{"id":395715,"date":"2026-09-10T10:28:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/395715\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T10:28:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T10:28:37","slug":"dj-ahmet-leads-adriatic-awards-contest-followed-by-yugo-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/395715\/","title":{"rendered":"‘DJ Ahmet’ Leads Adriatic Awards Contest, Followed by ‘Yugo Florida’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tGeorgi M. Unkovski\u2019s \u201cDJ Ahmet\u201d leads the contest in the cinema categories for the Adriatic Film and TV Awards<\/a>, which honor the top films and series from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDJ Ahmet\u201d premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema Dramatic category, and won the Audience Award as well as the Special Jury Award for Creative Vision.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDJ Ahmet\u201d has seven Adriatic Awards nominations, followed by \u201cYugo Florida\u201d with six, and \u201cWind, Talk to Me,\u201d \u201cMother\u201d and \u201cGod Will Not Help,\u201d all with five.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBlack Sun\u201d and \u201cThe Hollow\u201d lead in the series categories with four nominations each, followed by \u201cKomar\u201d and \u201cShame,\u201d with three each.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe nominations were decided by a vote by more than 800 members of the Film and TV Academy of the Adriatic Region, film and television professionals from those countries. They will now decide on the winners.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe awards will be presented on Oct. 24 in Porto Montenegro, Tivat, Montenegro.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Film and TV Academy of the Adriatic Region was founded by the members of the Adriatic Region Festival Network: Sarajevo Film Festival, Auteur Film Festival Belgrade and Zagreb Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\n\t2026 AFA Award Nominees:
FILM
DJ AHMET (North Macedonia, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia); directed by: Georgi M. Unkovski; producers: Ivan Unkovski, Ivana Shekutkoska
GOD WILL NOT HELP\/BOG NE\u0106E POMO\u0106I (Croatia, Italy, Romania, Greece, France, Slovenia); directed by: Hana Ju\u0161i\u0107; producer: Ankica Juri\u0107 Tili\u0107
MOTHER\/MAJKA (Belgium, North Macedonia, Denmark, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina); directed by: Teona Strugar Mitevska; producer: Labina Mitevska
WIND, TALK TO ME\/VETRE, PRI\u010cAJ SA MNOM (Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia); directed by: Stefan \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107; producer: Dragana Jovovi\u0107
YUGO FLORIDA (Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro); directed by: Vladimir Tagi\u0107; producer: Marija Stojanovi\u0107<\/p>\n

\n\tLEAD ACTRESS
Jasna Dikli\u0107 \u2013 \u201cThe Pavilion\u201d\/\u201cPaviljon\u201d
Manuela Martelli \u2013 \u201cGod Will Not Help\u201d\/\u201cBog ne\u0107e pomo\u0107i\u201d
Noomi Rapace \u2013 \u201cMother\u201d\/\u201cMajka\u201d
Hana Selimovi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cYugo Florida\u201d
Dora Akan Zlatanova \u2013 \u201cDJ Ahmet\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLEAD ACTOR
Stefan \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cWind, Talk to Me\u201d\/\u201cVetre, pri\u010daj sa mnom\u201d
Filip \u0110uri\u0107 \u2013 \u201cHow Come It\u2019s All Green Out Here?\u201d\/\u201cKako je ovdje tako zeleno?\u201d
Arif Jakup \u2013 \u201cDJ Ahmet\u201d
Andrija Kuzmanovi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cYugo Florida\u201d
Nikola Ristanovski \u2013 \u201cMother\u201d\/\u201cMajka\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRISING STAR
