Welcome

Have a look around my website. The social media feeds give you a good idea of what I am up to right now.

My bio tells you my professional background. You can find out more about my work at the screening-, Tiny Doclab– and publications-link.

You can contact me via fritz@fritzkohle.com


Sustainability Research

Beyond the checklist: from compliance to culture – the LES relational framework for evaluating sustainability in film, TV & media production

The paper introduces the Lifestyle-Embedded Sustainability (LES) model as a holistic framework that evaluates sustainability both as a technical outcome and as a cultural process expressed across production, content, lifestyle, and distribution. You find it in the journal for Media Practice and Education here:

How are the fish in Dulangan doing?

Experimental short shot in the Philippines using the Insta 360 camera. The objective was to explore 360 degree footage and how to direct the viewers gaze in a single take.

IKARUS 2023

This is an experimental short film where I am exploring how opposites can be the same, memories and the self. Ikarus won best experimental short film at the 2023 Poetic Lens Short Film Festival, Eugene, Oregon.

On a holiday, Ikarus burns his wings – again! 2023

With ‘Not the usual travel video about the Philippines’ I wanted to dive deep into poetic documentary production to show how I feel when visting Manila and the Philippines, contrasting my experiences with life in the Netherlands.

Not the usual travel video to the Philippines, 2022

Brexit Field Trip (2022)

In 2022 I went back to the UK to make a TV show with my students. The first time since Brexit. This is my short documentary about our ‘Brexit Field Trip’. What is it like to go to the UK now? Find out here:

Guirilandia (2021)

An alien assimilates in Spain during the pandemic. This short film explores how a ‘Guiri’, a tourist or foreigner living in Spain, experiences the summer of 2021. In this film I wanted to explore a narrative that is driven by the sound scape and pacing rather than the spoken word.

Escape Velocity (2020)

This is an experimental film exploring the voidness of reality. Escape Velocity invites the viewer to enter a trance like state. Framing directs the gaze towards the centre of the corridor, until the repetitive and illusionary nature of reality is revealed. In this piece I wanted to play with the way soundscapes can induce a state of trance.

Semi-Finalist, Stafford Film Festival 2022
Official Selection, AI ZONE International AI Film Festival 2026, for Brenne Lichtlein
Best Low Budget, Reale Film Festival BiMonthly Awards 2023
WorldFest Houston badge
Best Experimental Film 2023
Best Experimental Film 2023
Official Selection, BFX Bakunawa Fest
Official Selection, Absurd Film Festival Monthly Awards 2026, for Piano Man
Official Selection, Neu Wave AI Film Festival
Official Selection, The Shawna Shea Film Festival 2026
Official Selection, AI Film Awards Venice 2026
Official Selection, Hallucinea Film Festival 2026, for 19 Kensington Way episode 3
Official Selection, UFF Underground Film Festival 2026, for 19 Kensington Way: Tantra Weekend
Official Selection, CSFCCA International AI Film Festival, Fall Edition 2026
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