Not Made for Politics
2025 · 89 min
Documentary
★ 7.5Trailer
For Estonian-based filmmaker Volia Chaikouskaya, the 2020 Belarus uprising was not just news – it was personal. While thousands in Minsk rose up against the brutal regime of Alexander Lukashenko and rallied behind opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Volia felt the same pulse across borders. Unable to return home, she became both observer and participant, organising solidarity actions in Tallinn and gradually stepping into her own film as a subject. At the heart of the story are three women – Sviatlana, Nadzeya, and Masha – whose husbands were jailed as political prisoners and who themselves emerged as central figures of the movement. Their fearless defiance against dictatorship mirrored Volia’s own struggle to break free from the inherited fear of silencing, repression, and exile.
Crew
- Director Volia Chajkouskaya
- Director of Photography Epp Kubu
- Director of Photography Odeta Riškutė
- Director of Photography Volia Chajkouskaya
- Director of Photography Annika Väljataga
- Director of Photography Simmo Saska
- Director of Photography Elen Lotman
Crew
- Director — Volia Chajkouskaya
- Director of Photography — Epp Kubu
- Director of Photography — Odeta Riškutė
- Director of Photography — Volia Chajkouskaya
- Director of Photography — Annika Väljataga
- Director of Photography — Simmo Saska
- Director of Photography — Elen Lotman
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