synopsis
The director, who has always been viewed as the black sheep in her family, sets out to the Belarusian town of Vitebsk to talk with her parents about previous grievances and topics that were considered taboo. The effort to find a common language, which runs into stormy emotions and the inability to voice honest opinions, is captured through both personal moments and detailed shots of the protagonists’ faces.
“I decided to visit my parents in Vitebsk so that I could talk with them about things I didn’t have the courage to speak about before, and to ask them some crucial questions.” V. Chajkouskaya
biography
Volia Chajkouskaya (born 1987) studied journalism in Minsk and documentary studies in Tallinn. She is the founder and program director of the Northern Lights Nordic Baltic Film Festival. In 2016, she established the Belarussian-Estonian production company Voila Films, which acted acted as the producer for Dmitri Kalashnikov’s award-winning feature-length documentary The Road Movie.
more about film
| director: | Volia Chajkouskaya |
| producer: | Riho Västrik, Volia Chajkouskaya |
| editing: | Patrick Antonjuk |
contact
BALTIC FILM AND MEDIA SCHOOLVolia Chajkouskaya
Tallin / Estonia
+37257811727
volia@voliafilms.com
Film at festival
| premiere type: | International Premiere |
| festival edition: | 2020 |
| section: | Short Joy |
| format: | DCP |
| language: | Russian |
| subtitles: | English |
| colour: | Colour |
Info
| director: | Volia Chajkouskaya |
| original title: | Агульная мова |
| country: | Estonia, Belarus |
| year: | 2019 |
| running time: | 13 min. |
