Phenomen
Berlin

Berlin · Est. 2010

DAU team at the 70th Berlinale, 2020
DAU team at the 70th Berlinale, 2020

About

Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions GmbH is an independent production company founded in 2010 by Ilya Khrzhanovsky. The company develops and produces feature films, series, and cross-disciplinary projects at the intersection of cinema, art, and research. Phenomen Berlin is the production entity behind the DAU project and related works.

News

  • DAU selected for the Competition programme — Venice Film Festival 2026

    The film DAU has been selected for the Official Competition of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival.

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  • Ilya Khrzhanovsky — “Tribute To” at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival

    A retrospective of the DAU project with a masterclass by Ilya Khrzhanovsky.

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  • “The Quantum Effect” — San Marco Art Centre, Venice

    DAU featured in the group exhibition at San Marco Art Centre, Venice.

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  • DAU films on MUBI

    DAU. Natasha and DAU. Degeneration are available to stream on MUBI and dau.film.

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DAU

A multidisciplinary project at the intersection of cinema, art, and anthropology.
16+ feature films, immersive installations, digital platform.
700 hours of footage. The largest film set in Europe.
Shooting: Kharkiv, 2009–2011. Premiere: Paris, 2019.

→ dau.com

Filmography

  • 4 (2004)
    42004

    Sales rights only

  • Film Wanderungen (2018)
    Film Wanderungen2018
  • DAU. Natasha (2020)
    DAU. Natasha2020
    Watch on MUBI
  • DAU. Degeneration (2020)
    DAU. Degeneration2020
    Watch on MUBI
  • DAU (2026)
    DAU2026

    Production 1 · Phenomen Berlin — Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Svetlana Dragayeva

Selected Productions

  • 4

    2004 · Feature film

    Dir. Ilya Khrzhanovsky. Scr. Vladimir Sorokin. Tiger Award, IFFR Rotterdam 2005. Phenomen Berlin holds sales rights only.

  • DAU. Natasha

    2020 · Feature film

    Dir. Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Jekaterina Oertel. Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution (Cinematography: Jürgen Jürges), 70th Berlinale.

  • DAU. Degeneration

    2020 · Feature film

    Dir. Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Ilya Permyakov. Berlinale Special 2020.

  • Film Wanderungen

    2018 · Documentary series · 31 episodes

    Produced by Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions GmbH. Premiered at the 68th Berlinale, 24–25 February 2018, as “Kino im Wohnzimmer” at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz.

    What does it mean to live in a neighborhood? In the summer of 2017, 140 people living on and around Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz in Berlin’s Mitte district were interviewed. These conversations were turned into a series of short films offering personal insights into diverse lives: long-standing Mitte dwellers, start-up founders, centenarians, globetrotters, students, and those pining for the old East Germany. People who have lived here for two months or sixty years; who grew up in East or West Germany, in Latin America, Russia, or former Yugoslavia. For the Berlinale premiere, spectators were led by a guide through three private living rooms of interview partners, with two episodes shown in each apartment, and invited to continue the conversations with the residents before moving on.

  • DAU

    2026 · Feature film · 195 min · Germany, France, Sweden

    Dir. Ilya Khrzhanovsky. Production 1 — Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions GmbH: Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Svetlana Dragayeva. Production 2 — Essential Films / Parisienne de Production: Philippe Bober, Solal Coutard, Susanne Marian. Production 3 — Plattform Produktion: Erik Hemmendorff. Official Competition, Venezia 83.

Awards & Festivals

Company

Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions GmbH — est. 2010

Contact

info@phenomenfilms.com