Director of Berlin Film ‘Little Trouble Girls’ Lines Up Witch Trial Drama ‘Veronika of Desenice’ and ‘Wild Woman,’ About the Acting Process (EXCLUSIVE)

variety.com:

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Slovenian director Urška Djukić, whose feature directorial debut, “Little Trouble Girls,” makes its world premiere Feb.

14 as the opening film of Berlinale’s Perspectives section, is developing two new projects, she has told Variety. The projects are being produced by Djukić through her production company, Oink, alongside Luka Peterca.

The first, with the working title “Veronika of Desenice,” is set in the 15th century in a region of the Holy Roman Empire that is now Slovenia.

It tells the tragic real-life story of the love between the Count of Celje Frederick II and his wife Veronika. Veronika was accused by her father-in-law of being a witch, but sought sanctuary in a Carthusian monastery, aided by the monk Prior Arnold. “Today, 600 years after Veronika’s death, this story of the first witch trial in Slovenia remains integral to our cultural identity,” Djukić told Variety. “I remember how, as children in school, we read novels inspired by Veronika’s story.