Press. Speaking. Awards.

Press

Black Academy unveils 2024/2025 skills development cohort (Playback Online, Jan 2025)

Hannah Yohannes on ‘Mutuals’ & Inclusive Storytelling in Film and Television (Harness Magazine, May 2024)

20 Best Filmmaker Website Examples We Love (HubSpot, Dec 2023)

2023 Digi60 Filmmaker’s Festival takes over Arts Court and OAG (Apt 613, Dec 2023)

Six writers tapped for CBC-BIPOC TV & Film Showrunner Catalyst (Playback Online, Feb 2023)

BIPOC TV & Film’s Unscripted Producers Lab reveals cohort (Playback Online, Feb 2023)

BIPOC TV & Film and Bell Media Welcome 8 Mid-level Producers From Across Canada to the Inaugural Unscripted Producers Lab (Bell Media, Feb 2023)

Community Member Hannah Yohannes Recognized in Toronto (EthioFidel, October 2022)

Hannah Yohannes On Being a Woman of Color in the Film Industry (Fearless, August 2019)

NSI online film fest names latest winners (Playback Online, October 2015)

Speaking

Mental Health and Self-Care for Filmmakers (RPFF, 2022 Panelist)

Girl North Studios Director’s Roundtable (2021)

Let’s Get Real: Championing Diversity, Equity, and Representation in Canadian Television (Digi60, 2021 Panelist)

Representation in Film & Media (Digi60, 2020 Panelist)

Passages Canada (Speaker)                       

Awards

2024 Women Empowerment Awards - Mentorship Awards Nominee

2023 Women Empowerment Awards - Lifetime Achievement Awards Nominee

2022 Top 100 Black Women to Watch in Canada Award (Issued by CIBWE I Canada International Black Women Excellence)

2021 Women of Inspiration Award - Nominee

2018 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women - Honoree

2017 Certificate of Achievement - Passages Canada 

2016 Top 100 Role Model Inductee - Black Canadian Women Awards 

2016 Certification of Recognition - Passages Canada 

2015 Shaw Media Fearless Female Director Award - Winner

2012 Reel Youth Film Festival - Best Local Film Award - Winner