Želimir Žilnik
Birthday: 1942-09-08
Place of Birth: Nis, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Biography: 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.
Movies
Ideal 68
On June 3, 1968, student protests began in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the first m...
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ŽŽŽ: Journal About Želimir Žilnik
Road movie documentary through half a century of filmography by Želimir Žilnik. But also a journey t...
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As One
Two young men from Eastern Europe take a pilgrimage to Santiago, Spain. Upon arrival at one of the m...
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Warm Film
Two young actors are exploring the topic of representation of LGBTI people through the history of Yu...
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Censored without Censorship
Through the conversation with Yugoslav film authors and excerpts from their films, this documentary ...
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Black Film
Director invites six homeless men to his flat for a few days (surprising his wife). He asks official...
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The Other Line
Druga linija aka The Other Line is a product of many years of research of neo-avant-garde cultural a...
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Taiwan Canasta
A frustrated and unemployed architect experiences flashbacks of his youth and 1968 protests while th...
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Martinac
Documentary about the life and work of Ivan Martinac (1938-2005), avant-garde & experimentalist film...
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Pirika on Film
Pirika travels to Berlin to visit her daughter Dobrila and her grandchildren, whom she's never seen....
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What Do Those Lunatics Want?
Zelimir Zilnik has always been discussing the communist's regime taboos , with his early documentari...
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Alpe-Adria Underground!
Between 2013 and 2023, Slovenian Cinematheque preserved and digitized 179 short films created on a t...
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