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Role models for sustainable action

Films with impact

With over 80 sustainably produced documentaries, fechnerMEDIA is one of Germany’s most experienced documentary film production companies and a green shooting pioneer.

Films are catalysts that change attitudes and pave the way to a sustainable future. fechnerMEDIA films not only give hope for a sustainable and just world but also show how it can be achieved. Lively impact campaigns complement the cinematic work and invite people to get involved. This is how cinematic visions become real change!

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Expertise

Storytelling that resonates

fechnerMEDIA tells inspiring stories about sustainable change for cinema, television and social media. Constructive storytelling meets vibrant campaigns, creating hope and excitement for a sustainable and fair future worldwide.

CINEMA

The feature films POWER TO CHANGE, THE 4th REVOLUTION and CLIMATE WARRIORS have reached 15 million viewers in 38 countries worldwide and have been translated into 29 languages. With THE STORY OF A NEW WORLD, fechnerMEDIA is producing the first docu-fictional feature film with Story of a New World GmbH

TELEVISION

fechnerMEDIA produces high-quality television films on socially relevant topics. Whether reports or full-length documentaries – fechnerMEDIA’s inspiring stories about sustainable role models are well received across various broadcasting slots.

CORPORATE FILM

A high-quality corporate film is indispensable today – be it on your website, at trade fairs and other events, or on social media. They help to communicate a company’s or foundation’s values, mission, or individual project in a catchy way to reach new target groups.

PUBLIC RELATIONS CAMPAIGNS

fechnerMEDIA develops customised public relations campaigns for your topic and supports you with implementation and evaluation. From newsletters and social media content to press relations – fechnerMEDIA is your partner for effective communication.

IMPACT CAMPAIGNS

Through comprehensive impact campaigns, fechnerMEDIA shows viewers how they can become active locally. For example, POWER TO CHANGE screenings in 450 German and 110 French cities were followed by local events. The film CLIMATE WARRIORS was accompanied by workshops at schools and universities in Israel and the U.S.A.

FECHNERMEDIA: PUBLISHING

At fechnerMEDIA Publishing, we distribute our own media and outstanding external productions focused on ecological and social issues.

Customer testimonials

Arno Specht,

press spokesman for the city of Tuttlingen

„The contact with fechnerMEDIA was very personal, the result was original and anything but ordinary. You can feel that there are people who identify with their work.“

Frank-Michael Uhle,

Climate Protection Manager of the Rhine-Hunsrück District

„The result exceeded our expectations […]. fechnerMEDIA succeeded in conveying the ‚Spirit of Rhein- Hunsrück‘.“

Kerstin Kohler,

Head of Environmental Management, SICK AG

„The collaboration with fechnerMEDIA was excellent. Our wishes were taken into account in an exemplary manner and the film was completed right on time. We would choose fechnerMEDIA again at any time. I can only recommend them!“

Dr. Hans-Joachim Schuster,

District of Tuttlingen

„We are very grateful for the harmonious cooperation, the good collaboration and the productive exchange between the fechnerMEDIA team and our district office team.“

Samantha Giering

Upper Danube Nature Conservation Center

„The film production was a wonderful process and we are delighted with the result, which is well worth seeing.“

Yara Behrens,

German Climate Foundation

„The director Nadja Varsani tells the story of the “Energiewende” women. The documentary has become a precise work of art. Very strong, chapeau!“

Awards

Portfolio

Sarah Süß,
Author, Director, and Producer

I look forward to hearing from you

Whether you already have an idea for your corporate film in mind, are seeking media-competent support for your campaign or would simply like to get to know us – writer, director and producer Sarah Süß looks forward to hearing from you!

Your corporate film in four steps

CONCEPT

In close consultation with you, the fechnerMEDIA team develops the concept for your film project from a briefing. In order to be able to imagine the film in detail, a script is created which combines your ideas with the expertise and experience of the team.

PRODUCTION

The shooting schedule is ready and the locations are clear? The film team shoots high-quality footage at your location. Situational or sophisticated settings are used to create original sound bites in interviews. The crew films a sequence with a moving slider camera or lets the viewer’s gaze glide over the scene using a drone.

POST PRODUCTION

In the fechnerMEDIA studio, your film is edited and color-designed. Post-production professionals set the tone with music, animations provide surprising image effects or additional information in the image. You have the opportunity to follow every step of the process and contribute your wishes. Your movie is only finished when you are thrilled!

