Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1994-01-17 (Age: 32)
Place of Birth
Minsk, Belarus
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”.
Filmography (27)
Self-Portrait at Thirty
2026
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
