After graduating at the Utrecht School of Arts she has been researching, directing and producing her own films, since 2006. She loves making poetic documentaries and film poems. Her award winning documentaries and film poems have been shown on national television and international film festivals. Filmpoem and the Poetry Society commissioned her latest film poem The Desktop Metaphor. Helmie also organised the Filmpoem Festival 2017 at the independent cinema Depot in Lewes. She is the director and founder of poetrycinema, an independent small film company making films that are inspired by poetry. At the moment Helmie is working on a new film in association with the poetry society. For more about Helmie visit www.helmiestil.nl