Grantees

The projects listed below have been supported by Documenting Ukraine. This is not a complete list; other grantees have opted not to publish information about their projects, and new projects are being added to the site on an ongoing basis.

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Shuttered Ice	Anna Kapustina
A short fiction film capturing the experience of living through war with severe depression, navigating broken relationships and an overburdened mental healthcare system.
Mother’s Day	Iryna Slavinska
A collection of essays on the experience of motherhood in Ukraine during Russia’s full-scale invasion, combining personal testimony, autofiction, documentary reporting, and cultural critique.
The Third Christmas in Liberated Kherson	Olha Mykhailiuk
An art project and a documentary film about the resilience of life in the most dangerous districts of Kherson.
Born in War	Anastasiia Bahalika
An audio documentary on the psychological and physical realities of women in Ukraine who have become mothers while their partners serve on the frontlines.
Tales of War	Dzvinya Podlyashetska
An ongoing art project exploring how the war transforms everyday life, identity, and emotional reality.
Forecasting Affective Reaction to Existential Threats in Wartime	Oleksii Polunin
Assessing how people predict their affective response to existential threats related to war.
Ukrainian Wartime Justice: Access, Risks, and Institutional Adaptation	Aurika Paskar
Documenting how Ukraine’s justice system is transforming during wartime by focusing on three core areas: access to justice under martial law; risks faced by judges, lawyers, and litigants; and institutional resilience.
Prevalence of Anxiety and Depression Symptoms among Students in Relation to Local Security Conditions	Anton Gorodokin
Assessing anxiety and depression levels among Ukrainian higher-education students in different security conditions as the war goes on.
Superhumans	Inna Shevchenko
A documentary following patients and medical staff at the Superhumans rehabilitation center in Lviv.
The Story of a Ukrainian Farmer	Taras Borovok
A VR360 documentary film that immerses its viewers in the realities of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
When the Silence Grows	Viktoriia Ivanova
A hybrid documentary about post-invasion Kharkiv, told not through people on screen but through the city’s plants.
Teaching under Fire: Ukrainian University Lectures between the Frontlines and Education	Yuliya Krylova-Grek
A research project documenting the experiences of Ukrainian teachers amid war to show that the educational space is also a battlefield for ideas and future intellectual potential.