Introverted 16-year-old Lucia joins her Catholic school’s all-girls choir and signs up for a weekend trip to a countryside convent. But her bond with the choir, and her relationship with her faith, are challenged when she catches the eye of a handsome renovation worker. Urška Djukić’s directorial debut offers a fresh, nuanced take on coming-of-age, blending quiet sensuality with the raw intensity of adolescence.

🏆 Winner of the International Film Critics Prize at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival.

Reviews

‘Djukic’s coming of age drama is heady with intertwined sensual and religious symbolism; the first rate score and sound design teases out the tangled, conflicting impulses towards Catholic devotion and erotic abandon.’
Wendy Ide, Screen International

‘This is a striking statement of intent from its Slovenian writer-director — there’s an airy delicacy here that invites comparisons to early Céline Sciamma, but with its own raw, restless edge.’
Guy Lodge, Variety