This was hands down the best documentary I've seen in all my life! It perfectly captured the strife of what transgender children and their families experience throughout a child's transition. The cinematography was stunning and I was fully engrossed throughout the entire film. I love the use of correct terminology and a heart-warming (and at times, heart-wrenching) portrait of living life to its fullest and the struggles that come with it.

Little Girl in my opinion is a must see. An astonishingly respectful, person centred documentary; following little 7 yrs old Sasha as she & her family negotiate living fully as the girl she is. I'm in awe at the family doing this kindness for the kids that follow. My late friend and LGBT volunteer Gladys was indeed 7 yrs old when she knew she too was a girl way back in 1943. She didn't have the support or care wee Sasha has had from the true professionals looking out for her, prioritising listening to her and ensuring their work is focussed on her happiness at this essential stage in her life. I guess that is part of why this splendid documentary had such an impact upon me. I watched on Curzon Home Cinema on Mark Kermode's recommendation - I hope they bring it back. So many parents could benefit from sight of it, especially so seeing wee Sasha's mum struggles with the questions we might not think obvious. Her dad and brother are just the best too! I hope ultimately, there is a Blu-ray/DVD release too.

The main person presenting Sasha's story in this film is the mother. The father, the gender specialist and also the filmmaker seem to accept her story without questioning. The only people who question her, namely the schoolteachers, are not interviewed and quite simply presented as unfeeling bigots by the parents. The main flaw of the film is that the central character hardly speaks for itself. We are left to conclude that Saschas sad silence is because of the hurt by people at school who don't want to understand. But could it be that the child is silent because an overbearing mother doesn't give it space to express it's own feelings., Could it be that the teachers sense something that the filmmaker doesn't want to see. In my view it would be wiser to lead the child away from fixating on binary categories of boy or girl and let it experiment with ways of being without putting a gender label on it, and then see what happens, at least untill the onset of puberty. In short: let the child be. Instead the child gets to hear that it was born in the wrong body. Also the mother, who clearly dominates the father in these matters, jumps to confirmation of the child as a girl, setting it on a path to being a trans women. For an 8-year old this seems a bit premature to me. Couldn't the parents just remain neutral for a few more years. Maybe Sascha turns out to be non-binary or a "feminine" boy - or is that maybe a less desirable outcome? A mother who says something like maybe it is the destiny of her eight year old to become a kind of martyr for the emancipation of trans people, and that she intends to always help it with that struggle. That can also sound scary. I question the ethics of this film because making it has an impact on the future of this child. It helps to solidify the trans identity of Sascha at a too early (in my view) age because it will make it harder for child and parents to change their mind. A momentous decision is coming up for the child at the onset of pubert. I only hope that parents and filmmaker have left it enough space to make his/her own decision.