Little Trouble Girls - Urška Djukic

A sensual coming-of-age story in which a sixteen-year-old wallflower is confronted for the first time with her sexual desires. Sultry choir-mate Ana-Marija unsettles Lucia, as does the handyman working at the crumbling convent where she lives. And then there is her faith, which only heightens the turmoil in her body. Little Trouble Girls explores, with tenderness and a fresh perspective, the intersection of burgeoning sexuality and religious constraint. Urška Djukic is a Slovenian director, screenwriter and film editor. She studied at the School of Arts of the University of Nova Gorica. Her 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. Her earlier short "The Right One" was part of the omnibus film SEE Factory Sarajevo mon amour, which premiered at the Cannes Directors' Fortnight in 2019. That year she took part in the Cannes Cinéfondation Residency, where she developed "Little Trouble Girls". The project was later named best work-in-progress at the Les Arcs Film Festival in December 2023. It is her debut film and premiered in the Perspectives section of the Berlinale in 2025. The film is screened in Slovenian with French and Dutch surtitles, at Bozar, rue Ravenstein 23, Brussels. Each screening runs about 1 hour 40 minutes.