Direct yet conceptual. Provocative and engaging. Using our expertise, we bring bold stories and unlikely characters to the forefront to examine hot topics and controversial issues of our time. MELT MOTION is a film production collective specialized in documentary filmmaking co-founded and led by Mathias Arvedsen.
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Alexander's War shows the brutal consequences of the war in Ukraine up close by portraying a young grassroots photographer who wants to do good but is disturbingly attracted to the dangers that follows.
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Alexander’s War is a 3 part docu-series from Nordisk Film TV directed by Andreas Digens. Mathias Arvedsen worked as a cinematographer on the scenes shot in Denmark. It premiered on DR2 June 11, 2023 followed by a streaming release on DRTV.
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In this series, we follow Kenneth who travels the world looking for the person who stole his identity in order to run an international online dating scam. On his journey, he also meets the female victims who have been financially and emotionally duped by the unknown fraudster(s). The story comes to a head when Kenneth sits down with a big time scammer to better understand the ever growing industry of online scamming.
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The man who dated the whole world is a 3 part docu-series co-directed and shot by Mathias Arvedsen. It premiered on DR2 December 25, 2022 followed by a streaming release on DRTV.
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This is what happens when a fully abled athlete and a disabled athlete go on an adventure together. While their bodies may function differently, their drive and determination couldn’t be more alike. Through the lens of sports we find out how no obstacle is to big to overcome no matter their situation.
Rally driver Timmy Hansen and tennis player Nico Langmann travel north of the Arctic Circle to get outside their comfort zones in order to meet at eye level.
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Limit/less is a 2 part docu-series. Part one, written and directed by Mathias Arvedsen premiered on Red Bull TV May, 2022.
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Birgitte Brogaard is a sex worker navigating the fastest growing area of the porn industry: web cam sex. An average day at the office consistets of logging on, chatting with fan and getting naked; without any physical contact.
In Dirty Darling From Thy we se what happens when the camera’s turned on, the money’s rolling in, and the clients can’t get enough. But what’s life like when the camera is off and reality hits?
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Dirty Darling From Thy is a 3 part docu-series co-directed and shot by Mathias Arvedsen. It premiered on TV 2 PLAY August 28, 2019.
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VICE on DR3 follows young journalists as they travel the world, unpacking political and cultural stories often ignored by the mainstream media. Episodes include:
E01 - The Danish Jihadists
E02 - The White Terrorist & Danish Pegida
E03 - Blockupy Frankfurt & Returning To The Holy Land
E04 - Bareback Sex & Danish Graffitty
E05 - The Drug Users & Limboland
E06 - Illegal Street Racing & The New Right Wing
E07 - After The War & Anti Fracking With Greenpeace
E08 - Fighting IS
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VICE on DR3 is an 8 part docu-series from VICE Denmark. Mathias Arvedsen directed 3 of the stories that premiered on DR3 March 30, 2015 followed by a streaming release on DRTV.
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ULTRA VIOLENCE: Tales From The Forest is a visceral journey into the heart of European hooligan culture. We follow a motley crew that form a brotherhood centered around the universe of violence and football.
The director offers unprecedented access to one of the most dangerous hooligan factions in Scandinavia. During our five years of filming with them we learn how this group functions as an illegal operation. We travel to remote locations to experience the secret world of organized mass brawls, to understand why it’s important to them.
This never before told story goes beyond the violence and questions the existentialism between right and wrong by sharing the perspective of a subculture on the fringes of modern society.
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World Sales: Trust Nordisk
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An armored car salesman hits an all time low in his life and career and seeks new adventures in the ever growing defence industry. He decides to cross borders into the brutal military business by developing a new fast attack vehicle made for active warfare.
With a unique access, Merchants of Death is a fast pace, on-the-ground look into the defence industry through the eyes and mind of a modern-day war profiteer.
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Best known as the Banksy of Denmark, SpyO is Copenhagen’s most recognized yet incognito graffiti artist. His art - or to some, vandalism - communicates the moral decay of modern society that we are all aware of but can not articulate ourselves. This film takes us on a nocturnal tour around the darkest and dirtiest parts of Denmark’s capital. His drive is to get everyday citizens to question their way of life.
While SpyO’s art provokes everyday citizens to question their daily lives and the capitalistic systems that run them - we try to understand that artist’s own motivations for going against the grain and living on the fringes.