DELIVERY

Your film will reach you in 4K quality or in the format you require for YouTube, Facebook or your company website. Would you like to distribute the film as a DVD? The fechnerMEDIA team will be happy to program a menu for you and have the DVDs produced by a pressing plant.

„fechnerMEDIA is part of a global social change process and makes perspectives for a sustainable future tangible with moving images.“

Carl-A. Fechner, director

GREEN SHOOTING

Sustainability is our focus

fechnerMEDIA has been setting standards for sustainability for over 30 years – not only in front of the camera, but also behind it. In order to always be at the forefront of energy efficiency, green equipment and environmentally conscious set design, production manager Gabriele Di Stefano underwent further training at the Stuttgart Media University (HDM) in 2021 to become a certified Green Consultant. The practices at fechnerMEDIA are based on the „Green Shooting“ and „Green Motion“ initiatives of the Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (M.F.G.). These guidelines apply to all fechnerMEDIA productions:

100% renewable energy in the company and the team’s home offices

Vegan/vegetarian, regional and seasonal nutrition

No domestic flights and CO2 compensation for all unavoidable travel

Energy-efficient technology

Avoiding single-use plastic

Collaboration with local technical crews on international shoots

Fair payment

Diversity of people in front of and behind the camera

Preference for environmentally friendly accommodation

High ratio of women in the team

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With the fechnerMEDIA newsletter, you will receive regular updates on our current projects as well as personal tips on the topic of sustainability!

The fechnerMEDIA: team

Managing Director, film director & producer

Carl-A. Fechner

Carl-A. Fechner is a charismatic activist, courageous adventurer and persistent fighter. After realising that he was one of the war profiteers as a war reporter for A.R.D., he made a fundamental change and founded fechnerMEDIA GmbH. From then on, the visionary educator and filmmaker and his team focussed on „role models for sustainable action“ and thus on constructive solutions for the ecological and social crises of our time. Carl-A. Fechner has not only been honoured with the B.A.U.M. Environmental Award and the European Solar Prize for his films, but is also a valued member of the global sustainability movement, with an ever-growing network of companions who share his vision.

Contact: carl-a.fechner@fechnermedia.de

Carl-A. Fechner on LinkedIn

Production Manager

Gabriele Di Stefano

Gabriele Di Stefano has been a formative force at fechnerMEDIA for over two decades. As an experienced production manager, she has been responsible for the areas of film production and film distribution since 2002 and oversees internationally successful cinema, T.V. and information films. She also manages distribution, educational media, film distribution, publicity campaigns and sponsorship. Since 2021, she has been Managing Director of Media4Change gGmbH, which is committed to social change through media communication. In the same year, she completed the Green Consultant certificate course and took over responsibility as production manager for the cinema project THE STORY OF A NEW WORLD.

Contact: gabi.distefano@fechnermedia.de

Film director

Johanna Jaurich

During her studies in media science, Johanna Jaurich dealt intensively with the following question: „What do films need to bring about behavioural change in viewers?“. She incorporated the answers into her work in the Greenpeace video department and her T.V. documentary, „MY FUTURE WITHOUT COAL“, which reached 500,000 viewers on A.R.D. and for which she won the European Solar Prize. With THE STORY OF A NEW WORLD, Johanna Jaurich combines constructive storytelling with the impact potential of strong networks to bring people around the world into contact with their individual possibilities for action. As a member of the Catalyst 2030 Network, she is also committed to the global exchange of changemakers and the strengthening of female voices in the film world.

Contact: johanna.jaurich@fechnermedia.de

Johanna Jaurich on LinkedIn

Johanna Jaurich on Instagram

Director

Nadja Varsani

Nadja Varsani (*Wegfahrt) studied film design and documentary film directing at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences and the International University of Film and Television (EICTV) in Cuba and the Stuttgart Media University.
Since 2016, she has been working as a writer, director and producer at fechnerMEDIA on documentaries and image films.
Previously, she managed the media campaign for the cinema documentary POWER TO CHANGE, which initiated events for the film release in over 360 cities. She also gained professional experience with documentary filmmaker Andrej Klamt (halbtotal Film) in Wiesbaden and the TV department of Reuters in Frankfurt, as well as in freelance projects in directing and cinematography. She is passionate about films with topics that are close to the people and enable a change of perspective.
make a change of perspective possible.

