Nikita Lavretski
Born: 1994-01-17
• 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”.
Filmography
Idrak Mirzalizade: This Never Happened
The Other Side
The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
COOL (News from Belarus)
The Murder on Alibegova Street
A Date in Minsk
The Bear's Lair
Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
The Release
Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
Movie Talks & Quiz
Nikita Lavretski
Drama
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
Sad Music
Cinemagic
A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
Belarusian Psycho
Amerykan Boy
Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
Poetry
Getting Caught by the Rain
Every Day Love
TO RUTH:
Magicians of Belarus
Neil in Love