Projects Funded

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.

Project	Grantee
Listening to the World	Yelizaveta Smith
The story of Iva, an art curator, rights activist and deaf person who received cochlear implants as a refugee in Berlin and learned to hear again
Major Overhaul. Graphic Interviews with Ukrainians Who Reinvented Themselves Due to the Russian Invasion	Yevheniia Polosina
Interviewing individuals whose lives shifted dramatically due to the war, from journalists and activists to the spouses of soldiers
Mariupol. Diary of a Survivor (Маріуполь. Щоденник того, хто вижив)	Oksana Stomina
A survivor of the bombardment and blockade of Mariupol records observations of the horrors visited upon the city in a personal account.
Marked Words: An Eccentric Dictionary of War	Oksana Maksymchuk
A part authorial, part curatorial exploration of how senses of temporality, mortality and responsibility adapt to a world undergoing extreme change
Masks as Art Therapy for Heroes who Lost an Eye as a Result of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine	Bob Basset
Offering support and art therapy to fighters who have sustained eye injuries – the artist will create individualised leather masks for veterans
Memoriupol: Personal Stories of War 2014—2022	Diana Berg
"Memoriupol" - a project to share personal narratives and images of Mariupol's life and resistance during the Russo-Ukrainian war
Museum and War	Sasha Dolhyi
A documentary trilogy looking at the indomitability and brittleness of museum workers as they contend with the challenges of war
Museum at War: Preservation of History and its Artefacts by Human Hands During the War	Sasha Dolhyi
A documentary film focusing on the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Art Museum and workers who stayed behind to save collections from destruction
Music of Resistance	Yana Shliabanska
Collection of musical works by contemporary Ukrainian composers, written since Russia’s full-scale invasion, promoting cultural dialogue and visibility of Ukrainian music
My Captivity	Yevhen Shybalov
A documentary book by a journalist and ex-POW, detailing his 7-month captivity experience in Russia.
Near Kharkiv and Not Far from Lviv: The Experience of War (Поруч із Харковом та недалеко від Львова. Досвід війни)	Roman Liubavskyi
A personal diary recording life under Russian occupation, in a Kharkiv bomb shelter and after evacuation to the Lviv region.
Nice Ladies	Mariia Ponomarova
A documentary on the 50+ female cheerleading team "Nice Ladies" from Kharkiv, set for release in 2024

Civil Society
Daily Life
Destruction & Reconstruction
Displacement
Environment
Health
Heritage
Human Rights
Identity & Culture
Information & Disinformation
Language & Symbols
Memory
Military
Occupation & Atrocity
Public Opinion
Religion
Resilience & Solidarity
Rural
Science & Education
Trauma & Rehabilitation
Urban
Vulnerable Groups
Women