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Nikita Lavretski
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”.
As director
Self-Portrait at Thirty
Idrak Mirzalizade: This Never Happened
Ulysses
COOL (News from Belarus)
Jokes About War
My Poopfriend
A Date in Minsk
The Murder on Alibegova Street
The Bear's Lair
Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
The Release
Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
A Kid's Flick
Movie Talks & Quiz
Sasha's Hell
Drama
Nikita Lavretski
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
Sad Music
Cinemagic
Love & Partnership
A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
Minsk Does Not Have a Young Face
Kinomantra
Belarusian Psycho
Amerykan Boy
Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
Poetry
Dasha and Alisa at Present Time
Getting Caught by the Rain
As actor
Self-Portrait at Thirty
Idrak Mirzalizade: This Never Happened
The Other Side
The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
COOL (News from Belarus)
A Date in Minsk
The Bear's Lair
The Murder on Alibegova Street
Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
The Release
Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
Movie Talks & Quiz
Nikita Lavretski
Drama
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
Sad Music
Cinemagic
A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
Kinomantra
Belarusian Psycho
Amerykan Boy
Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
Poetry
Getting Caught by the Rain
Every Day Love
TO RUTH:
Magicians of Belarus
Neil in Love