Youmi Haefelin-Roch

Producer, Screenwriter

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
2025
Clay by Kevin Haefelin

Producer

2026
Pufferfish by Kevin Haefelin
2026
Those Who Wait (Yama No Oku) by Kevin Haefelin
2025
Clay by Kevin Haefelin
2023
Third Wheel by Kevin Haefelin
2022
The Fuse by Kevin Haefelin
2020
Trumpet by Kevin Haefelin
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