Volia Chajkouskaya (she/her) is a Belarusian filmmaker, founder of Volia Films, and founder and program director of the Northern Lights Film Festival in Belarus. She first established herself in the industry as a producer with The Road Movie, which premiered at IDFA and was distributed in the US and around the world. She moved to Estonia in 2018 and started producing at Allfilm in Tallinn. In 2020, she took the leap into directing with her short debut Common Language, an intimate family drama that premiered at Jihlava IDFF.