Fritz Fechner
Fritz Fechner was born in 1989 in Bremen. As a teenager he practised tricking and parkour, an acrobatic sport wherein one makes use of urban architecture. Fechner started filming himself and his colleagues while they performed the daring acrobatics, then edited the footage into short films that he would upload to YouTube. After the matura exams he began his education as cinematographer and editor in Dortmund. He now works as an independent cameraman, editor, and photographer. He works for German public television, advertising companies, and private clients. He lives in Düsseldorf.
Filmography:
GRENZE/GRANICA (2015)
Films
- GRENZE/GRANICA43’34’’
A Polish female volleyball team and a coach that doesn't speak Polish. A hospital in Brandenburg, where Polish doctors encounter Polish patients. An artist who “terminates” the border and creates a new, common space. “GRENZE/GRANICA” is a visual journey along the Polish-German border. It begins in Szczecin and leads as far as Görlitz and Zgorzelec. Throughout its 45 minutes, the documentary shows seven examples of Polish-German life – from various angles, but always from a German and Polish point of view. The border is open – how does this influence the people who live here? Free of prejudice, the film documents life in a region that wants to be something more than just the outskirts of Poland or Germany – it is, after all, the centre of Europe.
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