DJ AHMET
SCREENING TIMES & TICKETS:
SATURDAY, MARCH 29
4 PM
THE GRANGE HALL
Dir. Georgi M. Unkovski | Drama | North Macedonia / Czech Republic / Serbia / Croatia | 2025 | 1 hr. 39 min. | Turkish, Macedonian, and English with English subtitles
Ahmet, a 15-year-old shepherd in a remote Yuruk village in North Macedonia, finds refuge in music while navigating around his father’s expectations, the conservatism of his community, and his first experience with love—a girl already promised to someone else. Trailed by his flock of sheep, and helped by his younger brother Naim, he finds a way to woo Aya, whose dance troupe is preparing to compete locally. The winner of two awards at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, this rousing, funny, coming-of-age drama has heart and charm to spare—and a soundtrack that keeps the beats coming.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Georgi M. Unkovski is an award-winning Macedonian writer and director whose work has been featured at over 200 international film festivals and on HBO and MTV. Born in 1988 in New York, Unkovski graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Eastman School of Photography, in the field of fine arts. Shortly after graduation, he moved to the Czech Republic to pursue his passion in filmmaking, and enrolled in the postgraduate program at the renowned university of FAMU in Prague. Since his studies, Unkovski lives in Skopje, Macedonia, and works as a full-time director for one of the leading advertising agencies in the country, FUTURA 2/2, and Cinema Futura, a local production house dedicated to making films. Unkovski is a Sundance alumnus whose last short film, Sticker, has won over 50 international awards. DJ Ahmet is his first feature film.
Tickets for these screenings are general-admission and pay-what-you-can. The suggested ticket price is $20. If you can pay more, we greatly appreciate it!