Yianna Sarri graduated in 2000 with a BA and MA in Communication Studies and Film Studies from Coventry University and City University in the UK. In 2000 she started working for the production company KINO. Since 2003, she began working as a programer at Thessaloniki Int. Film Festival and Thessaloniki Documentary Festival. In 2010, she was appointed Head of Agora for both festivals. Yianna was also Head of Program at the Greek Film Festival in Berlin, since 2016. In March 2022, she collaborated with Drama International Short Film Festival and she created the Short Film Hub. Yianna is a programmer and film festival expert. In September 2023 she was appointed director of promotion and distribution of Hellas Film at the Hellenic Film & Audiovisual Center.