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