Stefania Burla is a Polish-Swiss filmmaker based in Zurich, Switzerland. She first worked in theatre for several years before finding her way into film. In 2015, she graduated from the University of Zurich with a BA in Communication Science and Cinema Studies. In 2017, she began a BFA in Film at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). As part of her studies, she completed an exchange program at the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2019. She graduated from ZHdK with a BFA in Film in 2022.

Her graduation film MACIERZ (English: MOTHERLAND, 2023) screened at several international film festivals and won the Grand Prize – Filmmaker of the Future Award at Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival.

Since early 2021, she has been a research associate at the Institute for Performing Arts and Film at ZHdK. In 2023, she began her MFA in Film Directing at Zurich University of the Arts.