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.
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.
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.
Documenting and Archiving War Art of Ivano-Frankivsk Region	Sofia Sirenko
Documenting and classifying works created by photographers and artists from Ivano-Frankivsk during the Russo-Ukrainian War.
How to Stage a War	Anna Chasova
A documentary film about the Kharkiv Puppet Theater during the Russo-Ukrainian War.
On the Edge	Taras Ibrahimov
A documentary project set in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka, focusing on Olha, an elderly woman who refuses to evacuate due to her age and the need to care for her livestock.
The Blue House	Yuliia Iliukha
A novel about three women living next door to each other, each of whom have experienced a profound loss as a result of the war.
The Invisible Battalion – 10 Years of Struggle for Gender Equality in Ukraine’s Armed Forces	Tamara Martsenyuk
Conducting interviews with participants of the so-called “Invisible Battalion,” which integrates women into Ukraine’s security and defense sectors.
Narratives of Birth and War during Full-Scale Russian Invasion	Viktoriya Luchka
Conducting 20 in-depth interviews with women who gave birth during the first months of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.