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Želimir Žilnik

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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Directing

1967

[ ] Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth (Director)

1968

[ ] The Unemployed (Director)
[ ] Little Pioneers (Director)

1969

[ ] June Turmoil (Director)

1971

[ ] Early Works (Director)
[ ] Black Film (Director)

1973

[ ] Uprising in Jazak (Director)

1974

[ ] Request (Director)

1975

[ ] House Orders (Director)
[ ] Under the Protection of the State (Director)
[ ] Farewell (Director)
[ ] Public Execution (Director)
[ ] I Do Not Know What That Should Mean (Director)
[ ] Inventory (Director)

1976

[ ] Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy (Director)

1977

[ ] The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic (Director)

1978

[ ] Market People (Director)

1980

[ ] The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus (Director)

1981

[ ] Vera and Erzika (Director)

1982

[ ] Dragoljub and Bogdan (Director)

1983

[ ] The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis (Director)
[ ] Second Generation (Director)

1984

[ ] Stanimir Descends To Town (Director)

1986

[ ] Pretty Women Walking Through the City (Director)
[ ] Good Morning, Belgrade (Director)

1987

[ ] Hot Paychecks (Director)

1988

[ ] Brooklyn - Gusinje (Director)
[ ] The Way Steel Was Tempered (Director)

1989

[ ] Oldtimer (Director)

1990

[ ] Black and White (Director)

1993

[ ] Silo Danube, Vukovar (Director)

1994

[ ] Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time (Director)

1995

[ ] Marble Ass (Director)

1996

[ ] Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage (Director)

1997

[ ] For Ella (Director)

1998

[ ] Wanderlust (Director)

2000

[ ] Cosmo Girls (Director)
[ ] Fortress Europe (Director)

2002

[ ] EXIT in the Morning (Director)

2003

[ ] Kenedi Goes Back Home (Director)

2005

[ ] Kenedi, Lost and Found (Director)
[ ] Europe Next Door (Director)

2006

[ ] Danube Soap Opera (Director)

2007

[ ] Kenedi Is Getting Married (Director)

2009

[ ] The Old School of Capitalism (Director)

2011

[ ] One Woman – One Century (Director)

2013

[ ] Pirika on Film (Director)

2014

[ ] Our Man in Gabon (Director)

2015

[ ] Logbook_Serbistan (Director)

2018

[ ] Among the People: Life & Acting (Director)
[ ] The Most Beautiful Country in the World (Director)

2020

[ ] Cinetracts '20 (Director)

2025

[ ] Eighty Plus (Director)

Writing

1967

[ ] Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth (Writer)

1968

[ ] The Unemployed (Writer)
[ ] Little Pioneers (Writer)

1971

[ ] Early Works (Writer)
[ ] Black Film (Writer)

1973

[ ] Uprising in Jazak (Writer)

1974

[ ] Request (Writer)

1975

[ ] House Orders (Writer)
[ ] Under the Protection of the State (Writer)
[ ] I Do Not Know What That Should Mean (Writer)
[ ] Farewell (Writer)
[ ] Inventory (Writer)
[ ] Public Execution (Writer)

1976

[ ] Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy (Writer)

1977

[ ] The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic (Writer)

1978

[ ] Market People (Writer)

1980

[ ] The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus (Writer)

1981

[ ] Vera and Erzika (Writer)

1982

[ ] Dragoljub and Bogdan (Writer)

1983

[ ] Second Generation (Writer)
[ ] The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis (Writer)

1984

[ ] Stanimir Descends To Town (Writer)

1986

[ ] Pretty Women Walking Through the City (Writer)
[ ] Good Morning, Belgrade (Writer)

1987

[ ] Hot Paychecks (Writer)

1988

[ ] Brooklyn - Gusinje (Writer)
[ ] The Way Steel Was Tempered (Writer)

1989

[ ] Oldtimer (Writer)

1990

[ ] Black and White (Writer)

1993

[ ] Silo Danube, Vukovar (Writer)
[ ] Where Gods Are Dead (Writer)

1994

[ ] Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time (Writer)

1995

[ ] Marble Ass (Writer)

1996

[ ] Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage (Writer)

1997

[ ] For Ella (Writer)

1998

[ ] Wanderlust (Writer)

2000

[ ] Cosmo Girls (Writer)

2002

[ ] EXIT in the Morning (Writer)

2003

[ ] Kenedi Goes Back Home (Writer)

2005

[ ] Kenedi, Lost and Found (Writer)
[ ] Europe Next Door (Writer)

2006

[ ] Danube Soap Opera (Writer)

2007

[ ] Kenedi Is Getting Married (Writer)

2009

[ ] The Old School of Capitalism (Writer)

2011

[ ] One Woman – One Century (Writer)

2013

[ ] Pirika on Film (Writer)

2014

[ ] Our Man in Gabon (Writer)

2015

[ ] Logbook_Serbistan (Writer)

2018

[ ] Among the People: Life & Acting (Writer)
[ ] The Most Beautiful Country in the World (Writer)

2025

[ ] Eighty Plus (Writer)

Production

2025

[ ] Eighty Plus (Co-Producer)

Actor

1971

[ ] Black Film (Himself)

1985

[ ] Taiwan Canasta (Građevinski inspektor 2)

2007

[ ] Censored without Censorship (Himself)
[ ] What Do Those Lunatics Want? (Himself)

2013

[ ] Pirika on Film (????)

2015

[ ] Martinac (Himself)

2016

[ ] The Other Line (Himself)

2018

[ ] Ideal 68 (Himself)

2021

[ ] ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir Žilnik (Himself)

2022

[ ] As One (Želimir Žilnik)

2024

[ ] Warm Film (Himself)

2025

[ ] Alpe-Adria Underground! (Himself)