Yugoslav Black Wave

Yugoslav Black Wave

Poster advertising Želimir Žilnik's Early Works which prompted the publication of A Black Wave in Our Cinema, coining the movement's name
Years active	early 1960s to early 1970s
Location	Yugoslavia
Major figures	Dušan Makavejev, Žika Pavlović, Aleksandar Petrović, Želimir Žilnik, Mika Antić, Lordan Zafranović, Mića Popović
Influences	French New Wave, Italian Neorealism, Czechoslovak New Wave, realism, 1968 student demonstrations in Yugoslavia

Yugoslav Black Wave (also referred to as Black Wave; Serbo-Croatian: Crni val / Црни вал or Crni talas / Црни талас) is a blanket term for a Yugoslav film and broader cultural movement starting from the early 1960s and ending in the early 1970s. Notable directors include Dušan Makavejev, Žika Pavlović, Aleksandar Petrović, Želimir Žilnik, Mika Antić, Lordan Zafranović, Mića Popović, Đorđe Kadijević and Marko Babac. Black Wave films are known for their non-traditional approach to filmmaking, dark humor and their critical examination of socialist Yugoslav society.^[1]