It has been a whirlwind four months for Taiwanese American director Shih-Ching Tsou , whose debut feature Left-Handed Girl makes its North American premiere at TIFF this weekend.

The emotional family drama revolves around a single mother and her two daughters who are coming to terms with city life in Taipei after several years of living in the countryside.

Their move back to the Taiwanese capital, where the mother sets up a food stand in a buzzing night market, brings them into closer proximity with her family.

It’s not a particularly happy reunion for the youngest daughter I-Jing. Her left-handedness upsets her superstitious grandfather, who tells her never to use her “devil hand”.

After taking more than two decades to get the feature over the line, Tsou’s career has shot into

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