Public Life

Khrzhanovskiy's recent public life has been marked by anti-war speech, memorial work, and several highly visible personal decisions after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

These events sit alongside his artistic and institutional work rather than apart from it.

2022

24 February 2022
He initiated the first signatories of an appeal by directors, writers, journalists, artists, scientists, and publishers demanding an end to the war.
3 March 2022
During a live broadcast on Dozhd, he commented on the Russian missile strike that hit Babi Yar and called on Russians to protest. The channel was closed the next day.

Closed Eyes

In August 2022, the Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Center launched Closed Eyes, an online memorial that documents civilian victims of the Russian-Ukrainian war between 2014 and 2023.

The project extends Khrzhanovskiy's work on memory into a digital form meant to hold individual names, lives, and losses in public view.

Recent milestones

March 2024
The Russian Ministry of Justice added Khrzhanovskiy to the list of foreign agents in Russia.
September 2024
He refused Russian citizenship.
2025
He appeared as the guest of honor in the Tribute To program at the Sarajevo Film Festival and founded IP Filmworks in France with Philippe Bober.