DJ Ahmet
Ahmet, a 15-year-old boy from a remote Yuruk village in North Macedonia, 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.
Festivals & awards
Sundance 2025: Special Jury Award & Audience Award
Cannes Écrans Juniors: Grand Prix
Sarajevo Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival: Special Jury Prize – New Directors Competition
Seville European Film Festival: Audience Award
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Hirte mit TaktgefĂĽhl
Eigentlich müsste Ahmet die Schafe hüten, doch viel lieber möchte er DJ sein. Die Träume des Teenagers prallen auf die raue Realität in einem kleinen Dorf in Nordmazedonien.
Press voices
«Wondrous North Macedonian drama mixes upbeat music, punchy humor and pathos.» Variety
«A crowd-pleasing sweetness and a colourful energy.» Screen International
«The director and DP bathe the film in a golden light.» The Hollywood Reporter
«DJ Ahmet is less about music than it is about rhythm – rhythm as kinship, but also the unspoken dialogue that serves us during unrefined years of youth.» Sight & Sound
«Un amour qui défie les traditions dans un crowdpleaser entraînant qui a le cœur sur la main.» OutNow
«Beautiful landscape cinematography combined with authentic locations immerses you in the world, enhanced by filming effects that blend old and new, enriching the tone and mood.» Film Threat
«Par-delà l’humour et le drame, le film touche à quelque chose d’infiniment profond.» Le Devoir
«Between the blurring brass score and the fist-pumping techno tracks, which crescendo into an explosive ending that appears to rebalance Ahmet’s world, the revolution in DJ Ahmet is thumping.» RogerEbert