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.
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.
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.
The Game of Women and War	Yanina Kucher
A research-driven, multimedia project focused on documenting the diverse wartime experiences of Ukrainian women.
The Sound of Peace and Anxiety	Liubov Durakova
Exploring acoustic terror and calming sounds using analog photography and field sound recordings, creating photo book layouts and video experiments.
‘Little Stories from a Big War’: Testimonies of UCU Сommunity Members Defending Ukraine’s Independence as a Source for Documenting War Memories	Olena Dzhedzhora
A collection of testimonies from members of the Ukrainian Catholic University who left their civilian lives behind to defend Ukraine’s freedom.
Towards the Sun: Adaptation after Returning from Captivity	Vilhelm Vitiuk
A chronicle of the author’s profound journey of rehabilitation and post-traumatic growth after a year in Russian captivity.
Silent Archives	Yana Suporovska
A meditation on the intimate forms in which Ukrainians are recording their experiences of war.
Sonic Waves	Nikon Romanchenko
Exploring sound as a multifaceted phenomenon, focusing on its psychological, emotional, and even physiological impact on individuals in times of war.
All F*cked Up	Ganna Iaroshevych
A personal, observational documentary exploring the invisible trauma of civilians living through war in Ukraine, with the filmmaker unexpectedly confronting her own suppressed emotions.
Memorialization of War: A Podcast Exploring Ukraine’s New Culture of Remembrance	Natalia Nekypila
A journalistic podcast series documenting and reinterpreting the formation of Ukraine’s culture of remembrance during Russia’s war against Ukraine.