Key Highlights
- Related Stories Festivals Shih-Ching Tsou & Sean Baker Talk Journey To Making Taiwan Oscar Entry ‘Left-Handed Girl’ – Toronto Festivals ‘Left-Handed Girl’ Clip: Sean Baker Produced & Edited Drama By Collaborator Shih-Ching Tsou Debuts In Cannes Left-Handed Girl marks the solo feature directorial debut of Tsou, who co-wrote and produced with Oscar winner Sean Baker.
- The film world premiered in competition at Cannes Critics’ Week and has since traveled to top-tier festivals including Toronto, Busan, BFI London, Zurich, Chicago, and Vancouver, with additional screenings across Melbourne, Warsaw, Film Fest Ghent, AFI Fest, Montclair, Savannah, Hawaii, Mill Valley, Middleburg, and Virginia.
- Watch on Deadline Selected as Taiwan’s official submission for Best International Feature for the 2026 Academy Awards, Left-Handed Girl won Best Film in the Progressive Cinema Competition at the Rome Film Festival and earned Tsou Breakthrough Director honors from both the Montclair Film Festival and the Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of AAPI Cinema & Television.
- The film has also received nine Golden Horse Award nominations, including Best Film, Best New Director, and Best Original Screenplay.
- Known for her humanism, emotional precision, and commitment to portraying underrepresented communities with honesty and empathy, Tsou aims to bridge cultures and challenges cinematic conventions with her work.
