Volia Chajkouskaya was born in Belarus, currently based in Estonia. Before obtaining a Masters Degree in directing and producing documentary film in Baltic Film and Media School (Tallinn, Estonia), Volia worked in media for 11 years. In 2016, she launched Volia Films production company. Volia Films produced a feature-length documentary “The Road Movie” (dir. Dmitrii Kalashnikov) in 2016. “The Road Movie” world-premiered at IDFA First Appearance Competition the same year and was screened at more than 80 festivals.

She is a voting member of European Film Academy, a participant of CICAE training for Art Cinema Professionals in September 2016 at Venice IFF, a member of Emerging Producers Network 2018. Additionally, Volia is a founder and program director of Northern Lights Nordic Baltic Film Festival.

In 2022 Volia initiated and co-founded Belarusian Independent Film Academy (BIFA), which was officially launched at European Film Market (Berlinale). In March 2023 Volia founded Belarusian online cinema VODBLISK.

In 2019 Volia joined Allfilm (Estonia) production company as a producer and director.