Nikita Lavretski
Directing
Born January 17, 1994 · Minsk, Belarus
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”.
Directed (38)
Idrak Mirzalizade: This Never Happened
2025
Ulysses
2024
COOL (News from Belarus)
2023
The Murder on Alibegova Street
2022
A Date in Minsk
2022
My Poopfriend
2022
Jokes About War
2022
The Bear's Lair
2022
A Kid's Flick
2021
Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
2021
The Release
2021
Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
2021
Movie Talks & Quiz
2020
Nikita Lavretski
2019
Sasha's Hell
2019
Drama
2019
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
2017
Sad Music
2017
Cinemagic
2017
Love & Partnership
2016
A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
2016
Minsk Does Not Have a Young Face
2016
Belarusian Psycho
2015
Amerykan Boy
2015
Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
2015
Poetry
2015
Dasha and Alisa at Present Time
2014
Getting Caught by the Rain
2014
A Birthday in Minsk
2014
Every Day Love
2014
Lost in the Woods
2013
Loud Music
2013
Neil and Love
2013
The End of December
2013
TO RUTH:
2012
Magicians of Belarus
2012
Far Away and Not Soon
2012
Neil in Love
2011
Acting (26)
Idrak Mirzalizade: This Never Happened
2025
The Other Side
2024
The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
2023
COOL (News from Belarus)
2023
The Murder on Alibegova Street
2022
A Date in Minsk
2022
The Bear's Lair
2022
Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
2021
The Release
2021
Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
2021
Movie Talks & Quiz
2020
Nikita Lavretski
2019
Drama
2019
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
2017
Sad Music
2017
Cinemagic
2017
A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
2016
Belarusian Psycho
2015
Amerykan Boy
2015
Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
2015
Poetry
2015
Getting Caught by the Rain
2014
Every Day Love
2014
TO RUTH:
2012
Magicians of Belarus
2012
Neil in Love
2011