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