Nikita Lavretski

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Nikita Lavretski

Directing 32 January 17, 1994

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) wo…

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1986

1986

5.1 2019 Movie
Nikita Lavretski

Nikita Lavretski

7.0 2019 Movie
Poetry

Poetry

2015 Movie
Drama

Drama

7.0 2019 Movie
Sasha's Hell

Sasha's Hell

7.5 2019 Movie
Love & Partnership

Love & Partnership

6.8 2016 Movie
TO RUTH:

TO RUTH:

2012 Movie
My Poopfriend

My Poopfriend

2022 Movie
A Date in Minsk

A Date in Minsk

2022 Movie
Loud Music

Loud Music

2013 Movie
Sad Music

Sad Music

5.5 2017 Movie
Far Away and Not Soon

Far Away and Not Soon

4.5 2012 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Smarty

    Movie Director

  2. 2026
    Filmtelligence

    Movie Lev Zaretski

  3. 2026
    Self-Portrait at Thirty

    Movie Himself

  4. 2025
    Idrak Mirzalizade: This Never Happened

    Movie Self

  5. 2024
    The Other Side

    Movie The Recidivist #1 / Voice of the Possessed (voice)

  6. 2024
    Ulysses

    Movie Director

  7. 2023
    The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)

    Movie

  8. 2023
    COOL (News from Belarus)

    Movie Leonid Boulianov (segment "Nano")

  9. 2022
    The Murder on Alibegova Street

    Movie Nikita

  10. 2022
    A Date in Minsk

    Movie Nikita

  11. 2022
    My Poopfriend

    Movie Director

  12. 2022
    Jokes About War

    Movie Editor

  13. 2022
    The Bear's Lair

    Movie

  14. 2021
    A Kid's Flick

    Movie Director

  15. 2021
    Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp

    Movie Self (Entertainer)

  16. 2021
    The Release

    Movie Self

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  1. 2021
    Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants

    Movie Self (entertainer)

  2. 2020
    Movie Talks & Quiz

    Movie Movie Expert

  3. 2019
    Nikita Lavretski

    Movie Himself

  4. 2019
    1986

    Movie Props

  5. 2019
    Sasha's Hell

    Movie Director

  6. 2019
    Drama

    Movie Nikita

  7. 2017
    Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge

    Movie Himself

  8. 2017
    Sad Music

    Movie Himself (voice)

  9. 2017
    Cinemagic

    Movie Lev Zaretski

  10. 2016
    Love & Partnership

    Movie Screenplay

  11. 2016
    A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova

    Movie Himself

  12. 2016
    May

    Movie Editor

  13. 2016
    Kinomantra

    Movie Lev Zaretski

  14. 2016
    Minsk Does Not Have a Young Face

    Movie Director

  15. 2015
    Belarusian Psycho

    Movie Dmitry

  16. 2015
    Amerykan Boy

    Movie Maksim

  17. 2015
    Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?

    Movie Himself (voice)

  18. 2015
    Poetry

    Movie The Stranger

  19. 2014
    Dasha and Alisa at Present Time

    Movie Screenplay

  20. 2014
    Getting Caught by the Rain

    Movie Himself

  21. 2014
    A Birthday in Minsk

    Movie Editor

  22. 2014
    Every Day Love

    Movie

  23. 2013
    Lost in the Woods

    Movie Director of Photography

  24. 2013
    Loud Music

    Movie Editor