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