Swiss filmmaker in dialog at 2022 Dubai Motorcycle Film Festival

Swiss filmmaker Claudio Von Planta mirrored on the ‘hiccups’ and ‘occupational hazards’ that he’s skilled all through his profession on the launch of the 2022 Dubai Motorcycle Film Festival.

He instructed Euronews, “As a documentary filmmaker if you end up in a prison, you know you’re on a good story because somebody wants to stop you.”

He was speaking about an incident that noticed him stopped at a police checkpoint within the North-West Frontier Province (now a area of Pakistan) whereas filming with the Afghan Mujahideen in one of many refugee camps in Peshawar. 

“You are a foreigner in a place you shouldn’t be. And then your visa is expired”, he mentioned, including “so the local police guy, he just wanted to have a bribe, a fee, for a penalty, and I didn’t have any cash. And so he kept us in prison overnight.” That evening become one month.

Claudio is greatest recognized for his work with Hollywood actor Ewan McGregor and British presenter Charley Boorman on The Long Way Up, Long Way Down, and Long Way Round TV sequence which noticed the trio trip around the globe collectively. The present has garnered a legion of biker followers and impressed a brand new era to take to the street. 

“It’s quite impressive. It’s a vibrant community here when I suddenly realise so many people got inspired by these films… And that’s why they did their tests, that’s why they bought the bike, started to, you know, go out there and discover the world” he mentioned.

Claudio credit his Swiss Army navy coaching and early profession working as a documentary maker in battle zones with serving to him to get the job on the Long Way TVseries.

He instructed Euronews, _“The main thing is I learned about the effects of weapons… I knew what it does and that helps you to judge the situation so you know where to stop… and when to pull out.” Adding, “One reason why I suddenly got hired on the Long Way series, because they needed a guy, one guy who can do everything on his own because they only had one third bike._”