Nikita Lavretski
Directing • Born 1994-01-17
Biography
Nikita Lavretski (1994, Minsk, Belarus) is “the most interesting gagman of the invisible Belarusian scene” (per Cahiers du Cinema). His debut feature “Belarusian Psycho” (2015) won the Best Belarusian Film Award at Minsk International Film Festival Listapad. In 2018, he completed a master's degree in film studies at Belarusian State Academy of Arts. Since 2020, his dissident movies, blending fiction and nonfiction, screened at ArtDocFest, DAFilms, Filmadrid and Doclisboa, with “A Date in Minsk” winning the International Competition at the latter festival. His writing on cinema and TV has appeared in “Iskusstvo Kino”, “Afisha”, and “Outskirts”.
Filmography
26 credits
A Date in Minsk
Movie • 2022
Nikita
The Bear's Lair
Movie • 2022
The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
Movie • 2023
COOL (News from Belarus)
Movie • 2023
Leonid Boulianov (segment "Nano")
The Murder on Alibegova Street
Movie • 2022
Nikita
Neil in Love
Movie • 2011
Getting Caught by the Rain
Movie • 2014
Himself
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
Movie • 2017
Himself
Drama
Movie • 2019
Nikita
Amerykan Boy
Movie • 2015
Maksim
Magicians of Belarus
Movie • 2012
Himself
Sad Music
Movie • 2017
Himself (voice)
Nikita Lavretski
Movie • 2019
Himself
Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
Movie • 2015
Himself (voice)
Poetry
Movie • 2015
The Stranger
Belarusian Psycho
Movie • 2015
Dmitry
A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
Movie • 2016
Himself
Cinemagic
Movie • 2017
Lev Zaretski
TO RUTH:
Movie • 2012
Every Day Love
Movie • 2014
Movie Talks & Quiz
Movie • 2020
Movie Expert
Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
Movie • 2021
Self (entertainer)
The Release
Movie • 2021
Self
Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
Movie • 2021
Self (Entertainer)
Idrak Mirzalizade: This Never Happened
Movie • 2025
Self
The Other Side
Movie • 2024
The Recidivist #1 / Voice of the Possessed (voice)