Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Urška Djukić’s “Little Trouble Girls,” which opened Berlinale’s Perspectives section and walked away with the FIPRESCI award, has sold to multiple territories, including Kino Lorber for North America, BFI Distribution for U.K.
and Ireland, as well as France, Germany, Benelux and many more. Athens-based Heretic is handling worldwide sales. Djukić’s debut feature follows introverted 16-year-old Lucia, who joins her Catholic school’s all-girl choir and befriends Ana-Maria, a popular and flirty student.
But when the choir travels to a countryside convent for a weekend of intensive rehearsals, Lucia’s interest in a 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.
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