The producer Volia Chajkouskaya launched her production company Volia Films in 2016. She focuses on producing auteur documentaries of an experimental and creative nature, with beautiful cinematography and a clear director’s vision. She is also a founder of the Northern Lights Nordic Film Festival in Belarus, that takes place every April in Minsk and Vitsebsk and focuses on Northern European and Baltic fiction and documentary films. Starting this year, Volia Films also began doing world sales.
projects in progress
Villages of Light TV series (documentary)
Yoyogi Haiku (documentary)
finished projects
Celebration (Prazdnik) (documentary) - For nearly twenty years now one small Estonian town has organised a Ukrainian-themed fair, during which a beauty contest is held. This observational film explores whether beauty can be an object of co
The Road Movie (documentary) - It’s a unique film, edited from dashboardcam videos that are edited into an existential and funny flow of videos about life and people’s reactions. It was world premiered at IDFA.
My Granny from Mars (documentary) - directed by Aleksandar Mihalkovich. The film
shows how harsh political events aff ect the life of an everyday person, the director’s grandma, who got trapped in Crimea.
Pure Art (documentary) - directed by Maksim Shved. The film explores the
extraordinary phenomenon of cover-up graffi ti drawn by Belarusian communal workers to hide/censor the inscriptions and artistic graffiti on the walls.
News
new project / Yoyogi Haiku / Volia Chajkouskaya / New project has been added - 25.02.2021
new project / Celebration (Prazdnik) / Volia Chajkouskaya / New project has been added - 25.02.2021
new project / Heart Circle TV series / Volia Chajkouskaya / New project has been added - 20.02.2020
