Nikita Lavretski
Director · b. 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) 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”.
Movies13
Movie7.0DramaThree directors make a movie about the events of their past week. Relationships, work, and day-to-day personal struggle—the minute details still fresh on their minds—are shown with unseen crystal clarity that challenges the very notion of dramatic fiction.
MovieAn ex-couple who write poems experience a curious synchronicity online.
Poetry
2015
Movie7.0DocumentaryA cycle of mundane violence, lust for art, and existential dread—all chronicled in an unconventional self-titled docu-horror by Nikita Lavretski, who violently edits lo-fi footage of himself from age 0 to age 16.
MovieCrimeComedyIn this cinematic zine, directors scattered all over the world adapt to screen hilarious and poignant Belarusian news stories. Featuring phone thieves, TikTok storks, the tiniest castle in the world, and victims of the depression epidemic.
MovieDramaNikita and Volha have been maintaining a dysfunctional relationship for the past 8 years. In the following movie they play fictional Nikita and Volha who have only just met. Can anything be started anew at the end of history?
Movie6.7ComedyThrillerA self-proclaimed videographer prodigy sets out to lose his virginity as the 21st birthday present to himself. Not only does he manage to persuade a female acquaintance and two of her friends to come to his dacha, he makes sure they watch a retrospective of his work, and his seduction dances, in full. A terrifying night lies ahead of them.
Movie8.0ComedyDocumentaryAspiring directors Lev Zaretski (a sadist) and Ruslan Romanov (an anime MC) will show you how to properly write a screenplay; cast actors; do a film shoot; and answer questions from annoying film festival attendees.
MovieRomanceComedySimple story about two Belarusian young people in love.
MovieDocumentaryThe director paints a self-portrait while feeling sad, using the modern paintbrush of TikTok face masks.
MovieHorrorMysteryA scruffy man in his mid-forties finds in his mailbox a mysterious envelope with an audio cassette in it. His son's voice can be heard on the tape, telling a terrifying story of his life in the cursed Volynka neighborhood. This is how the father learns that the son has gathered a group to fight against the "possessed".
Movie5.0DocumentaryRomanceA found footage documentary about a volatile young filmmaking couple.
A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
Несколько сцен с моей девушкой Олечкой Ковалевой
2016 · 2 votes
MovieComedyDramaMaxim, yearning for the departing image of old Minsk, meets his friend Yanka, whom he had not seen for a year while he was studying in America ...
MovieComedyA complete chronicle of how Idrak Mirzalizade wanted to film a concert, but everything went terribly wrong.