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

A Date in Minsk
A Date in Minsk
The Bear's Lair
The Bear's Lair
The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
The Murder on Alibegova Street
The Murder on Alibegova Street
Neil in Love
Neil in Love
Getting Caught by the Rain
Getting Caught by the Rain
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
Nikita Lavretski
Nikita Lavretski
Belarusian Psycho
Belarusian Psycho

Filmography

2025 Idrak Mirzalizade: This Never Happened
as Self
2023 The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
as
2023 COOL (News from Belarus)
as Leonid Boulianov (segment "Nano")
2022 The Murder on Alibegova Street
as Nikita
2022 A Date in Minsk
as Nikita
2022 The Bear's Lair
as
2021 Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
as Self (Entertainer)
2021 The Release
as Self
2021 Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
as Self (entertainer)
2020 Movie Talks & Quiz
as Movie Expert
2019 Nikita Lavretski
as Himself
2019 Drama
as Nikita
2017 Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
as Himself
2017 Sad Music
as Himself (voice)
2017 Cinemagic
as Lev Zaretski
2016 A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
as Himself
2015 Belarusian Psycho
as Dmitry
2015 Amerykan Boy
as Maksim
2015 Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
as Himself (voice)
2015 Poetry
as The Stranger