Director

Kristian Van der Heyden

Production

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6

TMDB ID: 1573547

IMDb ID: nm4120466

Known for: Production

Place of birth: Wilrijk, Belgium

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2000 - 2025

Years active: 26

Average TMDB rating: 8.48

Wikidata: Q124464722

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Biography

Kristian Van der Heyden began Harald House Belgium in 2016 after honing his skills in Los Angeles as a writer, producer, and actor for eight years. He produced "A Punk Daydream" (2019), a documentary that delves into the street punk culture of Indonesia, which premiered at Rotterdam Film Festival in 2019. Kristian produced "Slave Island," a co-production with Belgium, Estonia, Taiwan, and Italy, about present-day slavery on a remote island of Indonesia, which premiered at Movies That Matter 2025. His projects typically explore significant social challenges within various communities, across cultures. Fiore Mio, a documentary about life in the Aosta Mountains by Paolo Cognetti is released by Lumiere in Benelux and released in Italy in over 300 theaters. Appreciative of the learning experiences each project brings, Kristian’s dedication to impactful storytelling was acknowledged in 2022 when he was named an Emerging Producer at the Ji-Hlava Film Festival.

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