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