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Želimir Žilnik
Želimir Žilnik ( sr-Cyrl, Желимир Жилник; ; born 8 September 1942) is a Serbian film director best known as one of the major figures of the Yugoslav Black Wave film movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Early life Žilnik was born in 1942 in the Gestapo-run Crveni Krst concentration camp near the city of Niš in southern Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia, occupied Serbia. Both of his parents were Communist activists who would end up executed while he was still an infant. His Serbian mother was executed in the concentration camp in December 1942, upon which 3-month-old Želimir was released from the camp and raised by his maternal grandparents. His Slovenes, Slovene father who fought as part of Yugoslav Partisans, Partisan guerrillas in southern Serbia was captured and killed by Chetniks in March 1944, and posthumously honored as a Order of the People's Hero, Yugoslav People's Hero. As a youth, Žilnik was the editor of a communist magazine called ''Tribina ...
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Niš
Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names of European cities in different languages (M–P)#N, names in other languages), less often spelled in English as Nish, is the list of cities in Serbia, third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in the Southern Serbia (Geographical Region), southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 178,976, while its administrative area (City of Niš) has a population of 249,501 inhabitants. Several Roman emperors were born in Niš or used it as a residence: Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor and the founder of Constantinople, Constantius III, Constans, Vetranio, Julian (emperor), Julian, Valentinian I, Valens; and Justin I. Emperor Claudius Gothicus decisively defeated the Goths at the Battle of Naissus (present-day Niš). Later playing a prominent role in the history of the Byzantine Empire, the city's past would earn it the nickname ''Imperial City.'' After about 400 ...
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19th Berlin International Film Festival
The 19th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 25 June to 6 July 1969. The Golden Bear was awarded to '' Early Works'' directed by Želimir Žilnik. Jury The following jury members were announced for the festival: * Johannes Schaaf, West-German actor and filmmaker- Jury President * Agnesa Kalinova, Czech-Slovak journalist and film critic * José P. Dominiani, Argentinian screenwriter and film critic * François Chalais, Belgian journalist and film historian * John Russell Taylor, British writer and film critic * Giovanni Grazzini, Italian film critic * Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese filmmaker * Archer Winsten, American film critic * Ulrich Gregor, West-German film historian Official Sections Main Competition The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear award: Official Awards The following prizes were awarded by the Jury: * Golden Bear: '' Early Works'' by Želimir Žilnik * Silver Bear: ** '' A Quiet Place in the Country'' by Elio Petri ...
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Dragoljub Ljubičić
Dragoljub "Mićko" Ljubičić (; born 3 January 1962) is a Serbian actor, humorist, and comedian, best known for his involvement with the television programs '' Indexovo radio pozorište'', ''Pozovi M... ili će on tebe'' and ''PLjiŽ''. Early career Sometimes billed as Dragoljub S. Ljubičić Mićko, he studied law at the University of Belgrade but left in his third year without graduating, being simultaneously involved with music and radio advertising. In 1984, he joined '' Indexovo radio pozorište'' (Index's Radio Theatre), a popular Serbian radio programme that eventually grew into a theatrical group. There he began as an actor, but soon became a co-writer with Vojislav Žanetić. Film In 1994, Ljubičić appeared in director Želimir Žilnik's semi-documentary filTito, po drugi put među Srbima("Tito, Among the Serbs For the Second Time", 1994. He played the role of Josip Broz Tito, who returns from the dead to a Serbia that is ruled by Slobodan Milošević, and talks (impro ...
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet Union, it dissolved in 1991. During its existence, it was the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country by area, extending across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and sharing Geography of the Soviet Union#Borders and neighbors, borders with twelve countries, and the List of countries and dependencies by population, third-most populous country. An overall successor to the Russian Empire, it was nominally organized as a federal union of Republics of the Soviet Union, national republics, the largest and most populous of which was the Russian SFSR. In practice, Government of the Soviet Union, its government and Economy of the Soviet Union, economy were Soviet-type economic planning, highly centralized. As a one-party state go ...
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16th Moscow International Film Festival
The 16th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 18 July 1989. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Italian film '' The Icicle Thief'' directed by Maurizio Nichetti. Jury * Andrzej Wajda (Poland – President of the Jury) * George Gund (United States) * Emir Kusturica (Yugoslavia) * Jiří Menzel (Czechoslovakia) * Ibrahim Moussa (Italy) * Aparna Sen (India) * Jos Stelling (Netherlands) * Kora Tsereteli (USSR) * Zhang Yimou (China) Films in competition The following films were selected for the main competition: Awards * Golden St. George: '' The Icicle Thief'' by Maurizio Nichetti * Silver St. George: '' A Visitor to a Museum'' by Konstantin Lopushansky * Bronze St. George: ** Actor: Turo Pajala for '' Ariel'' ** Actress: Kang Soo-yeon for '' Come Come Come Upward'' * Prix FIPRESCI: '' Ariel'' by Aki Kaurismäki * Prix of Ecumenical Jury: '' A Visitor to a Museum'' by Konstantin Lopushansky * Special Diploma: ''Bonded Woman'' by B. Narsing Rao ...
