DJ Ahmet TFF 2025

Next date: Friday, 17 October 2025 | 07:00 PM to 08:50 PM

Charming, funny and uplifting, this Sundance Audience Award-winner tells the story of a 15-year-old North Macedonian boy who finds refuge in dance music and first love.

Ahmet and his brother Naim are growing up in a family scarred by grief in a remote village, conservative as it is superstitious. The boys' stern father has no qualms forcing Ahmet to work on the family sheep farm rather than let him go to school, whilst he takes his little brother Naim, silent since his mother's death, to a suspect healer. Into this grim reality enters the beautiful Aya, who has returned from Germany in order to enter into an arranged marriage. When Ahmet discovers a secret rave he is immediately transfixed by the music, and by Aya, and sees a path to a more joyous and free life. Says director Georgi M. Unkovski: "I wanted to explore the delicate balance between tradition and self-expression, particularly within a close-kit 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." With a mostly non-professional cast, Unkovski has made an authentic, jubilant feature debut about art's liberating power.

Year: 2025
Classification: 15+
Language: In Turkish and Macedonian with English subtitles
Runtime: 99 minutes
Country: North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia
Directed by: Georgi M. Unkovski

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