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| Original Title | DJ Ahmet |
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| Movie Type | Feature |
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| Country | Czech Republic, Macedonia, Serbia |
| Production Year | 2025 |
| Movie Length | 97' |
| Director | |
| Screenplay | |
| Cast | Arif Jakup Agush Agushev Dora Akan Zlatanova Aksel Mehmet Selpin Kerim Atila Klince |
| Director of Photography | |
| Editor | |
| Production Designer | Dejan Gosevski Aleksandra Chevreska |
| Costume Designer | Roza Trajceska |
| Makeup | Dusica Vuksanovic |
| Music | Alen Sinkauz Nenad Sinkauz |
| Produced by | Ivan Unkovski Ivana Shekutkoska |
| Production | (Croatia) / Sektor Film (North Macedonia), (North Macedonia) / 365 Films, Cinema Futura |
| International Distribution | |
| Italian Distribution | (Italy), Mosies Inspired, www.moviesinspired.it |
| Festival Contact |
DJ AHMET
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.
Georgi M. Unkovski was born in New York City in 1988, but spent most of his youth in Macedonia. At the age of 22, he graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology – Eastman’s School of Photography, specializing in Fine Arts (Rochester, NY). Shortly after graduating, he moved to the Czech Republic to pursue his passion for filmmaking, enrolling in the postgraduate program at the renowned FAMU (Filmová a televizní fakulta Akademie múzických umění – Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts) in Prague.
He currently lives in Skopje, North Macedonia, working as a full-time director at one of the country’s largest advertising agencies, “Futura 2/2”, as well as for its sister agency “Cinema Futura”, dedicated to film production. His short film STICKER premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and subsequently at the Giffoni Film Festival in 2020.
Director Georgi Unkovski on the press line for the ‘DJ Ahmet’ premiere. Photographer: Breanna DownsDirector's Note
In DJ AHMET, I wanted to explore the delicate balance between tradition and self-expression, particularly within a small, close-knit community. The film delves into the challenges of growing up in a traditional setting while simultaneously discovering one’s own identity. I was fascinated by the tension that arises when individual desires clash with the expectations of the collective. At its core, the film is about the universal human need to express oneself, and how art, in this case music, can become both a refuge and a catalyst for change.