2021 criminal cases were closed as the results of a pre-trial investigation revealed no traces of criminal offence in the actions of the individuals involved in the film production in Kharkiv with the participation of children. Honors Stop (1998) (Co-directed with Artyom Mikhalkov) Jury Prize, short movie, Primagaz Group Prize, International Film Festival in Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, France (1999) Jury Prize, International Film Festival Youth, Kiev, Ukraine (1999) Jury Prize, student/debut feature film, St Anna festival, Moscow, Russia (1999) 4 (2004) Tiger Award and the Golden Cactus at The International Film Festival Rotterdam (2005) Best Director Prize at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (2005) Grand Jury Prize as Best New Director at the Seattle International Film Festival (2005) Best Film and Best Camera Prize at the Transilvania International Film Festival (2005) Best Director Prize at the Athens International Film Festival (2005) Nominated for Fassbinder Prize Film Award (2005) DAU (2019) Selected for European Film Market, Sofia, Bulgaria (2005) Selected as one of the 18 best world projects at the Atelier of the Cannes Film Festival (2006) Included in the best 10 projects at International Film Festival CineMart (2006, Rotterdam, Netherlands) 4th out of 10 best movies of 2019 selected by Film Art magazine «Silver Bear» for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival to сinematographer Jürgen Jürges(2020). Dau. Degeneration - rated 2 in Berlinale critics ratings (2020). Dau. Degeneration - rated 1 in the list of the best movies of the first half of 2020 by independent online magazine for film, cinema&TV Film plus Kritik DAU. Natasha - Feature Film Selection 2020 by European Film Academy(2020). DAU. Natasha. European Film Academy: Natalia Berezhnaya nominated European Actress 2020, (2020). Dau. Degeneration: Grand Prix at The Festival of Auteur Cinema in Belgrade (2020). DAU. Natasha - Official Selection at The Seville European Film Festival (2020). DAU. Natasha - Official Selection at Palić European Film Festival(2020). DAU. Natasha - Official Selection at Riga International Film Festival (2020). Dau. Degeneration - Official Selection at Ostrava Film Festival (2020). Dau. Degeneration - The Third International Film Award "East – West. The Golden Arch": Best Cinematography, Jürgen Jürges (2021). References External links Ilya Khrzhanovsky in Seance magazine Ilya Khrzhanovsky at Chapaev.Media website "The stark surreal images evoke a mixture of terror and absurdity that comes as close to the experience of an actual nightmare as anything I've seen on the screen", by