The Macedonian/Czech/Serbian/Croatian coproduction DJ Ahmet, which is the first feature by the Macedonian director Georgi M. Unkovski, will have its world premiere in the World Dramatic Competition. The film features 15-year old Ahmet from the remote Yoruk village of Kodzalia, who finds refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and his first experience with loving a girl. 

The script penned by Georgi M. Unkovski features 15-year old Ahmet from the remote Yoruk village of Kodzalia, who finds refuge in music while navigating his father’s expectations, a conservative community, and his first experience with loving a girl already promised to someone else. 

Arif Jakup, Agush Agushev, Dora Akan Zlatanova, Naim Agushev and Aksel Mehmet play the main roles alongside Selpin Kerim and Atila Klince.

DJ Ahmet was produced by Ivan Unkovski and Ivana Shekutkoska of North Macedonia’s Cinema Futura in coproduction with Vladimir Anastasov and Angela Nestorovska of Sektor Film from North Macedonia, Michal Kráčmer and Veronika Kuhrova of Czech Republic’s Alter Vision, Igor Kecman of Serbia’s Backroom Productions, Jelena Mitrović of Baš Čelik Film House Serbia, and Katarina Prpić of Croatia’s 365 Films.

The project was financed by the North Macedonia Film Agency, Film Center Serbia, the Czech Film Fund, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Eurimages, and the South Eastern Europe Cinema Network (SEE Cinema Network).

Georgi M. Unkovski’s short film Sticker / Nalepnica had its world premiere at Sundance in 2020.

Source: Filmneweurope