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NOT MADE FOR POLITICS

by Volia Chajkouskaya

SYNOPSIS

In this character-driven documentary, Belarusian women challenge the dictatorship that lasts for almost 3 decades.

DETAILS

90 mins

2025

Estonia, France, USA

Belarussian, Russian, English

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CREDITS

Directed by Volia Chajkouskaya
Produced by Volia Chajkouskaya, Ivo Felt, Christian Popp, Marius Markevicius
Executive Producer: HBO Max: Hanka Kastelicova
Producer HBO Max: Tereza Bóna Keilová

BIOGRAPHY

DIRECTOR - VOLIA CHAJKOUSKAYA

Volia Chajkouskaya is a Belarusian filmmaker, founder and program director of Northern Lights Film Festival in Belarus and of the company Volia Films. She first established herself in the industry as a producer, her producer’s debut The Road Movie, premiered at IDFA and distributed in the US and the world. She moved to Estonia in 2018 and started producing at Allfilm in Tallinn. In 2020, she takes the leap into directing her short debut Common Language, an intimate family drama, premiered at Jihlava IDFF. In August 2020, encouraged by political events in her home country, Volia started to direct her first feature documentary.

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