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Little Girl (French: Petite Fille) is a 2020 French documentary film written and directed by Sébastien Lifshitz.[2][3] The cinematography and editing was by Paul Guilhaume.[4] It focuses on the story of transgender seven-year-old Sasha, who was assigned male at birth but has known she is a girl since the age of four. She sees a psychiatrist with a special interest in gender who diagnosis her with gender dysphoria. The documentary follows the difficulty Sasha and her family face in helping her transition in provincial France.[5]

Little Girl
Poster
French	Petite Fille
Directed by	Sébastien Lifshitz
Screenplay by	Sébastien Lifshitz
Produced by	Muriel Meynard
Cinematography	Paul Guilhaume
Edited by	Paul Guilhaume
Music by	Yolande Decarsin
Release date	February 2020 (2020-02) (Berlin)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$28,876[1]

Little Girl was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama Queer film section in 2020.[4][6] It was shown at the Zurich Film Festival in 2020[7] and Chicago International Film Festival.[8] In the UK, it was shown on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer under the Storyville documentary strand in 2021.[9]

Reception

Leslie Felperin of The Guardian gave the documentary 4 out of 5 stars, praising Guilhaume's "limpid" cinematography as "[allowing the viewer] to study every flicker of expression on the faces of Sasha and the adults around her".[5]

Ben Dowell of The Times also gave the film 4 out of 5 stars.[10]

Awards

• The film won the European Film Award for Best Sound Designer at the European Film Awards.[2]
• The 2020 Grand Prix for Best Film at Film Fest Ghent.[11] Silver Hugo for Best Documentary film at the 2020 Chicago International Film Festival[12]
• The Prix du public at the Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) in 2020.[13]
• Side by Side LGBT Film Festival, Saint Petersburg 2020 Best Documentary.[14]

References

External links

• Little Girl at IMDb
• Official website

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