Directed by
Touch me, please
In development 2026
When Jessy intervenes forcefully in an incident at a subway station, her path crosses with Dara's. An encounter that confronts her with the sexual trauma that has taken root in her body. Can you long for tenderness and intimacy when trauma has made you hard and closed off?
Funded by Nederlands Filmfonds
Director: Kate Hummel Screenplay: Perla Vita Beerens Producer: Artillerie
2023, short film, Independent film, 16mm
Guilty
When Zana is raped by her colleague, she is faced with an impossible question. Either she tells her girlfriend Olivia, or she chooses to remain silent forever. Because if she keeps quiet, it might never happened.
Directors | Kate Hummel & Rosa Stil
Writers | Kate Hummel & Rosa Stil
Cast | Rosa Stil (Zana), June Yanez (Olivia), Jord Knotter (John)
Cinematographer | Katja van den Broeke
Producers | Nina-Sophia de Laat & Kes Raven
Composer | Alexandros Tomagian
Art Directors | Lin de Monchy & Imane Hanouche
Setdresser | Rana Ayvaz
First assistant director | Yassin van Veenendaal
Assistant director & continuity | Reiky de Valk & Idriss Nabil
Sound design | Franco van der Linde
Sound Mixer | Coen Bruins Franco van der Linde
Distributie | Kapitein Kort
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2026, 80 min
At the Galileohof, the paths of two ambitious young people cross: Angel (13), a talented but unsure dancer, and Romeo (13), a driven filmmaker determined to escape his neighborhood at all costs by making his big break with his documentary From Zero to Hero—a film about disadvantaged local youth.
Director: Idriss Nabil Assistent director: Kate Hummel Producer: Topkapi
Online in 2027
ITS ME BELLA HADID
2026, 7 min
For a Black woman from Schijndel, there is no doubt: she is the world-famous American supermodel Bella Hadid. But what happens when someone tries to break her conviction in this tragicomedy?
Director: June Yanez Assistent director: Kate Hummel Producer: Juicy Films
Queer Genoeg
2025, 30 min
'Am I queer (enough)?' Many LGBTQIA+ people ask themselves this question regularly. In this short documentary, three queer individuals explore their internalized prejudices about being queer in absurdist scenes inspired by ‘expectation vs reality’ memes. Queer genoeg is a collaboration between VPRO and documentary production house FalkyFilm.
Director: Annemarije Rus Assistent director: Kate Hummel Producer: Falky Film
Casting Call
2024, 1 h 10 min
Amir dreams of a career as an actor. But due to various setbacks, he ends up in a world he only knows from the roles he no longer wants to play.
Director: Sharif abd el Mawla Assistent director: Kate Hummel Producer: Kepler film
Moustache
2024, 20 min
According to his best friend Coco, the fact that eleven-year-old Dalou has no father doesn't have to be a problem. They simply go looking for a ‘substitute father’. The search turns out to be harder than expected and puts their friendship to the test.
Director: Idriss Nabil Assistent director: Kate Hummel Producer: Topkapi films
Memory Dealers
2024, 50 min
Amir dreams of a career as an actor. But due to various setbacks, he ends up in a world he only knows from the roles he no longer wants to play.
Director: Sharif abd el Mawla Assistent director: Kate Hummel Producer: Kepler film
Hobi
2025, 29 min
Smooth talker Hobi tries to smooth things over with his wife. But during his dad-day, he runs out of steam, and longing for Aruba, he makes a choice in this comedy that has major consequences for him and his family.
Director: Aramis Garcia Gonzalez Assistent director: Kate Hummel Producer: Keyfilm
Katwalk
2023, webseries
When a young Muslim woman is rejected for a modeling competition for wearing a hijab, she takes matters into her own hands and unleashes a revolution in herself and in society that becomes bigger than she could have ever imagined.
Director: Salma Chafouk Idrissi Assistent director: Kate Hummel Producer: Topkapi
Rain in August
2026, 15 min
While the modern world continues to turn around her, everything seems to stand still for the lonely Jasmine. She misses her boyfriend, struggles with her emotions and feels isolated in her Rotterdam apartment. We follow a day in Jasmine’s life, where visions subtly seep into the cinematic reality.
Director: Ashley Röttjers Assistent director: Kate Hummel Producer: Bandid Amsterdam
Art Department
Magma
2023, 15 min
Short coming-of-age drama in which an introverted girl struggles with her father, who was recently disabled. At her new school, she tells a lie about this, the consequences of which she cannot foresee.
Director: Luca Meisters Production design: Ziggy Zwart & Jakobien Veling Setdresser: Kate Hummel Producer: Ijswater films
Krazy House
2024, 1 h 30 min
Religious family man Bernie discovers that Russian construction workers are renovating his house without permission. The construction workers turn out to be wanted criminals searching for a hidden treasure. Bernie must show his bravest side to save his family.
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Radioman
2025, 2h
May 1940. As the world balances on the brink of war, the paths of Elza, a young actress making her debut in the radio drama studios, and Berre, a sound engineer with an almost magical ear, cross in the iconic Flagey building in Brussels, the heart of national radio.
Director: Frank van Passel Production design: Florian Legters & Sanne Croonenberg Art assistent: Kate Hummel Producer: Lompvis