Overview
Nikita Lavretski
Known For
The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
COOL (News from Belarus)
In this cinematic zine, directors scattered all over the world...
Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
The most postironic comedian of Belarus Alexey Suhanok performs with...
Movie Talks & Quiz
After Mike’s so-called friends decline his invitations to discuss movies,...
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
The filmmakers get confronted by strangers asking help with their...
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”.