She started her independent film production agency in 2008: Yara InMedia and 2MinuteFilms that specializes in corporate films. In 2010 she made her first independent documentary short The Foster Parent of Iron after a documentary workshop intensive at Barefoot, Clarksdale MI, USA. In 2016 her documentary Van 8 tot 88, From 8 to 88 came out, and up-close-and-personal documentary on eight men and boys and their experiences in live and love. In 2017 Boeren met Toekomst, Farmers with a future came out, a documentary film on sustainable farming in The Netherlands. A documentary she made in close collaboration with Milieudefensie. Yara Hannema is currently working on A Requiem for Williamsburg that goes into production November 2018.