In Urška Djukić’s arresting debut “Little Trouble Girls,” innocence has a soundtrack — and it’s starting to crack. The first U.S. trailer for the Kino Lorber release teases a sensuous, slow-burning coming-of-age story set within the cloistered halls of a Catholic girls’ choir, where faith and desire intertwine in a complex and unpredictable harmony. A Berlin Film Festival FIPRESCI Award winner and Slovenia’s official submission for the 2026 Academy Awards, the film opens December 5 at the IFC Center in New York and December 12 at Laemmle’s Monica Film Center in Los Angeles.
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Sixteen-year-old Lucia (Jara Sofija Ostan) joins her school choir at her mother’s urging and is quickly drawn to Ana-Maria (Mina Švajger), a confident older student who opens her eyes to the pleasures — and dangers — of self-discovery. During a weekend retreat at a countryside convent, Lucia’s awakening collides with the rigid expectations of her peers and teachers, igniting jealousies, betrayals, and a crisis of belief.
Winner of Best Cinematography at Tribeca and shortlisted for the European Film Awards, “Little Trouble Girls” announces Djukić as a filmmaker of extraordinary sensitivity and control. The film captures adolescence not as a clean transition but as a fever — one where devotion, rebellion, and longing coexist in the same breath.
Written by Djukić and Maria Bohr, “Little Trouble Girls” was developed during the Cannes Cinéfondation Residency and produced by Kino Lorber following Djukić’s acclaimed short “Granny’s Sexual Life,” which won the European Film Academy Award for Best Short Film in 2022.
“Little Trouble Girls” opens December 5 in New York and December 12 in Los Angeles, with a national rollout to follow.
