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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Project	Grantee
By Heart/War Archive	Kristina Yarosh
Mapping destroyed architectural monuments and museum exhibits that represent Ukrainian heritage.
Documenting a Public Initiative in the Defense Sector: The Case of the Ukrainian School of UAV Operators	Igor Serdiuk
Documenting the work of one of the most effective civilian drone-operator training schools in Ukraine.
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.
Recovery	Roman Bondarchuk
A feature documentary about the transformation of Ukraine on both physical and metaphysical levels, showcased through rebuilding initiatives, from grassroots volunteer efforts to international policymaking.
Silent Archives	Yana Suporovska
A meditation on the intimate forms in which Ukrainians are recording their experiences of war.
Tell Me a Fairytale	Diana Anikieieva
A short creative documentary focusing on the relationship between Pavlo, a young, openly gay Ukrainian soldier and activist, and his partner Vlad.
How I O̶c̶c̶u̶p̶i̶e̶d Donbas	Anastasiia Kuzmenko
An artistic project and a non-fiction book processing the personal memories of the artist Alexander Len, who is currently fighting in the Russo-Ukrainian War.
The Archival Practice: Preserving Local Musical Culture on Analog Media	Viktoriia Zymomria
A preservation project aiming to create an analog archive of contemporary Ukrainian independent music.
Emulsion of Life: Between Normal Life and the Frontline	Kostyantyn Chernichkin
Documenting the daily lives of civilians across five frontline regions: Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipro- Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson.
Documenting Plant Diversity in Occupied Territories within Ukraine’s Steppe Zone	Mykyta Peregrym
Preserving and publishing crucial, previously unknown, biodiversity data collected from the Ukrainian steppe zone between 2001 and 2021.
How to Stage a War	Anna Chasova
A documentary film about the Kharkiv Puppet Theater during the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Donbas as Metaphor	Kateryna Iakovlenko
An English edition of a book about Donbas that positions the region as central to understanding post-industrial landscapes and contemporary environmental trauma.