Hannah Congdon is a producer/director working in independent film and broadcast documentaries. With a background in current affairs and a focus on human rights, her films lie at the cross-section between cinema and journalism.
Her short documentaries have screened at major UK festivals like Underwire and Manchester Film Festival, and her previous short MARKS (2021) was released by the Huffington Post.
Her micro-budget, self-filmed feature documentary WOMEN BEHIND THE WHEEL (2023) won the EIFF Work in Progress Award and premiered at Edinburgh International Film Festival. It went on to screen at festivals around Europe, including One World Human Rights Festival in Prague and Verzio Human Rights Film Festival in Budapest. The documentary was released theatrically around the UK, selling out screenings from London to Glasgow and Belfast. It has recently been acquired by documentary streaming platform Docsville.
In 2023, Hannah was selected as part of the BIFA Springboard scheme for first time directors and was made a BAFTA Connect member.
She is currently producing a documentary for PBS Frontline on populist politics in Europe, with previous producing credits including a feature documentary for National Geographic and investigative films for ITV, Channel 4 and BBC.
Hannah speaks English and German.