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
It's Not a Full Picture	Maryna Stepanska
A documentary film featuring the stories of nine Ukrainian filmmakers as they react to the life-changing advent of war in different ways
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
Missing In Action	Marharyta Melnychuk
Documentary film about a woman searching for her missing brother and her path towards a new life
Missing In Action	Kateryna Holovko
Documentary film about a woman searching for her missing brother and her path towards a new life
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
Nice Ladies	Mariia Ponomarova
A documentary on the 50+ female cheerleading team "Nice Ladies" from Kharkiv, set for release in 2024
Ohmatdyt: Post of Care	Oleksandr Krasenkov
"Ohmatdyt: Post of Care" documents the dedication of Ohmatdyt Hospital staff during the battle for Kyiv, providing 24-hour care
Peace for Nina	Zhanna Maksymenko-Dovhych
"Peace for Nina" follows a Ukrainian mother's quest for justice and healing after her son's execution by Russian mercenaries
Picturesque Ukraine	Yaroslav Pilunskyi
Producing a series of short documentaries recording Ukrainian experiences of war that frames the horror and hardware with human and natural beauty
Puzzle	Svitlana Shapoval
A Ukrainian refugee filmmaker and her colleagues Investigate the web of Russian money and influence that has come to permeate the Western World
Queer Fighters of Ukraine: I Seem to Miss Dancing at Clubs	Anzhelika Ustymenko
Film offering an intimate perspective of the Russian-Ukrainian war, told through the eyes of Ukraine’s queer community

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