Marko Grabe\u017e \u2013 \u201cThe Wedding\u201d\/\u201cSvadba\u201d
Arif Jakup \u2013 \u201cDJ Ahmet\u201d
Jana Milosavljevi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cYugo Florida\u201d
Lamija Salihovi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cKomar,\u201d \u201cThe Hollow\u201d\/\u201dKotlina\u201d
Ana Marija Vesel\u010di\u0107 \u2013 \u201cGod Will Not Help\u201d\/\u201cBog ne\u0107e pomo\u0107i\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDIRECTOR
Stefan \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cWind, Talk to Me\u201d\/\u201cVetre, pri\u010daj sa mnom\u201d
Hana Ju\u0161i\u0107 \u2013 \u201cGod Will Not Help\u201d\/\u201cBog ne\u0107e pomo\u0107i\u201d
Teona Strugar Mitevska \u2013 \u201cMother\u201d\/\u201cMajka\u201d
Vladimir Tagi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cYugo Florida\u201d
Georgi M. Unkovski \u2013 \u201cDJ Ahmet\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSCREENPLAY
Stefan \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cWind, Talk to Me\u201d\/\u201cVetre, pri\u010daj sa mnom\u201d
Hana Ju\u0161i\u0107 \u2013 \u201cGod Will Not Help\u201d\/\u201cBog ne\u0107e pomo\u0107i\u201d
Nikola Le\u017eai\u0107 \u2013 \u201cHow Come It\u2019s All Green Out Here?\u201d\/\u201cKako je ovdje tako zeleno?\u201d
Goce Smilevski, Elma Tataragi\u0107 and Teona Strugar Mitevska \u2013 \u201cMother\u201d\/\u201cMajka\u201d
Georgi M. Unkovski \u2013 \u201cDJ Ahmet\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDEBUT FILM
Katarina Bogdanovi\u0107 (Kukla) \u2013 \u201cFantasy\u201d
Stefan \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cWind, Talk to Me\u201d\/\u201cVetre, pri\u010daj sa mnom\u201d
Ester Ivaki\u010d \u2013 \u201cIda Who Sang So Badly Even the Dead Rose Up and Joined Her in Song\u201d\/\u201cIda, ki je pela tako grdo, da so \u0161e mrtvi vstali od mrtvih in zapeli z njo\u201d
Vladimir Tagi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cYugo Florida\u201d
Georgi M. Unkovski \u2013 \u201cDJ Ahmet\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTV SERIES AWARDS
TV SERIES
\u201cBlack Sun\u201d\/\u201cSenke nad Balkanom\u201d (Serbia)
\u201cKomar\u201d (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
\u201cShame\u201d\/\u201cSram\u201d (Croatia)
\u201cThe Monster Behind the Iron Curtain\u201d\/\u201cPo\u0161ast za \u017eelezno zaveso\u201d (Slovenia)
\u201cThe Hollow\u201d\/\u201cKotlina\u201d (Bosnia and Herzegovina)<\/p>\n

\n\tLEAD ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES
Lejla Hakalovi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cKomar\u201d
Jana Jakopovi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cShame\u201d\/\u201cSram\u201d
Nina Jankovi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cBlack Sun\u201d\/\u201cSenke nad Balkanom\u201d
Nata\u0161a Ninkovi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cBlack Sun\u201d\/\u201cSenke nad Balkanom\u201d
Sne\u017eana Vidovi\u0107 \u2013 \u201cThe Hollow\u201d\/\u201cKotlina\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLEAD ACTOR IN A TV SERIES
Dragan Bjelogrli\u0107 \u2013 \u201cBlack Sun\u201d\/\u201cSenke nad Balkanom\u201d
Boris Ler \u2013 \u201cThe Hollow\u201d\/\u201cKotlina\u201d
Igor Skvarica \u2013 \u201cKomar\u201d
Borna \u0160imunek \u2013 \u201cShame\u201d\/\u201cSram\u201d
Fe\u0111a \u0160tukan \u2013 \u201cThe Hollow\u201d\/\u201cKotlina\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Georgi M. Unkovski\u2019s \u201cDJ Ahmet\u201d leads the contest in the cinema categories for the Adriatic Film and TV…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[157816,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-395715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-adriatic-film-and-tv-awards","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}