Youmi Haefelin-Roch
Producer
- Website
- www.kumoshika.ch
She is a multilingual film producer and writer of Japanese and Swiss origin based between New York, Geneva and Tokyo. She holds a Bachelor in Business Management from the EHL (École Hôtelière de Lausanne), is a graduate of the UCLA School of Theatre, Film & Television Professional Producing Program, and is a member of the Swiss Film Academy. She produced the short TRUMPET (2020), directed by Kevin Haefelin, which was nominated for the Swiss Film Award – Best Short Film and which screened at festivals worldwide, earning international success with a BAFTA Student Film Awards nomination and selections at twelve Academy Awards® qualifying festivals. She then produced THE FUSE (2022) which qualified for the 96th Academy Awards®. She cofounded Geneva-based Kumoshika Productions to develop and produce films with international appeal. She is a RotterdamLab alumni and was was chosen for the New Producers Room at the Cannes Film Festival 2024.
Filmography
(a selection)
Screenwriter
- 2026
- Those Who Wait (Yama No Oku) by Kevin Haefelin
Producer
- 2026
- Pufferfish by Kevin Haefelin
- 2026
- Those Who Wait (Yama No Oku) by Kevin Haefelin
- 2023
- Third Wheel by Kevin Haefelin
- 2022
- The Fuse by Kevin Haefelin
- 2020
- Trumpet by Kevin Haefelin