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