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Awards & Honors

Brussels-based. Peabody winner • Multiple Emmy nominations • CNN Best Reportage • New York Film Festival medals • Amnesty International Film Award • German Human Rights Film Award • Kindernothilfe Child Aid Award.

PBS Newshour

COVID-19 reports — Middle East

Coverage for PBS Newshour across the region.

Award

  • Peabody Award — for the PBS Newshour COVID reports in the Middle East.
PBS Newshour

Afghanistan — frontline coverage

Reporting during the conflict/withdrawal period.

Award

  • News & Documentary Emmy — nomination.
PBS Newshour

Fall of ISIS — Baghuz, Syria

Last battles and aftermath documentation.

Award

  • News & Documentary Emmy — nomination.
SVT – Swedish TV

Beirut Port Explosion — coverage

Breaking news and investigative follow-ups.

Award

  • Red Cross Award — for the Beirut Explosion coverage.
Documentary

Child Slaves — Kindersklaven

Investigation into child labour and trafficking.

Award

  • News & Documentary Emmy — nomination (Current Affairs).
  • CNN Award — Best Reportage.
  • World Media Festival — Gold (Global Issues Documentary).
  • New York Festivals — Silver World Medal.
  • Amnesty International Film Award — Human Rights.
  • German Human Rights Film Award.
  • Axel Springer — Best TV Reportage.
  • Kindernothilfe — Child Aid Award.
  • TV3 International Award — Catalan Broadcasting Corporation.
  • Ernst-Schneider-Preis — German Chambers of Commerce, Best TV Reportage.
  • German Television Award — nomination.
Feature Doc

Dirty Games

Global investigation into the business of sport.

Award

  • New York Film Festival — three medals, incl. Silver — Cinematography.
  • Hollywood International Independent Awards — Best Documentary & Best Foreign Feature.
  • Snowdance — Best Documentary.
  • StarDoc (Hollywood) — Best Documentary.
Investigative

Pharmasklaven — Pharma Slaves

On pharmaceutical labour and ethics.

Award

  • German Human Rights Film Award — nomination (2012).
Investigative

Kinderschinder

Child protection & exploitation investigation.

Award

  • Kindernothilfe — Child Aid Award (2011).
  • Catholic Media Award — Special Mention.
Documentary

Nightmare in Dreamland

Migrant labour conditions in the Gulf.

Award

  • Humanity Explored — Audience Award.

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