Born and raised in Poland, Magda Kowalczyk has been working in the film industry for over 10 years. A director, producer, cinematographer and editor, her work has been awarded and praised in Film Festivals around Europe. As a film documentary director she was first awarded for "Reflection" at the XII IFF ETIUDA&ANIMA film festival in 2005 and then as co-director of "Silence II” the same year. In 2008 she was awarded at the Wiesbaden Film Festival for her work as a director in "By the river". From the year 2006 she was working as a cinematographer for the awarded Kuba Maciejko “Bon Appetite”. Her latest film "Farewell" is a documetary of her own mother, a film director, editor and a photographer Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk. The movie was well received at the Krakow Film Festival in 2013. Magda Kowalczyk graduated from the Polish National Film School in Lodz as a Director of Photography and the prestigious Budapest Cinematography Masterclass in 2011.