DJ Ahmet (PG)

Sheep hit the dancefloor in Georgi M. Unkovski’s crowd-pleaser DJ Ahmet, a touching, comic and radiantly colourful coming-of-age story about the unifying power of music.

A 15-year-old boy from remote North Macedonia, wistful teen Ahmet (Arif Jakup) has a lot on his plate after the loss of his mother, including herding sheep and caring for his kid brother (Agush Agushev). Weighed down by his father’s (Aksel Mehmet) rules, he finds an unlikely refuge in techno music, which brings him closer to Aya (Dora Akan Zlatanova) – but she’s already promised to someone else…

Uplifted by its charming young cast and a spirited soundtrack, DJ Ahmet dances along the line between modernity and tradition.