Urška Djukić

Urška Djukić was born in 1986 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She studied at the Academy of Arts in Nova Gorica. Her short film Bon Appétit, La Vie! won the award for Best Short at the National Festival of Slovenian Film 2016. In 2018, she was invited to participate at SEE Factory, a joint project for young directors curated by Directors' Fortnight and Sarajevo Film Festival. There she co-directed a short film The Right One that premiered at Cannes 2019. In the same year, she was selected for the 39th Cinéfondation Residence in Paris, where she started developing her debut film, Little Trouble Girls. By combining live-action, animation, and other techniques, Urška creates hybrid visual narratives and is primarily focused on exploring topics of contemporary womanhood.