DJ AHMET (North Macedonia)
August 22 @ 10:00 am to approx. 12:00 pm
$15
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.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Runnng Time: 99 min
Country: North Macedonia
Language: Turkish, Macedonian, English
Premiere:
Director: Georgi M. Unkovski
Writer: Georgi M. Unkovski
Producers: Ivana Shekutkosk,| Ivan Unkovski
Composers: Alen Sinkauz | Nenad Sinkauz
Cinematographer: Naum Doksevski
Editor: Michal Reich
Distributor: Ink Films
Trailer: https://youtu.be/hV4rU0j5kf8
tRAIL4R:
2025 Sundance Film Festival:
Winner: World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision
Winner: Audience Award, World Cinema Dramatic
NYT Critic’s Pick
“In this strikingly assured debut, the writer-director Georgi M. Unkovski demonstrates gentle realism, paired with luminous cinematography and a superb young cast. Ahmet, his younger brother Naim (Agush Agushev, a wonder) and his love interest Aya (Dora Akan Zlatanova, bringing understated autonomy to the role) linger with the sense that their lives extend beyond the frame.” – Chris Azzopardi