Contact: nadja.varsani@fechnermedia.de

Art Director

Michelle Di Stefano

Michelle is the creative mind behind fechnerMEDIA. As a print and online media designer, she has a broad skill set and not only designs our websites, online and print documents, but has also created numerous illustrations and animations for our projects, for example for the Daimler environmental film, the image film A.S.A.N.U.S. – THE KRANKENHAUS DER ZUKUNFT, the campaign film DER WIND DES WANDELS or the info film ECOPOLIS: STADT MIT ZUKUNFT.

Contact: michelle.di.stefano@fechnermedia.de

Director

Luke Gribble

After graduating in photojournalism and creative writing in 2010, Luke Gribble has worked on numerous projects. These include films for A.R.T.E., B.B.C., S.B.S. Australia, M.D.R. and Z.D.F. He has also directed, written and produced projects for Battersea Arts Centre in London and the City of Leipzig. His debut multimedia project, „Story Box – The Extraordinary Journey of an Ordinary Man“, was one of nine projects funded by the Stiftung Kunstfonds and opened at the Grassi Museum in Leipzig. At fechnerMEDIA, Luke Gribble now works as a director for T.V. films.

Contact: luke.gribble@fechnermedia.de

Luke Gribble on LinkedIn

PR and Partnerships Manager

Miriam Schröer

Miriam Schröer discovered her great interest in social change processes during her Master’s degree in political science. Today, as P.R. and Partnerships Manager at fechnerMEDIA, she fully utilises her passion for writing and producing creative content on the topics of sustainability and social change. She finds it particularly rewarding to see that fechnerMEDIA’s values and projects quickly resonate with customers and partners. In addition to her editorial activities for our websites, our newsletters and our social media channels, Miriam Schröer supports numerous project partnerships from the initial idea through to realisation.

Miriam on LinkedIn

Contact: miriam.schroer@fechnermedia.de

Author, director, producer

SARAH SÜß

Sarah Süß has been working at fechnerMEDIA since 2022 as a writer and director for image and short films, as well as a producer for the impact and film project THE STORY OF A NEW WORLD. After graduating from high school in 2016, Sarah knew that she wanted to work in the media industry. Sarah gained her first practical experience in radio broadcasting at B.C.S. Broadcast Sachsen GmbH and began studying media research/media practice at TU Dresden, which she successfully completed at the end of 2021. Sarah’s strong sense of justice and her communicative, honest nature eventually led her to fechnerMEDIA. In addition to her work as a writer, director and producer, Sarah Süß also supports Managing Director Carl-A. Fechner in all important matters.

Contact: sarah.suess@fechnermedia.de

Sarah Süß on LinkedIn

Head of Impact Campaign

Theresa Manns

Theresa Manns is a passionate event manager and has been working internationally in this field since 2010. Her great interest in different cultures has allowed her to immerse herself in many countries around the world. The topic of „sustainability“ has played an important role for Theresa since her Master’s degree. Through the OnPurpose leadership programme, she was able to expand her professional focus to include the social component of sustainability and spend a year working in social entrepreneurship. In a further training programme to become a sustainability manager, she recently devoted herself even more intensively to this subject. At fechnerMEDIA, Theresa can now combine her passions of event management and sustainability in the project THE STORY OF A NEW WORLD as Head of Impact Campaign.

Contact: theresa.manns@fechnermedia.de

Theresa Manns on LinkedIn

Junior Producer

Georg Eder

Georg Eder started his career in the media industry in 2015 with internships at Bayerischer Rundfunk and a small advertising film company, where he also began his training as a media designer for image and sound in 2016. He successfully completed his training in 2019 and won the Baden-Baden Award with his final film. In the same year, he began studying journalism at the University of Passau. Parallel to his studies, he worked at the university’s Centre for Media and Communication as a lecturer for camera, sound and editing courses. After graduating, Georg worked as an assistant director at the theatre and as a set runner on feature films. Since 2024 he has been part of the fechnerMEDIA team as a junior producer, cameraman and editor.

Contact: georg.eder@fechnermedia.de

Assistant to the management

Bettina Fechner

Bettina Fechner is an alternative practitioner and trauma therapist with her own practice since 1989. She has been a mainstay of the fechnerMedia team alongside Carl-A. Fechner since 1994: as assistant to the management, feel-good manager, for climate protection demos or leading script constellations. The topics of spirituality, health and healing are close to her heart, both in her personal life and in a social context. She has been a member of the board of the German Society for System Constellations since 2019.

Contact: bettina.fechner@fechnermedia.de

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