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Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Ilya Andreyevich Khrzhanovsky (Russian: Илья́ Андре́евич Хржано́вский; born 11 August 1975) is a Russian-born filmmaker, producer and art director. His debut feature 4 (2004) won the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
He is best known for the DAU project, a multidisciplinary undertaking at the intersection of cinema, art and anthropology that has yielded 14 feature films, three TV series and large-scale immersive installations; DAU premiered in 2019 in Paris at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre de la Ville and Centre Pompidou, and its films were selected for the Berlinale and the European Film Awards.
The project's main feature, DAU, was selected for the Venezia 83 competition of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival in 2026..
From 2020 to 2023 he served as Artistic Director of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv.
Khrzhanovsky attended the Bonn Academy of Fine Arts (1992–1993) and the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (1998) (VGIK). His directorial debut was the stage production of What I Feel (Russian: «То, что чувствую») at the Kukart Festival at Peterhof in 1997.
In 1998 he co-directed together with Artyom Mikhalkov the short movie Stop (Russian: «Остановка»).
Between 1998 and 2002, Khrzhanovsky worked as a director and producer in commercial advertising and created The List of Lovers of the RF for the Russian TNT Channel, a series directed by leading Russian movie directors. In 2003, the project was included in the Berlin International Film Festival programme, as well as other notable Russian and international film festivals.
Khrzhanovsky directed the film 4 (2004) earning him several awards including a Golden Cactus and Tiger Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Netherlands, Best Director Prize at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Grand Jury Prize as Best New Director at the Seattle International Film Festival, Best Film and Best Camera Prize at the Transylvania International Film Festival, Best Director Prize at the Athens International Film Festival and a nomination for the Fassbinder Award. It was included in official programs of more than 50 international film festivals including Venice Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Los Angeles Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival. 4 was distributed in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, the United States, and also Scandinavian and South Asian countries.
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Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Ilya Andreyevich Khrzhanovsky (Russian: Илья́ Андре́евич Хржано́вский; born 11 August 1975) is a Russian-born filmmaker, producer and art director. His debut feature 4 (2004) won the Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
He is best known for the DAU project, a multidisciplinary undertaking at the intersection of cinema, art and anthropology that has yielded 14 feature films, three TV series and large-scale immersive installations; DAU premiered in 2019 in Paris at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre de la Ville and Centre Pompidou, and its films were selected for the Berlinale and the European Film Awards.
The project's main feature, DAU, was selected for the Venezia 83 competition of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival in 2026..
From 2020 to 2023 he served as Artistic Director of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv.
Khrzhanovsky attended the Bonn Academy of Fine Arts (1992–1993) and the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (1998) (VGIK). His directorial debut was the stage production of What I Feel (Russian: «То, что чувствую») at the Kukart Festival at Peterhof in 1997.
In 1998 he co-directed together with Artyom Mikhalkov the short movie Stop (Russian: «Остановка»).
Between 1998 and 2002, Khrzhanovsky worked as a director and producer in commercial advertising and created The List of Lovers of the RF for the Russian TNT Channel, a series directed by leading Russian movie directors. In 2003, the project was included in the Berlin International Film Festival programme, as well as other notable Russian and international film festivals.
Khrzhanovsky directed the film 4 (2004) earning him several awards including a Golden Cactus and Tiger Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Netherlands, Best Director Prize at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Grand Jury Prize as Best New Director at the Seattle International Film Festival, Best Film and Best Camera Prize at the Transylvania International Film Festival, Best Director Prize at the Athens International Film Festival and a nomination for the Fassbinder Award. It was included in official programs of more than 50 international film festivals including Venice Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Los Angeles Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival. 4 was distributed in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, the United States, and also Scandinavian and South Asian countries.
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