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iPhone-filmed Left-Handed Girl inspired by real night-market stories
The Straits Times
|December 04, 2025
Taiwanese-American filmmaker Tsou Shih-ching takes audiences to a bustling Taipei night market in family drama Left-Handed Girl, weaving in personal and collected experiences.
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Chosen to represent Taiwan at the 2026 Oscars, the movie marks her solo directorial debut.
She co-directed American indie Take Out (2004) with American filmmaker and Oscar winner Sean Baker (Anora, 2024) and the two became frequent collaborators. Baker co-wrote, edited and produced Left-Handed Girl, which is showing on Netflix.
Around two decades in the making, the film stemmed from Tsou’s grandfather telling her off for using her left hand, traditionally believed to be the devil’s hand.
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