PRESENTS

DJ AHMET

A FILM by GEORGI M. UNKOVSKI

2025 Sundance Film Festival
Audience Award 
Special Jury Award for Creative Vision 

Watch the trailer here.

For Immediate Release – Films We Like is delighted to announce the acquisition of DJ Ahmet, the directorial debut of Georgi M. Unkovski which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival where it won both the Special Jury Award for Creative Vision and the Audience Award.

DJ Ahmet is a bittersweet story of a 15-year-old boy from a remote Yuruk village in North Macedonia, who 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.

Running time: 99 minutes

Country of origin: North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia

Language:  Turkish, Macedonian

Media Contact: mercy@filmswelike.com

About Films We Like
Founded by award-winning documentary filmmaker Ron Mann (Grass, Comic Book Confidential, Carmine Street Guitars) Films We Like is a boutique distributor of documentary, independent, and international films in Canada. Recent releases include Academy Award nominated titles Flow, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat and Sugarcane.

 

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