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The Way Steel Was Tempered
''The Way Steel Was Tempered'' () is a 1988 Yugoslav film directed by Serbian director Želimir Žilnik. It was nominated for a Golden St. George award at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival and has been screened at festivals worldwide such as the Toronto International Film Festival. It was also shown at the Pyongyang Film Festival. Plot A steel worker, Leo, tries to live a carefree life, but his progress towards that goal is impeded by the steel mill management that does its best to earn a profit before the steel bubble bursts and the company goes under. Leo and his comrades are faced with a bleak and uncertain future. As this trouble with his employment goes on, he meets a woman named Verica and becomes involved in an extramarital affair with her. His wife, Ruža, fed up with her husband's constant cheating and dishonesty divorces him and goes back to live with her parents, leaving Leo behind. As she takes her leave, she meets Michel, the head of security at Leo' ...
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Black Comedy
Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss, aiming to provoke discomfort, serious thought, and amusement for their audience. Thus, in fiction, for example, the term ''black comedy'' can also refer to a genre in which dark humor is a core component. Black comedy differs from ribaldry#Blue comedy, blue comedy—which focuses more on topics such as nudity, Human sexual activity, sex, and body fluids—and from obscenity. Additionally, whereas the term ''black comedy'' is a relatively broad term covering humor relating to many serious subjects, ''gallows humor'' tends to be used more specifically in relation to death, or situations that are reminiscent of dying. Black humor can occasionally be related to the grotesque genre. Literary critics h ...
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Nationalist
Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation,Anthony D. Smith, Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Theory, Ideology, History''. Polity (publisher), Polity, 2010. pp. 9, 25–30; especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining its sovereignty (self-governance) over its perceived homeland to create a nation-state. It holds that each nation should govern itself, free from outside interference (self-determination), that a nation is a natural and ideal basis for a polity, and that the nation is the only rightful source of Politics, political power. It further aims to build and maintain a single national identity, based on a combination of shared social characteristics such as culture, ethnicity, geographic location, language, politics (or the government), religion, traditions and belief in a shared singular history, ...
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Post-apocalyptic
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction are genres of speculative fiction in which the Earth's (or another planet's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. The apocalypse event may be climatic, such as runaway climate change; astronomical, an impact event; destructive, nuclear holocaust or resource depletion; medical, a pandemic, whether natural or human-caused; end time, such as the Last Judgment, Second Coming or Ragnarök; or any other scenario in which the outcome is apocalyptic, such as a zombie apocalypse, AI takeover, technological singularity, dysgenics or alien invasion. The story may involve attempts to prevent an apocalypse event, deal with the impact and consequences of the event itself, or it may be post-apocalyptic, set after the event. The time may be directly after the catastrophe, focusing on the psychology of survivors, the way to keep the human race alive and together as one, or considerably later, often including that the existence of pre- ...
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Pretty Women Walking Through The City
Pretty may refer to: *Beauty, the quality of being pleasing, especially to look at **Physical attractiveness, of a person's physical features Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Pretty'' (advertisement), a 2006 television advertisement for Nike Women * " Pretty (Ugly Before)", a 2003 song by Elliott Smith * "Pretty", a song on the Gigolo Aunts album '' Tales from the Vinegar Side'' * "Pretty", a song on the Korn album '' Follow the Leader'' * "Pretty", a song on the Nicky Byrne album ''Sunlight'' * "Pretty", a song on The Cranberries album ''Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?'' * "Pretty", a song by Nicole Scherzinger that leaked in 2016 * "Pretty", a song on the Weeknd's album '' Kiss Land'' * "'Pretty", a song by Naaz from her EP '' Bits of Naaz'' People * Pretty John (1890–1964), Finnish forest laborer and storyteller * Charles Fenn Pretty (1865–1940), Canadian forestry businessman * David Pretty (born 1951), Australian rules footballer * Diane Pretty (1958 ...
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Theatre Production
Stagecraft is a technical aspect of theatrical, film, and video production. It includes constructing and rigging scenery; hanging and focusing of lighting; design and procurement of costumes; make-up; stage management; audio engineering; and procurement of props. Stagecraft is distinct from the wider umbrella term of scenography. Considered a technical rather than an artistic field, it is primarily the practical implementation of a scenic designer's artistic vision. In its most basic form, stagecraft may be executed by a single person (often the stage manager of a smaller production) who arranges all scenery, costumes, lighting, and sound, and organizes the cast. Regional theaters and larger community theaters will generally have a technical director and a complement of designers, each of whom has a direct hand in their respective designs. Within significantly larger productions, for example a modern Broadway show, effectively bringing a show to opening night requires the ...
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SFR Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It was established in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, dissolving amid the onset of the Yugoslav Wars. Spanning an area of in the Balkans, Yugoslavia was bordered by the Adriatic Sea and Italy to the west, Austria and Hungary to the north, Bulgaria and Romania to the east, and Albania and Greece to the south. It was a one-party socialist state and federation governed by the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, and had six constituent republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Within Serbia was the Yugoslav capital city of Belgrade as well as two autonomous Yugoslav provinces: Kosovo and Vojvodina. The country emerged as Democratic Fede ...
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