Interview With "Left- Handed Girl" Filmmaker Shih-Ching Tsou

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

"Left-Handed Girl" is an international indie drama written, directed, and produced by Shih-Ching Tsou, starring Janel Tsai, Shih-Yuan Ma, Nina Ye, Brando Huang, Akio Chen, and Xin-Yan Chao. Multi Academy Award-winner Sean Baker served as co-writer, producer, and editor. The film had its world premiere at the Critics' Week section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its direction, writing, and performances. It has been selected as the Taiwanese entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. Shih-Ching Tsou was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about her work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is set for a limited release on November 14th, before it streams on Netflix on November 28th. Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is Nadia Dahlamante's interview with the director and co-writer of the film Left-Handed Girls.
0:08.3	Chi Cheng Su.
0:09.5	I think this is a lot.
0:12.8	You know, we're today a new teacher.
0:17.1	Hello!
0:22.6	Mom! You did me, Do you?
0:23.6	No, but if I did it,
0:25.6	but if I did, it's just you're
0:26.6	I'm just here.
0:28.6	I don't know you're now
0:30.6	in Taipei?
0:31.6	No, this is my mom's tauts.
0:34.6	Let's tell you
0:36.6	Let's just the highman, how's tell you. This is a good good
0:38.3	This is the
0:39.3	best
0:40.3	high
0:41.3	highmen
0:42.3	You'll
0:43.3	see
0:44.3	you
0:45.3	Oh
	...

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