DYBA LACH

director of the film “Sowing the Seeds of the Wild”

Dyba Lach is a reporter, documentary filmmaker, and transmedia storyteller. She is a co-author of two photo books: "Stigma" which focuses on the Romani minority in Wrocław, and "How to Rejuvenate an Eagle," author's documentary journey through Poland exploring national and local identity. She worked as an assistant director on the film "The Day I Found a Girl in a Trash" (dir. Michał Krzywicki, 2021) and as an assistant producer on the international co-production "Catalina" (dir. Denijal Hasanović, 2017). She was also co-author and co-host along with poet Julia Fiedorczuk and writer Filip Springer of the ecopoetic podcast "So Much Depends on the Red Wheelbarrow". Together with Adam Lach, she co-creates the artistic-documentary duo Dyba&Lach. In 2022, they produced a short documentary film for the American Federation of Teachers about Randi Weingarten's trip to Ukraine, the head of the largest teachers' union in the United States. The film was presented at the White House and Congress, and its fragments were broadcast on major American television stations, including CNN, ABC, and NBC. In her creative work, she combines documentary material with transmedia expression, addressing social, identity, and environmental themes. "Sowing the Seeds of the Wild" is her full-length documentary film debut.