DJ Ahmet: a nice crowdpleaser, Georgi M. Unkovski’s coming-of-age drama tells the story of a 15-year-old boy in a rural Macedonian village who is yanked out of school by his father so he can help on their small farm. He needs to deal with the fact that it’s not quite what he wants for his life, his voluntarily mute younger brother, a missing sheep, and, most crucially, his first love for a similarly aged girl who is already getting set to marry. The film lightly criticizes many local customs and manages to be very entertaining (due to precise editing by editor Michal Reich). The performances are naturalistic and lovely: Arif Jakup plays the sweet, dreamy protagonist with a great deal of charm; Agush Agushev, as his younger brother, is absolutely a winner in the cuteness sweepstakes; Dora Akan Zlatanova, as his love interest, is also fine as a smart girl with a unique plan to kill her marriage. Cinematographer Naum Doksevski captures the action and sets the geography well.