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

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

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