Nikita Lavretski
Directing
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”.
Behind the camera
2026Self-Portrait at Thirty
Director & Writer
2025Idrak Mirzalizade: This Never Happened
Director
2024Ulysses
Director & Screenplay
2023COOL (News from Belarus)
Director
2022Jokes About War
Director
2022My Poopfriend
Director
2022A Date in Minsk
Director
2022The Murder on Alibegova Street
Director
2022The Bear's Lair
Director & Screenplay
2021Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
Director
2021The Release
Director
2021Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
Director
2021A Kid's Flick
Director & Screenplay
2020Movie Talks & Quiz
Director & Screenplay
2019Sasha's Hell
Director
2019Drama
Director & Screenplay
2019Nikita Lavretski
Director & Screenplay
2017Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
Director
2017Cinemagic
Director & Writer
2017Sad Music
Director
2016Love & Partnership
Director & Screenplay
2016A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
Director
2016Minsk Does Not Have a Young Face
Director
2015Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
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