Taking its name from the song ‘Little Trouble Girl’ by Sonic Youth, the film is a coming-of-age movie about the sexual awakening of Lucia, a Slovenian teenager, during her stay in a convent with her Catholic school choir. Lucia will have to confront the contradictions that her faith and nascent desire awaken in her, while navigating the turbulent waters of adolescent friendship.
Urška Djukić
Born in Ljubljana (Slovenia) in 1986. Her most recent short film ‘Granny’s Sexual Life’ has won over 50 awards, including the European Film Academy Award for best short film in 2022 and the 2023 Cesar Award for best animated short film. Previous short films by Djukić also include ‘The Right One’, part of the omnibus film ‘SEE Factory Sarajevo mon amour’ that premiered at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2019. In 2019, Djukić participated in the 39th edition of the Cannes Cinéfondation Residency, where she developed her first feature film ‘Little Trouble Girls’, which was later awarded as the best work-in-progress project at the Les Arcs Film Festival in December 2023. The film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2025, where it won the Fipresci Award in the Perspectives section.
DIRECTOR
Urška Djukić
SCREENPLAY
Urška Djukić, Maria Bohr
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Lev Predan Kowarski
EDITOR
Vladimir Gojun
SOUND
Julij Zornik, Ivan Antić
MUSIC
Kranjcan Lojze
PRODUCTION
Jožko Rutar, Miha Černec, David Cej, Matteo Oleotto, Katarina Prpić, Dragana Jovović, Stefan Ivančić, Ognjen Glavonić, Marina Gumzi, Urška Djukić
