Already as a small child, she observed the work of a film crew on the film sets of her mother, director Jadwiga Kędzierzawska. She studied at the University of Lodz, at VGIK in Moscow, and at the Lodz Film School. She has received numerous awards, including the Coup de Cœur at the Cannes FF, the Golden Alexander for Lifetime Achievement at the Thessaloniki IFF, the Peace Film Award at the Berlin IFF, as well as the “Polityka” Passports and the Eagles Polish Film Awards. Since 2011, she has been a co-initiator of the project “Polska Światłoczuła”, which promotes ambitious Polish cinema in small towns across Poland.