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.

Filmography of Želimir Žilnik

  • Eighty Plus (2025)
  • Cinetracts '20 (2020)
  • Among the People: Life & Acting (2018)
  • The Most Beautiful Country in the World (2018)
  • Logbook_Serbistan (2015)
  • Our Man in Gabon (2014)
  • Pirika on Film (2013)
  • One Woman – One Century (2011)
  • The Old School of Capitalism (2009)
  • Kenedi Is Getting Married (2007)
  • Danube Soap Opera (2006)
  • Kenedi, Lost and Found (2005)
  • Europe Next Door (2005)
  • Kenedi Goes Back Home (2003)
  • EXIT in the Morning (2002)
  • Cosmo Girls (2000)
  • Fortress Europe (2000)
  • Wanderlust (1998)
  • For Ella (1997)
  • Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage (1996)
  • Marble Ass (1995)
  • Silo Danube, Vukovar (1993)
  • Black and White (1990)
  • Oldtimer (1989)
  • Brooklyn - Gusinje (1988)
  • The Way Steel Was Tempered (1988)
  • Hot Paychecks (1987)
  • Pretty Women Walking Through the City (1986)
  • Good Morning, Belgrade (1986)
  • Second Generation (1983)
  • Dragoljub and Bogdan (1982)
  • Vera and Erzika (1981)
  • The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus (1980)
  • Market People (1978)
  • Paradise. An Imperialist Tragicomedy (1976)
  • House Orders (1975)
  • Under the Protection of the State (1975)
  • Farewell (1975)
  • I Do Not Know What That Should Mean (1975)
  • Public Execution (1975)