Director Ina Pillat is originally from East Germany, now living in Oslo. She was educated at the Burg Giebichenstein in Halle and Art Hochschule für Medien in Cologne, as a fashion and media designer. She produced her first documentary film in 1995, at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, and subsequently worked an editor, designer and producer for public and private TV channels and several production companies in Cologne and Berlin for over eight years. She has worked as an independent filmmaker and producer since 2003, focusing on projects taking place on the border regions of Poland, Czechia, and Germany.