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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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.
When the Sky Came Crashing Down: Southern Ukraine in February 2022	Olena Syniavska
An archive of written testimonies from eyewitnesses of the first days of the war in the Odesa region, accompanied by photographs from their private archives.
Grassroots and Temporary Memorials during the Full-Scale Invasion	Maryna Bakiieva
Recording, researching, and understanding manifestations of spontaneous memorialization and Ukraine’s collective traumatic experience.
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.
Anthropology of Survival	Oleksandr Cheremisin
An oral history project documenting the lives of residents of Kherson, which is under constant drone attacks from the Russian military.
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.
Volunteer’s Kitchen	Volodymyr Kuznetsov
An ongoing project documenting the Ukrainian volunteer movement as a living and changing social organism, with a particular focus on volunteer kitchens.
Ukrainian Naïve Mosaics	Yevgen Nikiforov
Documenting and preserving so-called “naїve” mosaics created in the 20th century by “non-artists,” self-taught individuals whose works defy the artistic canon.
Occupation Diaries	Mykhaylo Palinchak
A documentary project based on the testimonies of those who kept a personal diary amid occupation.
Hell Was Full	Vic Bakin
A sincere and heartfelt collective portrait of the defenders of Ukraine on rotation and the looming sense of hell awaiting them on the frontlines.
Tomorrow May Never Come	Andriy Lyubka
A non-fiction book about things, places, and people that may disappear physically tomorrow but will remain in the memory long after the war.