Želimir Žilnik

Želimir Žilnik

Directing

Born September 8, 1942 · Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia

53 films as director · Active 1967–2025

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 t…

Known for

Taiwan Canasta

Taiwan Canasta

1985

As One

As One

2022

Censored without Censorship

Censored without Censorship

2007

Martinac

Martinac

2015

Ideal 68

Ideal 68

2018

The Other Line

2016

Alpe-Adria Underground!

Alpe-Adria Underground!

2025

Black Film

Black Film

1971

Directed(53)

Eighty Plus

2025Eighty Plus

Cinetracts '20

2020Cinetracts '20★ 6.0

Among the People: Life & Acting

2018Among the People: Life & Acting

The Most Beautiful Country in the World

2018The Most Beautiful Country in the World

Logbook_Serbistan

2015Logbook_Serbistan★ 5.2

Our Man in Gabon

2014Our Man in Gabon

Pirika on Film

2013Pirika on Film

One Woman – One Century

2011One Woman – One Century

The Old School of Capitalism

2009The Old School of Capitalism★ 5.1

Kenedi Is Getting Married

2007Kenedi Is Getting Married★ 4.4

Danube Soap Opera

2006Danube Soap Opera

Kenedi, Lost and Found

2005Kenedi, Lost and Found★ 5.5

Europe Next Door

2005Europe Next Door

Kenedi Goes Back Home

2003Kenedi Goes Back Home★ 6.6

EXIT in the Morning

2002EXIT in the Morning

Cosmo Girls

2000Cosmo Girls

Fortress Europe

2000Fortress Europe★ 10.0

Wanderlust

1998Wanderlust★ 5.7

For Ella

Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage

1996Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage

Marble Ass

1995Marble Ass★ 5.4

1994Tito Among the Serbs for the Second Time★ 6.3

Silo Danube, Vukovar

1993Silo Danube, Vukovar

Black and White

1990Black and White

Oldtimer

1989Oldtimer★ 7.0

Brooklyn - Gusinje

1988Brooklyn - Gusinje★ 3.0

The Way Steel Was Tempered

1988The Way Steel Was Tempered★ 8.3

Hot Paychecks

1987Hot Paychecks★ 8.0

Pretty Women Walking Through the City

1986Pretty Women Walking Through the City★ 4.9

Good Morning, Belgrade

1986Good Morning, Belgrade★ 6.3

1984Stanimir Descends To Town★ 9.0

1983The First Trimester of Pavle Hromis

Second Generation

1983Second Generation★ 6.6

Dragoljub and Bogdan

1982Dragoljub and Bogdan

Vera and Erzika

1981Vera and Erzika★ 10.0

The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus

1980The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus

Market People

1978Market People★ 8.0

1977The Comedy and Tragedy of Bora Joksimovic

Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy

1976Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy★ 5.5

House Orders

1975House Orders

Under the Protection of the State

1975Under the Protection of the State

Farewell

I Do Not Know What That Should Mean

1975I Do Not Know What That Should Mean

Public Execution

1975Public Execution★ 8.0

1975Inventory★ 5.3

Request

1973Uprising in Jazak★ 7.0

Early Works

1971Early Works★ 6.2

Black Film

1971Black Film★ 5.9

1969June Turmoil★ 5.5

Little Pioneers

1968Little Pioneers★ 6.5

The Unemployed

1968The Unemployed★ 5.6

1967Newsreel – Showing the Life of Village Youth★ 6.6

Acting(12)

2025Alpe-Adria Underground!Himself

2024Warm FilmHimself

2022As OneŽelimir Žilnik

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2021ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir ŽilnikHimself

2018Ideal 68Himself

2016The Other LineHimself

2015MartinacHimself

2013Pirika on Film

2007What Do Those Lunatics Want?Himself

2007Censored without CensorshipHimself

1985Taiwan CanastaGrađevinski inspektor 2

1971Black FilmHimself