DJ Ahmet

Sundance 2025
Sundance 2025
Audience Award
Sundance 2025
Special Jury Award
for Creative Vision
Cannes 2025
Grand Prix Ecrans Juniors
London FF 2025
Official Selection

DJ Ahmet

A Film by Georgi M. Unkovski

2025 - North Macedonia/Czech Republic/Serbia/Croatia - Comedy/Drama - 99 min.

with Arif Jakup , Agush Аgushev , Aksel Mehmet & Dora Akan Zlatanova

Languages: Turkish , Macedonian

Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote Yuruk village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and his first experience with love — a girl already promised to someone else.

In Collection:
Sundance 2025
Sundance 2025
Audience Award
Sundance 2025
Special Jury Award
for Creative Vision
Cannes 2025
Grand Prix Ecrans Juniors
London FF 2025
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