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