MINORITY COPRODUCTIONS
LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS
DIRECTOR: Urška Djukić
CROATIAN PREMIERE
COUNTRY: Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia
YEAR/DURATION: 2025. • 90′
coming-of-age drama
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Urška Djukić, Maria Bohr
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Lev Predan Kowarski
- EDITOR: Vladimir Gojun
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Vasja Kokelj
- COSTUME DESIGN: Gilda Venturini
- SOUND: Julij Zornik
- MAKE UP: Eva Uršič
- LEAD ACTRESSES: Jara Sofija Ostan, Mina Švajger
- SUPPORTING ACTRESSES: Nataša Burger, Irena Tomažin, Mateja Strle, Staša Popović
- SUPPORTING ACTORS: Saša Tabaković
- PRODUCERS: Jožko Rutar, Miha Černec
- PRODUCTION COMPANY: Spok Films (Slovenia)
- CO-PRODUCERS: David Cej, Matteo Oleotto, Katarina Prpić, Dragana Jovanović, Ognjen Glavonić, Stefan Ivančić, Marina Gumzi, Urška Djukić
- CO-PRODUCED BY : BY Staragara IT (Italy), 365 Films (Croatia), Non-Aligned Films (Serbia), Nosorogi (Slovenia), OINK (Slovenija) i RTV Slovenija
- DISTRIBUTION: 365 Films
- SALES AGENT: Heretic
Festivals and awards
Berlin Film Festival 2025 – Perspectives, FIPRESCI Award and world premiere
Sofia International Film Festival 2025
Best Cinematography International Competition Tribeca Film Festival
Synopsis
Introverted 16-year-old Lucia joins her Catholic school’s all-girls choir, where she befriends Ana-Maria, a popular and flirty third-year student. But when the choir travels to a countryside convent for a weekend of intensive rehearsals, Lucia’s interest in a dark-eyed restoration worker tests her friendship with Ana-Maria and the other girls.
Trailer
About the director
Urša Djukić (Ljubljana, 1986) studied at the Academy of Arts at the University of Nova Gorica. Her first animated short film Bon Appétit, La Vie! Won the award for Best Short at the 19th National Festival of Slovenian film. In 2018, she was invited to participate in a joint project for young directors Southeast Europe Factory where she was one of the directors of the short film The Right One, which premiered at Cannes in 2019. The same year she was selected for the Cinéfondation Residency in Paris, where she started working on her debut, Little Trouble Girls. By combining animation, live-action, and various forms of experimental techniques, Urša Djukić creates hybrid visual narratives and is especially focused on exploring topics of contemporary womanhood. Her animated film Granny’s Sexual Life won the European Academy Film Award in 2022, and the French César Award in 2023.
Screening
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- VALLI CINEMA – SATURDAY 12.7.2025.
16:00
- VALLI CINEMA – SATURDAY 12.7.2025.
FREE ENTRANCE
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- INK – SUNDAY 13.7.2025.
10:00
- INK – SUNDAY 13.7.2025.
FREE ENTRANCE
