Urška Djukić
MA in Media Arts and Practices, ALUMNI AU
Personal links
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5088154/
https://bsf.si/sl/ime/urska-djukic/
https://www.instagram.com/urskadjukic/
Urška Djukić studied at the School of Arts of the University of Nova Gorica. In 2016, she shot the short feature-animated film “Dober tek, življenje!”, for which she received the Vesna award for the best short film at the 19th Festival of Slovenian Film. In 2018, she co-directed the film “The right one”, which premiered in Cannes, Directors’ Fortnight 2019 as part of the omnibus SEE Factory Sarajevo mon amour. In the same year, she was selected for the 39th edition of the Ciné fondation Rezidence, where she developed her the first feature film titled “Little Trouble Girls”. In 2021, she continued the development of her debut film at the Torino Film Lab workshop.
Urška’s new short animated-documentary film “Granny’s Sexual Life” received many awards, including the Grand Prix Tampere 2022, Vesna for special achievements at the Festival of Slovenian Film 2021 and the European Film Award EFA 2022 for the best European film, and at the same time it is nominated for award of the French Film Academy Cézar 2023. By intertwining different forms – animation, fiction and various forms of experimental techniques, Urška creates hybrid visual narratives and is particularly focused on researching modern femininity.
SELECTED FILMS:
2021: GRANNY’S SEXUAL LIFE, animated short, 14′, Supported by: Slovenian Film Center, CNC, ARTE, Ciclic, Creative Europe Media;
EFA European Film Academy Award 2022 for the best European short film
Nomination for the Cézar Award 2023 of the French Film Academy
AIPA 2022 – Butnskal Prize
Riga 2ANNAS 2022 – Best Documentary
Go Short Nijmegen – Best Film
Animateka 2021 – Audience Award for Best Film
Tampere Film Festival 2022 – Grand Prix Grand Prize
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
Winter Apricots – The best Balkan film
Ce l’hoCorto Film Festival – Best Film Award
AFI FEST Los Angeles, Les Arcs – Special Embassies
Linea d’Ombra – Best Film Award, ZINEB 63
Uppsala – EFA 2022 nomination candidate, FSF Vesna for special achievements
World Premiere: Ottawa 2021; Festivals: Encounters – Jury Special Mention
2019: THE RIGHT ONE, short feature, 14′, Supported by: Slovenian Film Center, Sarajevo Film Festival, Quinzaine des Realisateurs;
World premiere: 51th Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2019
Festivals: Jerusalem, Sarajevo, Drama, Manaki Brothers, CINEMED Montpellier, WE ARE ONE Global film festival, Odense
2019: LOVKA, short film, 18′, Supported by: Slovenski filmski center, TV Slovenija
Best actress award: Short to the point 2020
World Premiere: 25th MedFilm Festival 2019
2016: DOBER TEK, ŽIVLJENJE!, short feature / animation, 15′, Supported by: Slovenian Film Center
Best Short Film–19th Festival of Slovenian film 2016
Special jury mention, 15 Magma, Mostra di cinema breve, Sicily 2016