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.
Little Trouble Girls is the debut feature from Slovenian director Urška Djukić and premiered as the opening film of the inaugural Perspectives competition, highlighting new filmmakers, at this year’s Berlinale. 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.
Credits
Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Serbia 2025
89min
Dir Urška Djukić
With Jara Sofija Ostan, Mina Švajger
Venues
Previews
15 to 18 August
Edinburgh International Film Festival
Chichester Film Festival
20 August
Showroom Workstation, Sheffield
Release screenings
August
29 August
BFI Southbank, London
Curzon Bloomsbury
Depot Lewes
HOME, Manchester
ICA, London
Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast
Showroom Workstation, Sheffield
Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle
Watershed, Bristol
ArtHouse Crouch End, London
Edinburgh Filmhouse
Garden Cinema, London
Glasgow Film Theatre
Barbican Cinema, London
City Screen, York
Finsbury Park Picturehouse, London
Hackney Picturehouse, London
Little Theatre Cinema, Bath
September
5 September
Exeter Phoenix
Lumiere Romford
Totnes Cinema
Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
Exeter Phoenix
Lexi Cinema, London
Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford
Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds
6 September
Chapter Cardiff
The Arzner, London
10 September
The Poly Falmouth
12 September
Storyhouse Chester
19 September
Eden Court, Inverness
Hebden Bridge Picture House
27 September
Cromarty Cinema
28 September
Triskel Arts Centre
29 September
MAC Birmingham
October
1 October
Strode Theatre, Street
17 October
King Street Cinema, Ipswich
20 October
Buxton Film
28 October
South Hill Park Cinema, Bracknell
November
11 November
Hull Independent Cinema
23 November
Keswick Alhambra Cinema