky, with emotions right on the surface, in the way of all 5-year-olds. It is a lovely film about parent-child relationships, living in the shadow of poverty and yet making the best of things. Then those old chestnuts of family expectations and social shame rear their unwelcome heads. It’s like Hirokazu Kore-eda made a film with Sean Baker — which I guess makes Shih-Ching Tsou the new Kore-eda, since she actually did co-write this with Baker (who also edits). And it features the best film appearance by a meerkat in my memory.”
– Paul Gallagher, Head of Programme

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