‘DAU’ director Ilya Khrzhanovskiy to receive Sarajevo Film Festival tribute

Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, a controversial director Dow Immersive Art Projects and Films will become special guest at age 31^st Sarajevo Film Festival.

The festival will screen a retrospective of his films as part of the “Homage” program.

A Russian-born film director, Khrzhanovskiy is the artistic director of Kyiv’s Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Center, Eastern Europe’s largest Holocaust research and memorial center.

His long-standing Dow The project was made from 700 hours of footage, from which 14 feature films, three television series, video performances and science films were created.

Movies included Dow. Natasha and Dow. Degenerationboth played in Berlin in 2020. Natasha In the competition, he won the Silver Bear for Jurgen Giurge’s outstanding artistic contribution to cinematography. The project also attracted criticism, including accusations of the harmful situations of participants.

Khrzhanovskiy was added to the list of foreign agents by the Russian Ministry of Justice in March 2024. He waived his Russian citizenship last September.

The festival selected 63 participants out of 19 people^th Talent version of Sarajevo training program. The program is divided into eight labs, including the acting studio, the Director Summit and the Producer Summit.

Mentors for the program include Croatian actor Golanbogdan from the actor studio. And former head of Israel Film Fund Cattoriel Shorey is the producer summit.

The festival will be held from August 15th to 22nd.