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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War without Sound: Documenting Deaf People during the Full-Scale Invasion	Pavlo Babin-Tkach
Documenting the experiences of Ukraine’s deaf community during the war, as well as the work of volunteers and sign-language interpreters.
A Home for Rita	Yulia Appen
A feature-length documentary film incorporating stop-motion animation that follows a Roma family forced to flee the Russian occupation in spring 2022.
Mission XII	Oleksandr Kryshtalovych
Archiving and editing extensive raw footage collected by a local fixer during 11 missions to the Ukrainian frontline.
My Kharkiv: Fortress of Solitude	Katya Soldak
A film documenting how residents of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, have endured Russia’s war in the years from 2022 to 2025.
Silenced Voices from 11 Years of Occupation	Ilami Yasna
Analyzing the stories of Ukrainian women who remained under Russian occupation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions for over a decade, challenging simplistic narratives about loyalty, identity, and belonging in occupied regions.
One Life—Two Wars	Iryna Kotsabiuk
Recording interviews with elderly people who experienced occupation during both World War II and the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War.
Invisible Front: Kherson	Olga Gibelinda
A documentary film focusing on a transformative journey made by Estonian director Ilmar Raag, who traveled to the Kherson region as a volunteer.
Stormy Land: Documenting the War in the Shostka District of the Sumy Region	Oleksandr Solomko
Investigating the living conditions of civilians in 10 border communities of the Shostka district in the Sumy region, which are regularly subjected to shelling.
Occupation Diaries	Mykhaylo Palinchak
A documentary project based on the testimonies of those who kept a personal diary amid occupation.
Naїve Ukrainian Gardens	Sergii Polezhaka
A documentary photography project reimagining the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War through images of destroyed gardens and homes across the country.
A Million Stories	Artem Chapeye
An ongoing documentation of the human condition during the Russo-Ukrainian War, in both journalistic and literary forms.
Ruskaya Vesna (Russian Spring)	Anatolii Stepanov
A digital photo album and collection of essays revisiting the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in spring 2014.