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
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.
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.
The Pain of Others	Volodymyr Rudyk
A documentary portrait of a Ukrainian photographer, exploring the impact of continuous exposure to trauma on those who record it.
Eyelashes and Sand Crystals	Daryna Mamaisur
A poetic documentary exploring a botanical collection evacuated from Kherson amid war, a fragile archive of environmental memory and loss.
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.
Rescue	Tamara Human
An intimate documentary focusing on the Ukrainian and international volunteers who risk their lives to evacuate animals—including companion and farm animals—from the frontlines.
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.
Beyond Fragile Memory: Documenting the Preservation of Leonid Burlaka’s Archive during Wartime	Viktoriia Myronenko
A documentary film focused on the preservation of a unique photo archive created by Ukrainian cinematographer Leonid Burlaka.
Under Pressure: The Role of Grassroots Movements in the Russo-Ukrainian War	Natalka Diachenko
Documenting the development, transformation, and current state of civic and cultural initiatives across Ukraine.
The Yars	Oleksiy Radynski
Filmic catalogue and documentary film about sites of mass executions perpetrated by the German Nazis and their vulnerability during the Russian-Ukrainian war