Želimir Žilnik
Known for: Directing
Born: September 8, 1942
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
65 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
10.0
Alpe-Adria Underground!
2025
NR
Eighty Plus
2025
7.0
Warm Film
2024
NR
As One
2022
8.5
ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir Žilnik
2021
6.0
Cinetracts '20
2020
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The Most Beautiful Country in the World
2018
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Ideal 68
2018
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Among the People: Life & Acting
2018NR
The Other Line
2016
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Martinac
2015
5.2
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
5.1
The Old School of Capitalism
2009
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What Do Those Lunatics Want?
2007
4.4
Kenedi Is Getting Married
2007
7.2
Censored without Censorship
2007
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Danube Soap Opera
2006
5.5
Kenedi, Lost and Found
2005
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Europe Next Door
2005
6.6
Kenedi Goes Back Home
2003
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EXIT in the Morning
2002
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Cosmo Girls
2000
10.0
Fortress Europe
2000
5.7
Wanderlust
1998
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For Ella
1997
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Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
1996
5.4
Marble Ass
19956.3
Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time
1994
5.5
Where Gods Are Dead
1993
NR
Silo Danube, Vukovar
1993
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Black and White
1990
7.0
Oldtimer
1989
3.0
Brooklyn - Gusinje
1988
8.3
The Way Steel Was Tempered
1988
8.0
Hot Paychecks
1987
4.9
Pretty Women Walking Through the City
1986
6.3
Good Morning, Belgrade
1986
5.9
Taiwan Canasta
19859.0
Stanimir Descends To Town
1984
6.6
Second Generation
1983NR
The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis
1983
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Dragoljub and Bogdan
1982
10.0
Vera and Erzika
1981
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The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
1980NR
Seven Hungarian Ballads
1978
8.0
Market People
1978NR
The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic
1977
5.5
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
8.0
Public Execution
19755.1
Inventory
1975
NR
Request
19747.0
Uprising in Jazak
1973
5.9
Early Works
1971
6.1
Black Film
19715.5
June Turmoil
1969
5.6
The Unemployed
1968
6.5
Little Pioneers
19686.6
Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth
1967