Georgi M. Unkovski’s “DJ Ahmet” leads the contest in the cinema categories for the Adriatic Film and TV Awards, which honor the top films and series from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Slovenia and Serbia.
“DJ Ahmet” 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.
“DJ Ahmet” has seven Adriatic Awards nominations, followed by “Yugo Florida” with six, and “Wind, Talk to Me,” “Mother” and “God Will Not Help,” all with five.
“Black Sun” and “The Hollow” lead in the series categories with four nominations each, followed by “Komar” and “Shame,” with three each.
The 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.
The awards will be presented on Oct. 24 in Porto Montenegro, Tivat, Montenegro.
The 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.
2026 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 NEĆE POMOĆI (Croatia, Italy, Romania, Greece, France, Slovenia); directed by: Hana Jušić; producer: Ankica Jurić Tilić
MOTHER/MAJKA (Belgium, North Macedonia, Denmark, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina); directed by: Teona Strugar Mitevska; producer: Labina Mitevska
WIND, TALK TO ME/VETRE, PRIČAJ SA MNOM (Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia); directed by: Stefan Đorđević; producer: Dragana Jovović
YUGO FLORIDA (Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro); directed by: Vladimir Tagić; producer: Marija Stojanović
LEAD ACTRESS
Jasna Diklić – “The Pavilion”/“Paviljon”
Manuela Martelli – “God Will Not Help”/“Bog neće pomoći”
Noomi Rapace – “Mother”/“Majka”
Hana Selimović – “Yugo Florida”
Dora Akan Zlatanova – “DJ Ahmet”
LEAD ACTOR
Stefan Đorđević – “Wind, Talk to Me”/“Vetre, pričaj sa mnom”
Filip Đurić – “How Come It’s All Green Out Here?”/“Kako je ovdje tako zeleno?”
Arif Jakup – “DJ Ahmet”
Andrija Kuzmanović – “Yugo Florida”
Nikola Ristanovski – “Mother”/“Majka”
RISING STAR
Marko Grabež – “The Wedding”/“Svadba”
Arif Jakup – “DJ Ahmet”
Jana Milosavljević – “Yugo Florida”
Lamija Salihović – “Komar,” “The Hollow”/”Kotlina”
Ana Marija Veselčić – “God Will Not Help”/“Bog neće pomoći”
DIRECTOR
Stefan Đorđević – “Wind, Talk to Me”/“Vetre, pričaj sa mnom”
Hana Jušić – “God Will Not Help”/“Bog neće pomoći”
Teona Strugar Mitevska – “Mother”/“Majka”
Vladimir Tagić – “Yugo Florida”
Georgi M. Unkovski – “DJ Ahmet”
SCREENPLAY
Stefan Đorđević – “Wind, Talk to Me”/“Vetre, pričaj sa mnom”
Hana Jušić – “God Will Not Help”/“Bog neće pomoći”
Nikola Ležaić – “How Come It’s All Green Out Here?”/“Kako je ovdje tako zeleno?”
Goce Smilevski, Elma Tataragić and Teona Strugar Mitevska – “Mother”/“Majka”
Georgi M. Unkovski – “DJ Ahmet”
DEBUT FILM
Katarina Bogdanović (Kukla) – “Fantasy”
Stefan Đorđević – “Wind, Talk to Me”/“Vetre, pričaj sa mnom”
Ester Ivakič – “Ida Who Sang So Badly Even the Dead Rose Up and Joined Her in Song”/“Ida, ki je pela tako grdo, da so še mrtvi vstali od mrtvih in zapeli z njo”
Vladimir Tagić – “Yugo Florida”
Georgi M. Unkovski – “DJ Ahmet”
TV SERIES AWARDS
TV SERIES
“Black Sun”/“Senke nad Balkanom” (Serbia)
“Komar” (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
“Shame”/“Sram” (Croatia)
“The Monster Behind the Iron Curtain”/“Pošast za železno zaveso” (Slovenia)
“The Hollow”/“Kotlina” (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
LEAD ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES
Lejla Hakalović – “Komar”
Jana Jakopović – “Shame”/“Sram”
Nina Janković – “Black Sun”/“Senke nad Balkanom”
Nataša Ninković – “Black Sun”/“Senke nad Balkanom”
Snežana Vidović – “The Hollow”/“Kotlina”
LEAD ACTOR IN A TV SERIES
Dragan Bjelogrlić – “Black Sun”/“Senke nad Balkanom”
Boris Ler – “The Hollow”/“Kotlina”
Igor Skvarica – “Komar”
Borna Šimunek – “Shame”/“Sram”
Feđa Štukan – “The Hollow”/“Kotlina”