Director In Love with Craziness
Melanie Ekholdt is a creative psychiatrist and filmmaker.
As a medical student Melanie often brought along her video camera to explore life, both in the real world and the world of imagination.As a young mother and a young medical doctor, she had to set her video camera aside.
Then in 2015, just when Melanie had finished her specialization in child and adolescent psychiatry, she was inspired by the personal story of a young rap artist Michael Kildal. She invited him to cowrite a book about the troubled young boys. He said yes. Instinctively, she brought her video camera along when they started the book project. The film clips of the conversations became a 20 minute documentary called “In love with crazyness” about Michael’s life in close cooperation the experienced filmproducer Karina Astrup from “House of Gary”.
Through the public’s emotional reactions, she discovered the transformative power of the art of filmmaking. Melanie was inspired to continue creating short movies about mental and relational issues. The ability to transform resides in every human and we are all continuously changing, even after adolescence.
She is currently working at a public child mental health clinic (BUP).