★ 2023 Golden Horse Awards - Best Leading Actress - Audrey Lin
★ Nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Chen Yi-Han), Best Original Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Visual Effects, Best Original Film Score, Best Sound Effects
Xiao Xiao is a girl with ADHD. She is bullied and isolated by her classmates at school. Even her own mother sees her as a troublemaker. Her father, who works abroad for a long time, is like a familiar yet distant stranger. Only her school teacher, Paul, seems to understand and is able to alleviate her emotions. One day, during a typhoon, Xiao Xiao witnesses a secret between her mother and Paul. Confused, she not only has to force herself to adapt to this complicated emotional relationship, but also gradually discovers that both she and her mother have their own helplessness towards life.
Director: Chin Chia-Hua
Cast: Chen Yi-Han, Terrance Lau Chun Him, Audrey Lin
About the Director
Chin Chia-Hua, director and screenwriter. Chin’s shorts Lucky Draw and A Cold Summer Day have received numerous awards, including the Golden Bell Awards, Golden Harvest Awards, Kaohsiung Film Festival and New York Festivals - TV & Film Awards (Gold Award for Short Films). They have also been selected for the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, and Singapore Chinese Film Festival. Trouble Girl is his first feature film.