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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Life Changed by War: Oral Testimonies from a Rural Community	Maryna Baryshpolets
Recording the experiences of residents of a rural community in the Kyiv region, where the war manifests itself through mobilization, prolonged separation, changes in social and religious practices, heightened anxiety, silence, and new forms of mutual support.
Volunteer’s Kitchen	Volodymyr Kuznetsov
An ongoing project documenting the Ukrainian volunteer movement as a living and changing social organism, with a particular focus on volunteer kitchens.
Hell Was Full	Vic Bakin
A sincere and heartfelt collective portrait of the defenders of Ukraine on rotation and the looming sense of hell awaiting them on the frontlines.
Beyond Fragile Memory: Documenting the Preservation of Leonid Burlaka’s Archive during Wartime	Viktoriia Myronenko
A documentary film focused on the preservation of a unique photo archive created by Ukrainian cinematographer Leonid Burlaka.
Pieta	Alena Grom
A multimedia documentary project analyzing and articulating the maternal grief stemming from the loss of sons killed in action.
The Garden Remains	Maryna Stepanska
A non-fiction book about garden therapy during the war and the role of gardens in Ukraine throughout history.
Nature Courses	Nina Dyrenko
A book juxtaposing a unique 1915 publication on Kyiv’s natural environment amid World War I with similar modern-day research on the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Землемір (The Surveyor/The Geometer): A Collection of Short Stories	Iuliia Stakhivska
Collection of short stories combining the temporal dimensions of the author and their great-grandfather
In 769km—New York	Sofiia Buhrii
Documentary film on the employees of the Kyiv-based inclusive bakery GoodBread
The War Spoke to Us Loudly Through Explosions and Quietly Through Things	Alisa Demina
Analyzing the impact of war on Ukrainian material culture and social spaces, creating a database of war memorials in the Kyiv region
Mavky. Camouflage.	Alena Grom
A photography project about the female volunteer group "Horenski Mavky", which resonates with Andy Warhol’s "Camouflage".
Bykivnia as a Place of Memory	Svitlana Osipchuk
A book exploring the history of Bykivnia as a place of memory, including familial accounts, journalistic revelations, and its physical transformation