Little Trouble Girls (2025)
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Director: Urška Djukić Run Time: 90 min. Release Year: 2025 Language: Slovene
Starring: Jara Sofija Ostan, Mina Švajger, Nataša Burger, Saša Tabaković, Staša Popovič
Country: Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia
Language: Slovenian
About the film:
FIPRESCI Prize, Berlin International Film Festival. Best Cinematography, Tribeca Film Festival. Slovenia’s Official Submission for the 2026 Academy Awards, Best International Feature Film.
At her mother’s urging, introverted 16-year-old Lucia joins her Catholic school’s all-girls choir, where she befriends Ana-Maria, a popular older student. When the choir travels to a countryside convent for a weekend retreat of intensive rehearsals, Lucia navigates the unfamiliar surroundings, complex teenage social structures, and her own awakening sexuality. A series of initiations, including an eye-opening experience with a handsome construction worker, test Lucia’s friendship with Ana-Maria and the other girls, as she begins to question her beliefs and disrupt the harmony within the choir.
About the filmmaker:
Born in Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana, Urška Djukić achieved a bachelor of digital arts and practices (Animation, Videofilm, Photography and New Media) at the School of Arts of the University of Nova Gorica. In 2019, she was selected for the 39th Cinéfondation Residence in Paris, where she started developing her debut film, Kaj ti je deklica (Little Trouble Girls, 2025).
An accomplished filmmaker, Djukić is also known for Bon Appétit, La Vie! (2016) (Best Short, National Festival of Slovenian Film), The Right One (2019) (Cannes Film Festival), and Granny’s Sexual Life (2021), co-directed with Emilie Pigeard (Short Film, César Award, European Film Award). By combining live-action, animation, and other techniques, Djukić creates hybrid visual narratives and is especially focused on exploring topics of contemporary womanhood.
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