Nikita Lavretski
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”.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (42)
Idrak Mirzalizade: This Never Happened
as Self
2025
The Other Side
as The Recidivist #1 / Voice of the Possessed (voice)
2024
Ulysses
Director (Directing)
2024
The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
2023
COOL (News from Belarus)
as Leonid Boulianov (segment "Nano")
2023
The Murder on Alibegova Street
as Nikita
2022
A Date in Minsk
as Nikita
2022
My Poopfriend
Director (Directing)
2022
Jokes About War
Director (Directing)
2022
The Bear's Lair
2022
A Kid's Flick
Director (Directing)
2021
Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
as Self (Entertainer)
2021
The Release
as Self
2021
Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
as Self (entertainer)
2021
Movie Talks & Quiz
as Movie Expert
2020
Nikita Lavretski
as Himself
2019
1986
Props (Art)
2019
Sasha's Hell
Director (Directing)
2019
Drama
as Nikita
2019
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
as Himself
2017
Sad Music
as Himself (voice)
2017
Cinemagic
as Lev Zaretski
2017
A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
as Himself
2016
Love & Partnership
Director (Directing)
2016
May
Editor (Editing)
2016
Minsk Does Not Have a Young Face
Director (Directing)
2016
Belarusian Psycho
as Dmitry
2015
Amerykan Boy
as Maksim
2015
Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
as Himself (voice)
2015
Poetry
as The Stranger
2015
Dasha and Alisa at Present Time
Director (Directing)
2014
Getting Caught by the Rain
as Himself
2014
A Birthday in Minsk
Director (Directing)
2014
Every Day Love
2014
Lost in the Woods
Director of Photography (Camera)
2013
Loud Music
Director (Directing)
2013
Neil and Love
Director (Directing)
2013
The End of December
Director (Directing)
2013
TO RUTH:
2012
Magicians of Belarus
as Himself
2012
Far Away and Not Soon
Director (Directing)
2012
Neil in Love
2011