Volia Chajkouskaya
Volia Chajkouskaya | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 20, 1987 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer |
Volia Chajkouskaya is a producer, film director and film festival manager of Belarusian origin. She studied directing and producing documentary films at the Baltic Film and Media School. In 2016, she founded a production company Volia Films. Her debut as a producer was Dmitrii Kalashnikov's The Road Movie (2016).[1] Her credits as a producer include: Yoyogi (2022), Prazdnik (2019), 72 Hours (2019), My Granny from Mars (2018), etc.[2]
Chajkouskaya is a voting member of the European Film Academy and a member of the Emerging Producers Network 2018.[1]
Chajkouskaya is the founder and program director of the Belarusian Northern Lights Film Festival[3][4][5] and one of the founders of the Belarusian Film Academy (BIFA).[6]
In 2018, Chajkouskaya emigrated to Estonia and started working as a producer at AllFilm.[1]
Her directorial debut, Common Language short, premiered at Jihlava IDFF in 2014.[3]
As of 2024, Chajkouskaya is working on her feature debut The Wife of....[7]
Filmography
[edit]Producer
[edit]- 72 Hours (2024)[8]
- Yoyogi (2022)
- Prazdnik (2019)
- Pure Art (2019)
- My Granny from Mars (2018)
- Test-730 (2017)
- The Road Movie (2016)[7]
Director
[edit]References
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- ^ "Volia Chajkouskaya". IMDB. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ a b "Volia Chajkouskaya". Institute of documentary film. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
- ^ Cunnigham, Nick (2022-11-17). "Northern Lights Nordic/Baltic Film Fest: Director and founder Volia Chajkouskaya". Business Doc Europe. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ Abbatescianni, Davide (2023-11-21). "Volia Chajkouskaya • Founder and programme director, Northern Lights Nordic-Baltic Film Festival". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ Vourlias, Christopher (2023-02-17). "Filmmakers Launch Belarusian Film Academy to Give a Voice to Threatened Artists in Repressive Putin Ally". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ a b c d "Volia Chajkouskaya". Democratic Media Institute. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ Ramachandran, Naman (2023-04-20). "Circle Women Doc Accelerator Reveals Cannes Docs Projects (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
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