Nikita Lavretski
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 17, 1994, Minsk, Belarus
- Movies
- 72
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”.
Upcoming Nikita Lavretski Movies
Smarty
2026
October 18, 2026
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2026 | Smarty | Director, Screenplay |
| 2026 | Filmtelligence | Director, Writer |
| 2026 | Self-Portrait at Thirty | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2025 | Idrak Mirzalizade: This Never Happened | Director |
| 2024 | The Other Side | Producer |
| 2024 | Ulysses | Director, Screenplay |
| 2023 | COOL (News from Belarus) | Director |
| 2022 | The Murder on Alibegova Street | Director |
| 2022 | A Date in Minsk | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2022 | My Poopfriend | Director |
| 2022 | Jokes About War | Director |
| 2022 | The Bear's Lair | Screenplay, Director |
| 2021 | A Kid's Flick | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 2021 | Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp | Producer, Director |
| 2021 | The Release | Director |
| 2021 | Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants | Director |
| 2020 | Movie Talks & Quiz | Director, Screenplay |
| 2019 | Nikita Lavretski | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
| 2019 | Sasha's Hell | Director, Producer |
| 2019 | Drama | Screenplay, Director, Producer |
| 2017 | Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge | Director |
| 2017 | Sad Music | Director |
| 2017 | Cinemagic | Director, Writer |
| 2016 | Love & Partnership | Screenplay, Director, Producer |
| 2016 | A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova | Director |
| 2016 | Kinomantra | Director, Writer |
| 2016 | Minsk Does Not Have a Young Face | Director |
| 2015 | Belarusian Psycho | Producer, Screenplay, Director |
| 2015 | Amerykan Boy | Director, Screenplay |
| 2015 | Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12? | Director |
| 2015 | Poetry | Director, Screenplay |
| 2014 | Dasha and Alisa at Present Time | Screenplay, Director |
| 2014 | Getting Caught by the Rain | Director |
| 2014 | A Birthday in Minsk | Screenplay, Director |
| 2014 | Every Day Love | Director, Screenplay |
| 2013 | Lost in the Woods | Screenplay, Director |
| 2013 | Loud Music | Director, Screenplay |
| 2013 | Neil and Love | Director, Screenplay |
| 2013 | The End of December | Screenplay, Director |
| 2012 | TO RUTH: | Screenplay, Director |
| 2012 | Magicians of Belarus | Director |
| 2012 | Far Away and Not Soon | Director, Screenplay |
| 2011 | Neil in Love | Director, Screenplay |
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