19/11/2025
Left-Handed Girl (Shih-Ching Tsou, 2025)
‘Left-Handed Girl’ is a vivid, fast-moving drama shot entirely on iPhones, and it has the unmistakable energy of a Sean Baker project – fitting, as Baker, fresh off his Oscar win for ‘Anora’, serves as producer, writer and editor. The story follows a single mother and her two daughters as they relocate to the bustling night markets of Taipei. The elder girl dresses provocatively and looks for connection in all the wrong places, while the five-year-old has developed a curious habit: she steals small items and blames it on her “cursed” left hand, a superstition planted by her grandfather....
‘Left-Handed Girl’ is a vivid, fast-moving drama shot entirely on iPhones, and it has the unmistakable energy of a Sean Baker project – fitting, as Baker, fresh off his Oscar win for ‘Anora’, serve…