
Želimir Žilnik
Directing · Born 1942-09-08 · Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Želimir Žilnik is a Serbian film director and one of the major figures of the Yugoslav Black Wave. He is noted for his socially engaging style and criticism of censorship that was commonplace during the Yugoslav communist era. Subsequently, following the abolition of communist one-party system, he was an outspoken critic of Slobodan Milošević-led regime in Serbia.
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Alpe-Adria Underground! 2025
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Warm Film 2024
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As One 2022
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ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir Žilnik 2021
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Ideal 68 2018
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The Other Line 2016
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Martinac 2015
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Pirika on Film 2013
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What Do Those Lunatics Want? 2007
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Censored without Censorship 2007
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Taiwan Canasta 1985
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Black Film 1971
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As director

Eighty Plus 2025
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Cinetracts '20 2020
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The Most Beautiful Country in the World 2018
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Among the People: Life & Acting 2018
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Logbook_Serbistan 2015
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Our Man in Gabon 2014
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Pirika on Film 2013
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One Woman – One Century 2011
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The Old School of Capitalism 2009
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Kenedi Is Getting Married 2007
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Danube Soap Opera 2006
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Kenedi, Lost and Found 2005
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Europe Next Door 2005
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Kenedi Goes Back Home 2003
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EXIT in the Morning 2002
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Cosmo Girls 2000
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Fortress Europe 2000
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Wanderlust 1998
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For Ella 1997
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Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage 1996
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Marble Ass 1995
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Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time 1994
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Silo Danube, Vukovar 1993
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Black and White 1990
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Oldtimer 1989
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Brooklyn - Gusinje 1988
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The Way Steel Was Tempered 1988
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Hot Paychecks 1987
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Pretty Women Walking Through the City 1986
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Good Morning, Belgrade 1986
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Stanimir Descends To Town 1984
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Second Generation 1983
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The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis 1983
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Dragoljub and Bogdan 1982
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Vera and Erzika 1981
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The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus 1980
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Market People 1978
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The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic 1977
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Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy 1976
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House Orders 1975
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Under the Protection of the State 1975
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Farewell 1975
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I Do Not Know What That Should Mean 1975
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Public Execution 1975
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Inventory 1975
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Request 1974
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Uprising in Jazak 1973
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Early Works 1971
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Black Film 1971
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June Turmoil 1969
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The Unemployed 1968
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Little Pioneers 1968
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Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth 1967
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