About
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
Self-Portrait at Thirty2026 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Idrak Mirzalizade: This Never Happened2025 · Director, Editor
The Other Side2024 · Producer
Ulysses2024 · Director, Editor, Screenplay
COOL (News from Belarus)2023 · Director, Cinematography, Editor
The Murder on Alibegova Street2022 · Director, Editor
A Date in Minsk2022 · Director
My Poopfriend2022 · Director
Jokes About War2022 · Director, Editor
The Bear's Lair2022 · Director, Screenplay, Editor, Cinematography, Music
A Kid's Flick2021 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer
Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp2021 · Director, Producer
The Release2021 · Director, Cinematography, Editor
Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants2021 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Movie Talks & Quiz2020 · Director, Screenplay
Nikita Lavretski2019 · Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay
19862019 · Props
Sasha's Hell2019 · Director, Producer, Sound Recordist, Editor
Drama2019 · Director, Producer, Screenplay, Director of Photography
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge2017 · Director