James Keogh is a photographer, videographer, and director based in Paris. He has covered conflict and post-conflict areas in Ukraine, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Syria, and other countries. He is currently the editor-in-chief of the Arte Regards program on the Arte channel, at the production company Brut.
On February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin launches a full-scale war to invade Ukraine. Eight years earlier, his army and security services had been working in secret to establish Russian control over an oblast in the east of the country, which proclaimed itself the “Donetsk People's Republic”. This is where the protagonists of this film – Oleg and Max, two young Russians in their thirties – have com...
On February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin launches a full-scale war to invade Ukraine. Eight years earlier, his army and security services had been working in secret to establish Russian control over an oblast in the east of the country, which proclaimed itself the “Donetsk People's Republic”. This is where the protagonists of this film – Oleg and Max, two young Russians in their thirties – have com...