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Nikita Lavretski

Born January 17, 1994 · Minsk, Belarus (age 32)

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 ficti…

Known For

Poetry

An ex-couple who write poems experience a curious synchronicity online.

Loud Music

Loud Music · 2013

MovieDocumentary

A lonely man contemplates the trouble of meeting girls in a bar.

TO RUTH:

TO RUTH: · 2012

A psychological thriller telling the story of a hikikomori obsessed with a female vlogger. The screenplay is based on the now-deleted blog by "quickpaws321", a man obsessed with Rose from the randytaylor69 channel.

My Poopfriend

My Poopfriend · 2022

MovieComedyRomance

Boy meets poop. Their romance blossoms before drying out.

Drama

Three 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.

Nikita Lavretski

Nikita Lavretski · 2019

Nikita Lavretski

MovieDocumentary

A 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.

Sad Music

Sad Music · 2017

MovieDocumentary

A short documentary by Nikita Lavretski.

Filmtelligence

Filmtelligence · 2026

The shy Ruslan Romanov and the brash Lev Zaretski, who previously launched a film review outlet in KINOMANTRA and a moviemaking company in CINEMAGIC, now reveal their AI startup FILMTELLIGENCE with ludicrous results. No generative AI was used in the making of this work.

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Poetry

An ex-couple who write poems experience a curious synchronicity online.

Director

Loud Music

Loud Music · 2013

MovieDocumentary

A lonely man contemplates the trouble of meeting girls in a bar.

Editor

TO RUTH:

TO RUTH: · 2012

A psychological thriller telling the story of a hikikomori obsessed with a female vlogger. The screenplay is based on the now-deleted blog by "quickpaws321", a man obsessed with Rose from the randytaylor69 channel.

Screenplay

My Poopfriend

My Poopfriend · 2022

MovieComedyRomance

Boy meets poop. Their romance blossoms before drying out.

Director

Drama

Three 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.

Director of Photography

Nikita Lavretski

Nikita Lavretski · 2019

Nikita Lavretski

MovieDocumentary

A 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.

Editor

Sad Music

Sad Music · 2017

MovieDocumentary

A short documentary by Nikita Lavretski.

Director of Photography

Filmtelligence

Filmtelligence · 2026

The shy Ruslan Romanov and the brash Lev Zaretski, who previously launched a film review outlet in KINOMANTRA and a moviemaking company in CINEMAGIC, now reveal their AI startup FILMTELLIGENCE with ludicrous results. No generative AI was used in the making of this work.

Director

1986

Elena is a student in Minsk. She is having an intense but self-destructive love affair with Viktor. When Elena's father goes to prison she has to take charge of his business dealings to help him. She drives repeatedly into the restricted zone at Chernobyl, behind the wheel of a truck, in order to smuggle contaminated steel. The conflicts with Viktor escalate, and Elena is increasingly captivated by the zone's deceptive beauty...

Props

A Date in Minsk

A Date in Minsk · 2022

A Date in Minsk

Nikita 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?

Director

A Kid's Flick

A Kid's Flick · 2021

MovieHorrorDrama

Coming from the heart of the Belarusian Rebellion, an intimate portrait of a young woman leading a double life. When her regular self enters emotional turmoil amid self-isolation, her seifuku-wearing magical witch alter ego is keeping the fighting spirit ablaze.

Director

Kinomantra

Kinomantra · 2016

A pair of misguided cinephiles—the shy Ruslan Romanov and the brash Lev Zaretski—launch a film review outlet.

Director

Smarty

MovieDramaDocumentary

Exiled director Nikita Lavretski (played by Belarusian director Sergey Kolosovski) strives to reunite with his wife across European borders. Reminiscing about the home he had to leave, he wonders whether he is stuck reliving his past forever.

Director

Sasha's Hell

Sasha's Hell · 2019

MovieDramaHorror

When rising rapper Oli finally meets his online collaborator Sasha, their weekend of hanging out turns from sweet to painfully awkward to terrifying. An underground live gig, a strange encounter with a goth girl, and finally a literal descent into hell are all captured on grainy VHS tape.

Director

Dasha and Alisa at Present Time

Dasha and Alisa at Present Time · 2014

Dasha and Alisa at Present Time

After viewing random cellphone videos, a young woman confronts her friend about recent emotional distance.

Screenplay

Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge

Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge · 2017

Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge

MovieDocumentary

The filmmakers get confronted by strangers asking help with their political statement.

Director

Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants

Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants · 2021

Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants

Lyosha Lyshenko, the enfant terrible of Russian-language stand-up, tells jokes about maniacs, the rapper Husky, and Idrak Mirzalizade's underpants, but mainly he performs tricks, dances, and stunts.

Director

Ulysses

Ulysses · 2024

MovieDocumentary

Ruslyk, the president's personal film director, tries to save the world while battling mental illness. During his one-day odyssey through the city of Minsk he encounters doctors, politicians, propagandists, artists, drunks and lowlifes.

Director

The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)

The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!) · 2023

The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)

COOL (News from Belarus)

COOL (News from Belarus) · 2023

COOL (News from Belarus)

MovieCrimeComedy

In 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.

Cinematography

Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp

Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp · 2021

Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp

The most postironic comedian of Belarus Alexey Suhanok performs with a double solo program "Пакет панчлайнов" / "Белоруссия" in a forest swamp during the Independence Day.

Producer

Love & Partnership

Love & Partnership · 2016

Love & Partnership

MovieComedyRomance

Igor and Sveta visit Igor's hometown. Igor wants nothing more than to spend the weekend recording a fun vlog with his girlfriend when a talk with his mom uncovers more of a pressing problem in his relationship with Sveta.

Screenplay

Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?

Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12? · 2015

Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?

MovieDocumentary

A documentary about the closure of a very strange gallery of modern art, which been exists about two months in the center of Minsk in the spring of 2015 and attracted an average of 0-4 visitors per day. In the role of the founder of the gallery — actionist artist Dmitry Veleskevich.

Editor

Far Away and Not Soon

Far Away and Not Soon · 2012

Far Away and Not Soon

MovieDramaThriller

Two young men are traveling through countryside on train and on foot. A night of paranoid ramblings and melancholic flashbacks reveals their reasons and underlines the tension.

Director