Volia Chajkouskaya

Volia Chajkouskaya was born in Belarus. Before obtaining a Masters Degree in directing and producing documentary films at the Baltic Film and Media School (Tallinn, Estonia), Volia worked in media for 11 years. In 2016, she launched Volia Films, a production company. Volia Films produced a feature-length documentary, "The Road Movie" (dir. Dmitrii Kalashnikov), in 2016. "The Road Movie" world-premiered at the IDFA First Appearance Competition the same year and was screened at more than 80 festivals. She is a voting member of the European Film Academy, a participant in CICAE training for Art Cinema Professionals in September 2016 at Venice IFF, and a member of the Emerging Producers Network 2018. Additionally, Volia is the founder and program director of the Northern Lights Film Festival in Belarus. The festival focuses on Northern European and Baltic feature films and documentaries; it has developed an industry platform and a wide range of side events.

In 2019, Volia joined Allfilm production company as a producer and director. Currently, she has three projects in active stages as a producer: "Yoyogi" (dir. Max Golomidov), "72 Hours" (dir. Anna Savchenko), "War on Women" (dir. Maris Salumets), and is directing and producing her first feature length, "The Wife of...".

She is currently based in Estonia.

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