''Left-Handed Girl'' () is a 2025 internationally co-produced

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film, written, directed and produced by Shih-Ching Tsou. It stars Janel Tsai, Shih-Yuan Ma, , Brando Huang, Akio Chen and Xin-Yan Chao.

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serves as co-writer, producer, and editor. The film had its world premiere at the

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section of the

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Cast

* Janel Tsai * Shih-Yuan Ma * * Brando Huang * Akio Chen * Xin-Yan Chao

Production

In November 2012,

revealed the project, with Shih-Ching Tsou set to direct, however, the film was facing difficulty to secure financing.

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began in July 2022. By February 2025, the film was nearing the end of post-production. The film was shot using an

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Release

''Left-Handed Girl'' had its world premiere at the

in the

section where it won the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution. In May 2025,

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acquired rights to the film for the world excluding the Baltics, the Benelux, Greece, Hong Kong, Israel, Italy, France, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Scandinavia, Poland and Taiwan.

Reception

References

External links

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