Nikita Lavretski
Born: 1994-01-17 in Minsk, Belarus
Known For: Directing
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
2026
- Self-Portrait at Thirty as Himself
2025
2024
- The Other Side as The Recidivist #1 / Voice of the Possessed (voice)
- Ulysses ... (Director)
2023
- COOL (News from Belarus) as Leonid Boulianov (segment "Nano")
- The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
2022
- Jokes About War ... (Editor)
- A Date in Minsk as Nikita
- The Bear's Lair
- My Poopfriend ... (Director)
- The Murder on Alibegova Street as Nikita
2021
- The Release as Self
- A Kid's Flick ... (Director)
- Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants as Self (entertainer)
- Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp as Self (Entertainer)
2020
- Movie Talks & Quiz as Movie Expert
2019
- 1986 ... (Props)
- Nikita Lavretski as Himself
- Drama as Nikita
- Sasha's Hell ... (Director)
2017
- Cinemagic as Lev Zaretski
- Sad Music as Himself (voice)
- Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge as Himself
2016
- Love & Partnership ... (Screenplay)
- May ... (Editor)
- A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova as Himself
- Minsk Does Not Have a Young Face ... (Director)
2015
- Belarusian Psycho as Dmitry
- Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12? as Himself (voice)
- Poetry as The Stranger
- Amerykan Boy as Maksim
2014
- A Birthday in Minsk ... (Editor)
- Dasha and Alisa at Present Time ... (Screenplay)
- Getting Caught by the Rain as Himself
- Every Day Love
2013
- Lost in the Woods ... (Director of Photography)
- Neil and Love ... (Director)
- Loud Music ... (Editor)
- The End of December ... (Screenplay)
2012
- Far Away and Not Soon ... (Director)
- Magicians of Belarus as Himself
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