Sasha, aged 7, has always felt a girl trapped in the body of a little boy. As society fails to treat Sasha like the children of her age, in all aspects of her daily life, her supportive family goes out of its way to build a cocoon of acceptance and understanding. A journey of self-determination and mutual trust that sheds light on the fierce battles we are forced to fight so as to forge our own identity.
Little Girl
Petite Fille
61st TIFF: Greek premiere
Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Sébastien Lifshitz
- Cinematography: Paul Guilhaume
- Editing: Pauline Gaillard
- Sound: Yolande Decarsin, Thomas Jaeger, Jacques Pedersen
- Production: AGAT Films & Cie
- Producers: Muriel Meynard
- Co-production: Arte France, Final Cut For Real
- Co-producers: Monica Hellström
- Format: DCP
- Color: Color
- Production Country: France
- Production Year: 2020
- Duration: 85'
- Contact: Camille Dupeuble, Anne Laure Barbarit (mk2 FILMS): intlsales@mk2.com anne-laure.barbarit@mk2.com
Sébastien Lifshitz
Sébastien Lifshitz was born in 1968 in Paris, France. After studying Art History, he began working in the world of contemporary art in 1990. He then turned to filmmaking and directed his first feature in 2000, Come Undone, hailed by the critics and released internationally. His first documentary feature, The Crossing, premiered in Cannes (Directors’ Fortnight 2001), followed by fiction feature Wild Side in Berlin 2004 (Panorama 2004, Teddy award). After The Invisibles (Cannes 2012, Official Selection), Bambi (Berlin 2013, Panorama), The Lives of Thérèse (Cannes 2016, Directors’ Fortnight) and Adolescentes (Locarno 2019), he returns to the Berlinale with his new documentary Little Girl.
Filmography
2000 Presque Rien | Come Undone
2004 Wild Side
2001 La Traversée | The Crossing (doc)
2009 Plein Sud | Going South
2012 Les Invisibles | Τhe Invisibles (doc)
2016 Les Vies De Thérèse | Τhe Lives of Thérèse (doc)
2019 Adolescentes (doc)
2020 Petite Fille ' Little Girl (doc)
