Kristian Håskjold

Kristian Håskjold is an award-winning Danish/Norwegian writer/director, who studied Directing at the independent Danish film school Super16. He is best known for his miniseries Chemo Brain, which had its international premiere Sundance Film Festival 2020 and received a Special Jury Recognition for Drama at SXSW 2020. It also received rave reviews in the Danish media and received nominations at all Danish award shows such as Danish Academy Awards (Robert Prisen), TV Prisen, Zulu Awards and Aarhus Series. His short films have been screened at 120+ festivals and won 20 awards. Forever Now won 12 awards, among them the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at SXSW in 2017. His short film A Worthy Man won 5 awards, there among the jury award for Best European Short Film at Leuven International Short Film Festival in 2018 and became shortlisted for European Film Awards 2019. His graduation film Young became a semi-finalist at Student Academy Awards 2021. All in all, his short films have more than 425.000 plays in Vimeo. In 2020 Kristian was selected to European Film Promotion's prestigious Future Frames talent program for his short film Crocodile Tears. At the moment Kristian is in early development of his first feature film and involved in several TV series in development.

Works

Checkered Ninja

A possessed Ninja doll teams up with a teenage boy to avenge the murder of a poor child factory worker.

Release Date2018-12-25

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Vote Count253

Checkered Ninja 2

After Phillip Eppermint manages to evade a prison sentence in Thailand, Checkered Ninja comes alive and seeks out Alex. Together, with Alex and his entire family, they now have to go to Thailand to bust Eppermint.

Release Date2021-08-19

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Vote Count57

Caterella

A whirlwind of a story that flips the Cinderella-tale upside down. To everyone's astonishment, Caterella says no to marrying the Prince. After all shoe size is a wacky reason for marriage. Instead, Caterella wants to find her own ending. This break with tradition sets the whole world in peril. The Princess needs to get the story back on track and decides to confront Caterella. An unexpected spark ignites between the two, and together they set out on a quest for personal freedom and love. A journey that will shake the very foundation of the fairy-tale world, making everyone live happily fur-ever after.

Release Date2025-04-18

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Vote Count4

Welcome to Paradise

Harald has grown up in an alternative church movement and the day has come for his confirmation ritual. But what the head of the church doesn't know is that he has a secret, which could be devastating for his entry into the family.

Release Date2015-03-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count3

Crocodile Tears

After 20 years of no contact, the Norwegian Dancer Øyvind is invited to Denmark to visit his old father and his new girlfriend in their isolated farmhouse, but nothing turns out as Øyvind expects.

Release Date2019-09-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

A Worthy Man

Night at the bakery. When everyone else is sleeping, Erik the baker works alone. All is quiet except for the sound of his radio, always tuned to the same late-night joke programme. Erik practices his own jokes while he kneads the dough in the hopes of getting on the air and be named Joker of the Week. Meanwhile the distance grows between him and his family at the dinner table.

Release Date2018-04-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count7

Young

After discovering a rumor has been spread about her, Pernille agrees to confront the girl suspected to be behind it at a party, but the situation quickly escalates and Pernille feels pressured into actions that cannot be undone.

Release Date2021-02-19

DepartmentWriting

JobIdea

Vote Count1

Hugo & Holger

A short film about a very near sighted boy Hugo (-34...pretty much sees nothing) and his baby elephant Hugo, which due his bad sight, he believes is a dog.

Release Date2019-10-29

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Hugo & Holger

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Reception

Release Date2013-11-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Chemo Brain

When Oliver is diagnosed with testicular cancer, his life is turned upside down. This lighthearted drama-series depicts the derailment of a young man that is doing everything he can to not lose his friends, his girlfriend, himself, and ultimately his life.

Release Date2019-10-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Forever Now

After several years together, William and Cecilie break up. To treat the sorrow with love the same night they decide to do the drug MDMA together. This results in a emotional roller coaster ride over a whole weekend, where they're isolated together in their apartment.

Release Date2017-03-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count9