November 19, 2025

LEFT-HANDED GIRL: Taiwan’s Oscar Entry Redefining Indie Cinema

40 minutes

LEFT-HANDED GIRL: Taiwan’s Oscar Entry Redefining Indie Cinema with director Shih-Ching Tsou.

LEFT-HANDED GIRL is the latest breakout in Taiwanese indie cinema—a vibrant, deeply personal coming-of-age story from filmmaker Shih-Ching Tsou, co-writer and frequent collaborator of multi–Oscar-winning director Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket). Set against the electric pulse of Taipei’s night markets, the film follows a young girl pushing back against cultural expectations and discovering her own voice. It’s intimate, tender, and boldly cinematic—the kind of film that sneaks up on you and stays.

Born out of a long creative partnership that began in an AFI editing class and evolved across years of filmmaking, LEFT-HANDED GIRL marks Tsou’s most personal work yet. Co-written and edited by Baker, the film has already drawn international acclaim, premiering at major festivals and earning a celebrated spot at Cannes. It is also Taiwan’s official submission to the 2025 Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film, powered by stunning performances from its unforgettable trio of lead actresses.

On this episode of Inside the Arthouse, we sit down with Shih-Ching Tsou to explore her path to the film—how her collaborations shaped her craft, how she built this world from lived experience, and what it takes to break tradition in pursuit of your own creative truth.

If you’ve ever felt torn between expectation and self-discovery, this conversation will hit home.

Inside the Arthouse—starting now.

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