Little Trouble Girls – the debut feature from Slovenian director Urška Djukić, which premiered as the opening film of the inaugural Perspectives competition, highlighting new filmmakers, at this year’s Berlinale – will be released in UK and Irish cinemas on 29 August 2025 by BFI Distribution. A BFI Player exclusive release will follow on 13 October 2025.
Co-written by Urška Djukić and Maria Bohr, with its title inspired by the iconic 1995 song ‘Little Trouble Girl’ by Sonic Youth, the film is a tender portrayal, sensuously shot and beautifully scored, of the sexual awakening of a young chorister.
Introverted 16-year-old Lucia (Jara Sofija Ostan) joins her Catholic school’s all-girls choir, where she befriends Ana-Maria (Mina Švajger), 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. As she navigates unfamiliar surroundings and her budding sexuality, Lucia begins to question her beliefs and values, disrupting the harmony within the choir.
“With Little Trouble Girls, I wanted to explore the mysteries of the senses as tools for understanding ourselves. I think the long-standing taboo around sexuality has left us still unable to fully understand or harness its potential power. The body has its own instinctive intelligence, guiding us if we listen carefully. The concept of sinful sexuality and the lack of education around it is a clever mechanism to disconnect individuals from their inner source of power,” says Djukić….