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.

Director, producer
Filmography

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The Wife of...

My Idea of Myself

Common Language, 14 min.

War on Women, dir. Maris Salumets

The Wife of..., dir. Volia Chajkouskaya

72 hours, dir. Anna Savchenko

Yoyogi, dir. Max Golomidov, 73 min.

My Idea of Myself, dir. Volia Chajkouskaya

Common Language, dir. Volia Chajkouskaya, 14 min.

Prazdnik, dir. Vladimir Loginov, 68 min.

Pure Art, dir. Maksim Shved, 51 min.

My Granny From Mars, dir. Aleksander Mihalkovich, 83 min.

Test-730, dir. Daria Korol, 61 min.

The Road Movie, dir. Dmitrii Kalashnikov, 67 min.


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2016
Producer
Filmography

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The Wife of...

My Idea of Myself

Common Language, 14 min.



War on Women, dir. Maris Salumets

The Wife of..., dir. Volia Chajkouskaya

72 hours, dir. Anna Savchenko

Yoyogi, dir. Max Golomidov, 73 min.

My Idea of Myself, dir. Volia Chajkouskaya

Common Language, dir. Volia Chajkouskaya, 14 min.

Prazdnik, dir. Vladimir Loginov, 68 min.

Pure Art, dir. Maksim Shved, 51 min.

My Granny From Mars, dir. Aleksander Mihalkovich, 83 min.

Test-730, dir. Daria Korol, 61 min.

The Road Movie, dir. Dmitrii Kalashnikov, 67 min.




2024

2020

2020



2025


2024


2024

2022


2020


2020


2019


2019


2018


2016


2016
Producer