Nikita Lavretski
Director
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
Belarusian Psycho
as Dmitry 2015
A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
as Himself 2016
Drama
as Nikita 2019
Sad Music
as Himself (voice) 2017
Nikita Lavretski
as Himself 2019
Cinemagic
as Lev Zaretski 2017
A Date in Minsk
as Nikita 2022
The Bear's Lair
2022
The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
2023
COOL (News from Belarus)
as Leonid Boulianov (segment "Nano") 2023
The Murder on Alibegova Street
as Nikita 2022
Neil in Love
2011
Getting Caught by the Rain
as Himself 2014
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
as Himself 2017
Amerykan Boy
as Maksim 2015
Magicians of Belarus
as Himself 2012
Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
as Himself (voice) 2015