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”.

Known For

Belarusian Psycho

as Dmitry

A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova

as Himself

Nikita Lavretski

as Himself

Drama

as Nikita

Sad Music

as Himself (voice)

Cinemagic

as Lev Zaretski

A Date in Minsk

as Nikita

The Bear's Lair

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

COOL (News from Belarus)

as Leonid Boulianov (segment "Nano")