Emi Buchwald was born in 1991, in Dąbrowice. She is a student of Film Directing at the Film School in Łódź, and previously completed a documentary course at the Wajda School, where she developed her first short documentary, Brothers (2010). Her subsequent feature and documentary works, including Sisters (2011), Droga mleczna (2014) and Chce mi się pić (2014), have been screened at festivals in Poland and abroad. She is also a photo blogger: zwyklaki.tumblr.com.