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Little Girl (film)

Little Girl () is a 2020 French documentary film written and directed by Sébastien Lifshitz. The cinematography was by Paul Guilhaume, and the editing was by Pauline Gaillard. 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 diagnoses her with gender dysphoria. The documentary follows the difficulty Sasha and her family face in helping her transition in provincial France.

Screenings

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

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".

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

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