Date: April 2007
Location: UK and Iraq
Distributor: Channel 4 News UK (8 May 2007)
Credits: directed, filmed and edited by Claudio von Planta
 
This is an investigation into the forced repatriation of Iraqi Kurds who failed to obtain asylum in Britain.
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Date: March 2007
Location: Iraq
Distributor: Channel 4 News UK (8 May 2007)
Credits: directed, filmed and edited by Claudio von Planta
Presented by Karzan Sherabayani
 
With Karzan Sherabayani’s connections in Irak we managed to hook up with a group of Kurdish PKK fighters near the border with Iran.
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Date: February 2007
Location: Iraq
Distributor: Chanel 4 News (8 March 2007)
Credits: filmed and co-directed by Claudio von Planta
Presenter and Co-director – Karzan Sherabayani
 
This rather comical report captures a glimpse of the Kurdish alcohol smuggling operation into the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Date: August 1999
Location: Nagorny Karabakh, Azerbaijan
Distributor: Television Suisse Romande
Credits: filmed and directed by Claudio von Planta
 
This news report was designed to raise awareness about the fate of war widows in Nagorny Karabakh / Azerbaijan.
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Date: August 1985
Location: Afghanistan
Distributor: ZDF (Germany), Antenne 2 (France)
Credits: directed, filmed and edited by Claudio von Planta
 
This MINEFIELD CASUALTY of an Afghan Mujahedin epitomises the beginning of my documentary filmmaker career. It was the most frightening moment in my life.
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