Projects Funded

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.

Project	Grantee
Documentary Feature about the Russo-Ukrainian War	Maksym Nakonechnyi
A documentary exploring destructive and constructive transformations – of spaces, bodies, animals and identities – as a consequence of war
Homecoming: Documentary Film	Hanna Tykha
An intimate filmed record of the first weeks of the Russian invasion seen through the lens of family life and armed resistance in Irpin
It's Not a Full Picture	Maryna Stepanska
A documentary film featuring the stories of nine Ukrainian filmmakers as they react to the life-changing advent of war in different ways
Museum at War: Preservation of History and Its Artefacts by Human Hands during War
A documentary film focusing on the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Art Museum and workers who stayed behind to save collections from destruction
Picturesque Ukraine	Yaroslav Pilunskyi
Producing a series of short documentaries recording Ukrainian experiences of war that frames the horror and hardware with human and natural beauty
Searching for Pokémon: Documentary Film	Mykhailo Volkov
Following photographer Alexander Chekmenev’s search for a girl he photographed two decades ago to give her a promised print and to hear her story
Solidarity Screenings	Serhiy Klymko
With screenings across Europe, this curated program brings Ukrainian documentary film to a wide audience and offer raw, immediate insight into the war
Testimony of Times
Two filmmakers are documenting the war at a series of key moments for Ukraine’s cities, from refugees arriving in Lviv to the mass graves of Chernihiv
The Chronicles of Hell	Ielezaveta Tatarinova
Recording a testimony about the atrocities of the Russian invasion – an attempt to film a reality that seems impossible to imagine
The Flow of War	Oleksii Samsonov
A short documentary film that frames the ongoing conflict through the prism of water, from the flooding of Dymir to the shortages at the front lines
The Heritage
A film about memory and change that serves as a portrait of the invading forces, seeking to capture reasons for actions seemingly beyond understanding
The Past Unsimple
A hybrid documentary project tracing elusive and eloquent memory narratives in the setting of the Ukrainian periphery

Civil Society
Daily Life
Destruction & Reconstruction
Displacement
Environment
Health
Heritage
Human Rights
Identity & Culture
Information & Disinformation
Language & Symbols
Memory
Military
Occupation & Atrocity
Public Opinion
Religion
Resilience & Solidarity
Rural
Science & Education
Trauma & Rehabilitation
Urban
Vulnerable Groups
Women