Eighty Plus

A warm docufiction about identity and longing, the lives of older people in a post-socialist, multicultural world formed by capitalist relations. After six decades living in Germany, jazz pianist Stevan receives an unexpected call: the Serbian state wants to return his house, which was confiscated during World War II, to him through restitution. Returning to Serbia, Stevan navigates between practical matters and the emotions that arise. At the same time, his thoughts return to pre-war Yugoslavia, he reconnects with family and friends, and even falls in love.

Želimir Žilnik

Želimir Žilnik is a pioneer of the Yugoslav Black Wave, offering a radical view of the socio-political events of the last fifty years in Europe. Žilnik’s heroes are marginalized members of society, migrants, the unemployed, and homeless people who tell their life stories in his films. Combining documentary with fiction, Žilnik creates dark, uncomfortable stories full of absurdity and humor. The director’s style—or rather, anti-style is pure and expressive, rejecting aestheticization to focus prameraly on the content itself.