FNC 2025: Film Reviews
The 54th edition of Montreal’s Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (FNC 2025) is running from October, featuring films such as Left-Handed Girl, What Does That Nature Say to You, To the Victory!, Kontinental '25, and Shifting Baselines.
Left-Handed Girl
Directed by Shih-Ching Tsou, a longtime collaborator of Sean Baker, Left-Handed Girl is a vibrant and spontaneous film set in Taipei. The movie follows a single mother and her two daughters as they attempt to build a new life in Taiwan’s capital.
Taipei through the eyes of Shih-Ching Tsou is exciting and chaotic.
Shot on an iPhone, the film takes advantage of the phone's flexibility, capturing the city's real locations and rendering them with beauty and claustrophobia. The result is a documentary-like feel that injects every moment of the film with real-world intensity.
Author's summary: FNC 2025 features Left-Handed Girl, a vibrant film about a single mother in Taipei.