Želimir Žilnik

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Želimir Žilnik

Directing 84 September 8, 1942

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…

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Taiwan Canasta

Taiwan Canasta

6.0 1985 Movie
Fortress Europe

Fortress Europe

10.0 2000 Movie
Marble Ass

Marble Ass

5.6 1995 Movie
Early Works

Early Works

5.9 1971 Movie
The Unemployed

The Unemployed

5.6 1968 Movie
Pretty Women Walking Through the City

Pretty Women Walking Through the City

4.9 1986 Movie
Little Pioneers

Little Pioneers

6.5 1968 Movie
Black Film

Black Film

6.1 1971 Movie
Kenedi Is Getting Married

Kenedi Is Getting Married

4.4 2007 Movie
Kenedi Goes Back Home

Kenedi Goes Back Home

6.6 2003 Movie
Warm Film

Warm Film

7.0 2024 Movie
Oldtimer

Oldtimer

7.0 1989 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Alpe-Adria Underground!

    Movie Himself

  2. 2025
    Eighty Plus

    Movie Director

  3. 2024
    Warm Film

    Movie Himself

  4. 2022
    As One

    Movie Želimir Žilnik

  5. 2021
    ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir Žilnik

    Movie Himself

  6. 2020
    Cinetracts '20

    Movie Director

  7. 2018
    The Most Beautiful Country in the World

    Movie Writer

  8. 2018
    Ideal 68

    Movie Himself

  9. 2018
    Among the People: Life & Acting

    Movie Writer

  10. 2016
    The Other Line

    Movie Himself

  11. 2015
    Martinac

    Movie Himself

  12. 2015
    Logbook_Serbistan

    Movie Writer

  13. 2014
    Our Man in Gabon

    Movie Writer

  14. 2013
    Pirika on Film

    Movie

  15. 2011
    One Woman – One Century

    Movie Writer

  16. 2009
    The Old School of Capitalism

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2007
    What Do Those Lunatics Want?

    Movie Himself

  2. 2007
    Kenedi Is Getting Married

    Movie Writer

  3. 2007
    Censored without Censorship

    Movie Himself

  4. 2006
    Danube Soap Opera

    Movie Director

  5. 2005
    Kenedi, Lost and Found

    Movie Director

  6. 2005
    Europe Next Door

    Movie Director

  7. 2003
    Kenedi Goes Back Home

    Movie Director

  8. 2002
    EXIT in the Morning

    Movie Director

  9. 2000
    Fortress Europe

    Movie Director

  10. 2000
    Cosmo Girls

    Movie Director

  11. 1998
    Wanderlust

    Movie Writer

  12. 1997
    For Ella

    Movie Director

  13. 1996
    Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage

    Movie Director

  14. 1995
    Marble Ass

    Movie Director

  15. 1994
    Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time

    Movie Writer

  16. 1993
    Where Gods Are Dead

    Movie Writer

  17. 1993
    Silo Danube, Vukovar

    Movie Director

  18. 1990
    Black and White

    Movie Director

  19. 1989
    Oldtimer

    Movie Director

  20. 1988
    Brooklyn - Gusinje

    Movie Director

  21. 1988
    The Way Steel Was Tempered

    Movie Writer

  22. 1987
    Hot Paychecks

    Movie Director

  23. 1986
    Pretty Women Walking Through the City

    Movie Director

  24. 1986
    Good Morning, Belgrade

    Movie Writer