CFD 26 Youth| DJ Ahmet

For Children and Youth

DJ Ahmet (K)
LEM 19/04 > 11:00 | NIC 23/04 > 19:00
99', 2025, North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia

Directed by
Georgi M. Unkovski

Screenplay
Georgi M. Unkovski

Cinematography
Naum Doksevski

Editing
Michal Reich

Music
Alen Sinkauz
Nenad Sinkauz

Sound design
Miroslav Chaloupka

Art direction
Dejan Gosevski
Aleksandra Chevreska

Costume design
Roza Trajceska

Cast
Arif Jakup
Agush Agushev
Aksel Mehmet
Dora Akan Zlatanova

Producers
Ivan Unkovski
Ivana Shekutkoska

Co-producers
Michal Kracmer
Veronika Kuhrova
Igor Kecman
Jelena Mitrovic
Katarina Prpic
Vladimir Anastasov
Angela Nestorovska

15-year-old Ahmet grows up in the mountains of Macedonia, where he tends his father’s sheep while also caring for his little brother. But what he really dreams of is music. Trapped between the expectations of those around him and his desire to see the world, will Ahmet ever manage to follow his own path?

Georgi M. Unkovski is an award-winning Macedonian writer and director whose work has been presented at over 200 international film festivals, as well as on HBO and MTV. Born in 1988 in New York, he graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology – Eastman School of Photography, specialising in Fine Arts. Shortly after graduating, he moved to the Czech Republic to pursue filmmaking, enrolling in a postgraduate programme at the renowned FAMU in Prague. Since completing his studies, Unkovski has been based in Skopje, where he works as a full-time director at one of the country’s leading advertising agencies, FUTURA 2/2, and at Cinema Futura, a local production company. A Sundance alumnus, his latest short film, Sticker, has won over 50 international awards. DJ Ahmet is his debut feature film.

Awards
Audience Award – World Cinema Dramatic Competition & Special Jury Award for Creative Vision, Sundance Film Festival, USA, 2025.
Grand Prix – Écrans Juniors, Cannes Film Festival, France, 2025.
Outstanding International Feature, Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, Canada, 2025.

Filmography
2025 DJ Ahmet
2019 Sticker (s.f.)