Nikita Lavretski

Nikita Lavretski

Known for
Directing
Born
January 17, 1994 (age 32)
Birthplace
Minsk, Belarus

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”.

Known For

Filmography

2026
Self-Portrait at Thirty poster

Self-Portrait at Thirty

Movie · Director

2026
Filmtelligence poster

Filmtelligence

Movie · Director

2026
Smarty poster

Smarty

Movie · Director

2025
Idrak Mirzalizade: This Never Happened poster

Idrak Mirzalizade: This Never Happened

Movie · Director

2024
Ulysses poster

Ulysses

Movie · Director

2023
COOL (News from Belarus) poster

COOL (News from Belarus)

Movie · Director

2022
Jokes About War poster

Jokes About War

Movie · Director

2022
My Poopfriend poster

My Poopfriend

Movie · Director

2022
A Date in Minsk poster

A Date in Minsk

Movie · Director

2022
The Murder on Alibegova Street poster

The Murder on Alibegova Street

Movie · Director

2022
The Bear's Lair poster

The Bear's Lair

Movie · Director

2021
Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants poster

Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants

Movie · Director

2021
The Release poster

The Release

Movie · Director

2021
Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp poster

Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp

Movie · Director

2021
A Kid's Flick poster

A Kid's Flick

Movie · Director

2020
Movie Talks & Quiz poster

Movie Talks & Quiz

Movie · Director

2019
Sasha's Hell poster

Sasha's Hell

Movie · Director

2019
Drama poster

Drama

Movie · Director

2019
Nikita Lavretski poster

Nikita Lavretski

Movie · Director

2017
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge poster

Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge

Movie · Director

2017
Sad Music poster

Sad Music

Movie · Director

2017
Cinemagic poster

Cinemagic

Movie · Director

2016
Love & Partnership poster

Love & Partnership

Movie · Director

2016
A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova poster

A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova

Movie · Director

2016
Minsk Does Not Have a Young Face poster

Minsk Does Not Have a Young Face

Movie · Director

2016
Kinomantra poster

Kinomantra

Movie · Director

2015
Belarusian Psycho poster

Belarusian Psycho

Movie · Director

2015
Amerykan Boy poster

Amerykan Boy

Movie · Director

2015
Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12? poster

Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?

Movie · Director

2015
Poetry poster

Poetry

Movie · Director

2014
Dasha and Alisa at Present Time poster

Dasha and Alisa at Present Time

Movie · Director

2014
Getting Caught by the Rain poster

Getting Caught by the Rain

Movie · Director

2014
A Birthday in Minsk poster

A Birthday in Minsk

Movie · Director

2014
Every Day Love poster

Every Day Love

Movie · Director

2013
Loud Music poster

Loud Music

Movie · Director

2013
Neil and Love poster

Neil and Love

Movie · Director

2013
The End of December

The End of December

Movie · Director

2013
Lost in the Woods poster

Lost in the Woods

Movie · Director

2012
TO RUTH: poster

TO RUTH:

Movie · Director

2012
Magicians of Belarus poster

Magicians of Belarus

Movie · Director

2012
Far Away and Not Soon poster

Far Away and Not Soon

Movie · Director

2011
Neil in Love poster

Neil in Love

Movie · Director