Yetnayet Bahiru

Yetnayet Bahru is an Ethiopian film maker and a vocalist born in May 15, 1984 Ethiopia. She is a 2007 graduate of Computer Science from RMIT. At the age of 23 she made a Feature film in etitled Aldewolem (He Didn’t Call) which she wrote, produced and directed; she also participated in singing 2 songs for the soundtracks. The movie was one of the top blockbuster movies in Ethiopia for more than six months. She is the youngest and the first Ethiopian female filmmaker to be given a special award for best competitor movie of 2009 in the International Ethiopian Film Festival.