Želimir Žilnik Movies

  • 2020
    Cinetracts '20

    Cinetracts '20

    Cinetracts '20

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    A global portrait documenting the year's events, Cinetracts '20 features the work of an international lineup of 20 filmmakers. Capturing the...

    Cinetracts '20
  • 1971
    Early Works

    Early Works

    Early Works

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    Inspired by Karl Marx's "Das Kapital", three men and a girl named Jugoslava decide to wake up the conscience within the working class and peasants....

    Early Works
  • 2016
    The Other Line

    The Other Line

    The Other Line

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    Druga linija aka The Other Line is a product of many years of research of neo-avant-garde cultural and art scene in Novi Sad, Serbia (late 60s and...

    The Other Line
  • 1997
    For Ella

    For Ella

    For Ella

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    "Fitzgerald" is Jovica's nickname among his friends. One day Jovica, a film projectionist from the childhood of Zilnik, an old jazz pianist and one...

    For Ella
  • 1974
    Request

    Request

    Request

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    A construction site with foreign workforce – lunch break. A Greek man tries to write a request letter to the German authorities to allow his...

    Request
  • 1993
    Where Gods Are Dead

    Where Gods Are Dead

    Where Gods Are Dead

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    A Norwegian TV-worker tries to prevent her son, which she has with her former husband, a Serb now living in Jugoslavia, to become a soldier in the...

    Where Gods Are Dead
  • 2013
    Pirika on Film

    Pirika on Film

    Pirika on Film

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    Pirika travels to Berlin to visit her daughter Dobrila and her grandchildren, whom she's never seen. Dobrila, a lesbian, avoids her mother, however,...

    Pirika on Film
  • 1968
    The Unemployed

    The Unemployed

    The Unemployed

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    SFRJ is officially a place where everyone have a job and a house. The story follows hard labored workers who can't find a job, who bathe in public...

    The Unemployed
  • 2003
    Kenedi Goes Back Home

    Kenedi Goes Back Home

    Kenedi Goes Back Home

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    The first film in what would ultimately become Zilnik’s famed Kenedi trilogy follows street hustler Kenedi Hasani and his friend as they roam...

    Kenedi Goes Back Home
  • 2007
    Censored without Censorship

    Censored without Censorship

    Censored without Censorship

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    Through the conversation with Yugoslav film authors and excerpts from their films, this documentary film tells a story of a film phenomenon and...

    Censored without Censorship
  • 2018
    Among the People: Life & Acting

    Among the People: Life & Acting

    Among the People: Life & Acting

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    Memories and commentaries of non-professional actors combined with excerpts from films in which they participated as "protagonists," mixed with...

    Among the People: Life & Acting
  • 2000
    Fortress Europe

    Fortress Europe

    Fortress Europe

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    People of different nationalities from Central Europe attempting to reach the West by crossing the controls and “European” rules.

    Fortress Europe
  • 2018
    Ideal 68

    Ideal 68

    Ideal 68

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    On June 3, 1968, student protests began in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the first major conflict with the then communist...

    Ideal 68
  • 1980
    The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus

    The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus

    The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus

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    The protagonists of this docudrama are old farmers who migrated to Banat after the First World War, in 1922. The film is focused on a couple of...

    The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
  • 1988
    Brooklyn - Gusinje

    Brooklyn - Gusinje

    Brooklyn - Gusinje

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    Young seamstress Ivana leaves work in the tailor shops in Novi Pazar and accepts an offer to be a waitress in a private cafe in Gusinje, Montenegrin...

    Brooklyn - Gusinje
  • 2022
    As One

    As One

    As One

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    Two young men from Eastern Europe take a pilgrimage to Santiago, Spain. Upon arrival at one of the most northwestern points of Europe, the...

    As One
  • 1975
    Inventory

    Inventory

    Inventory

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    Tenants of one old building in the centre of Münich are featured in this film: most of them are foreigners who work in Germany as "guest...

    Inventory
  • 1985
    Taiwan Canasta

    Taiwan Canasta

    Taiwan Canasta

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    A frustrated and unemployed architect experiences flashbacks of his youth and 1968 protests while the life passes by. Unable to adapt and to accept...

    Taiwan Canasta
  • 1996
    Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage

    Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage

    Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage

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    Milošević’s regime has rigged the results of parliamentarian elections in autumn 1996. This was a cause for mass rallies in...

    Throwing Off the Yolks of Bondage
  • 1981
    Vera and Erzika

    Vera and Erzika

    Vera and Erzika

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    Vera and Erzika have worked at Trudbenik textile factory in Pancevo since they were 13. Now that they are almost retired they face numerous problems...

    Vera and Erzika