Hanna Badziaka is a filmmaker with a background in Journalism. She graduated with a Master's degree in Philology from the Belarusian State University in 2010. She began her career as a video journalist for independent online media and later worked for the only independent TV channel in Belarus. As a journalist, she focused on social issues and everyday life topics. After gaining extensive experience in creating in-depth video reports, she became interested in documentary filmmaking. Motherland, which she co-directed, is her feature documentary debut.
