Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 17, 1994
Place of Birth
Minsk, Belarus
Credits
46 titles
Nikita Lavretski
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”.
Known For
Filmography
Smarty
Director
Filmtelligence
Lev Zaretski
Self-Portrait at Thirty
Himself
Idrak Mirzalizade: This Never Happened
Self
The Other Side
The Recidivist #1 / Voice of the Possessed (voice)
Ulysses
Director
The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
COOL (News from Belarus)
Leonid Boulianov (segment "Nano")
The Murder on Alibegova Street
Nikita
A Date in Minsk
Nikita
My Poopfriend
Director
Jokes About War
Editor
The Bear's Lair
A Kid's Flick
Director
Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
Self (Entertainer)
The Release
Self
Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
Self (entertainer)
Movie Talks & Quiz
Movie Expert
Nikita Lavretski
Himself
1986
Props
Sasha's Hell
Director
Drama
Nikita
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
Himself
Sad Music
Himself (voice)
Cinemagic
Lev Zaretski
Love & Partnership
Screenplay
A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
Himself
May
Editor
Kinomantra
Lev Zaretski
Minsk Does Not Have a Young Face
Director
Belarusian Psycho
Dmitry
Amerykan Boy
Maksim
Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
Himself (voice)
Poetry
The Stranger
Dasha and Alisa at Present Time
Screenplay
Getting Caught by the Rain
Himself
A Birthday in Minsk
Editor
Every Day Love
Lost in the Woods
Director of Photography
Loud Music
Editor
Neil and Love
Director
The End of December
Screenplay
TO RUTH:
Magicians of Belarus
Himself
Far Away and Not Soon
Director
Neil in Love