Nikita Lavretski

Nikita Lavretski

Nacimiento : 1994-01-17, Minsk, Belarus

Historia

Nikita Lavretski was born in 1994 in Minsk. In 2015, his debut feature film “Belarusian Psycho” became the best film of the National Competition of the Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”. In 2019, his film \"Sasha's Hell\" was included in one of the programs of the Moscow International Film Festival. Since 2018, he has been studying film science at the graduate school of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts.

Perfil

Nikita Lavretski

Películas

COOL (News from Belarus)
Cinematography
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.
COOL (News from Belarus)
Director
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.
COOL (News from Belarus)
Leonid Boulianov (segment "Nano")
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.
The Murder on Alibegova Street
Editor
The story of a doomed polycule from Minsk.
The Murder on Alibegova Street
Director
The story of a doomed polycule from Minsk.
The Murder on Alibegova Street
Nikita
The story of a doomed polycule from Minsk.
A Date in Minsk
Director
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?
A Date in Minsk
Nikita
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?
My Poopfriend
Director
Boy meets poop. Their romance blossoms before drying out.
Jokes About War
Editor
Alexey Suhanok, a Belarusian stand up comedian, lives through the horror of a next-door war by making edgy jokes on the subject. Alas, this self-defence mechanism doesn’t stop him from having a nervous breakdown on his own.
Jokes About War
Director
Alexey Suhanok, a Belarusian stand up comedian, lives through the horror of a next-door war by making edgy jokes on the subject. Alas, this self-defence mechanism doesn’t stop him from having a nervous breakdown on his own.
The Bear's Lair
Music
A self-portrait in winter. The director is taking a short rest among the key locations of his life. He reminisces about places forgotten, years gone by, and friends gone away.
The Bear's Lair
Cinematography
A self-portrait in winter. The director is taking a short rest among the key locations of his life. He reminisces about places forgotten, years gone by, and friends gone away.
The Bear's Lair
Editor
A self-portrait in winter. The director is taking a short rest among the key locations of his life. He reminisces about places forgotten, years gone by, and friends gone away.
The Bear's Lair
Screenplay
A self-portrait in winter. The director is taking a short rest among the key locations of his life. He reminisces about places forgotten, years gone by, and friends gone away.
The Bear's Lair
Director
A self-portrait in winter. The director is taking a short rest among the key locations of his life. He reminisces about places forgotten, years gone by, and friends gone away.
The Bear's Lair
A self-portrait in winter. The director is taking a short rest among the key locations of his life. He reminisces about places forgotten, years gone by, and friends gone away.
A Kid's Flick
Producer
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.
A Kid's Flick
Editor
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.
A Kid's Flick
Director of Photography
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.
A Kid's Flick
Screenplay
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.
A Kid's Flick
Director
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.
Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
Producer
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.
Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
Director
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.
Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
Self (Entertainer)
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.
The Release
Editor
A short comedy documentary about my brother's short career in actionism.
The Release
Cinematography
A short comedy documentary about my brother's short career in actionism.
The Release
Director
A short comedy documentary about my brother's short career in actionism.
The Release
Self
A short comedy documentary about my brother's short career in actionism.
Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
Director of Photography
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.
Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
Editor
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.
Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
Director
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.
Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
Self (entertainer)
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.
Movie Talks & Quiz
Screenplay
After Mike’s so-called friends decline his invitations to discuss movies, he enters the exciting new world of webcam movie buddies.
Movie Talks & Quiz
Director
After Mike’s so-called friends decline his invitations to discuss movies, he enters the exciting new world of webcam movie buddies.
Movie Talks & Quiz
Movie Expert
After Mike’s so-called friends decline his invitations to discuss movies, he enters the exciting new world of webcam movie buddies.
Nikita Lavretski
Screenplay
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.
Nikita Lavretski
Himself
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.
Nikita Lavretski
Editor
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.
Nikita Lavretski
Producer
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.
Nikita Lavretski
Director
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.
1986
Props
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...
Sasha's Hell
Editor
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.
Sasha's Hell
Sound Recordist
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.
Sasha's Hell
Producer
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.
Sasha's Hell
Director
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.
Drama
Director of Photography
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.
Drama
Screenplay
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.
Drama
Producer
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.
Drama
Nikita
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.
Drama
Director
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.
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
Director
The filmmakers get confronted by strangers asking help with their political statement.
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
Himself
The filmmakers get confronted by strangers asking help with their political statement.
Sad Music
Himself (voice)
A short documentary by Nikita Lavretski.
Sad Music
Director of Photography
A short documentary by Nikita Lavretski.
Sad Music
Editor
A short documentary by Nikita Lavretski.
Sad Music
Director
A short documentary by Nikita Lavretski.
Cinemagic
Editor
Aspiring 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.
Cinemagic
Writer
Aspiring 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.
Cinemagic
Director
Aspiring 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.
Cinemagic
Lev Zaretski
Aspiring 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.
A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
Himself
A found footage documentary about a volatile young filmmaking couple.
A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
Editor
A found footage documentary about a volatile young filmmaking couple.
A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
Director
A found footage documentary about a volatile young filmmaking couple.
Love & Partnership
Editor
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.
Love & Partnership
Screenplay
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.
Love & Partnership
Producer
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.
Love & Partnership
Director
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.
May
Director of Photography
Andrey lives in Minsk, Marina lives in Berlin. They used to date. Now, separated by hundreds of kilometers, they spend their days in a state of melancholic uncertainty.
May
Editor
Andrey lives in Minsk, Marina lives in Berlin. They used to date. Now, separated by hundreds of kilometers, they spend their days in a state of melancholic uncertainty.
Minsk Does Not Have a Young Face
Director
A video essay based on polls conducted by Belarusian media.
Belarusian Psycho
Editor
A young and talented photographer and videomaker decides to lose his virginity as a birthday present to himself. As some twisted logic suggests, he invites a girl, whom he barely knows, and two of her friends. It takes some time for the girls to realise that the night ahead of them will be bloodcurdling.
Belarusian Psycho
Screenplay
A young and talented photographer and videomaker decides to lose his virginity as a birthday present to himself. As some twisted logic suggests, he invites a girl, whom he barely knows, and two of her friends. It takes some time for the girls to realise that the night ahead of them will be bloodcurdling.
Belarusian Psycho
Producer
A young and talented photographer and videomaker decides to lose his virginity as a birthday present to himself. As some twisted logic suggests, he invites a girl, whom he barely knows, and two of her friends. It takes some time for the girls to realise that the night ahead of them will be bloodcurdling.
Belarusian Psycho
Dmitry
A young and talented photographer and videomaker decides to lose his virginity as a birthday present to himself. As some twisted logic suggests, he invites a girl, whom he barely knows, and two of her friends. It takes some time for the girls to realise that the night ahead of them will be bloodcurdling.
Belarusian Psycho
Director
A young and talented photographer and videomaker decides to lose his virginity as a birthday present to himself. As some twisted logic suggests, he invites a girl, whom he barely knows, and two of her friends. It takes some time for the girls to realise that the night ahead of them will be bloodcurdling.
Amerykan Boy
Maksim
Maxim, 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 ...
Amerykan Boy
Director of Photography
Maxim, 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 ...
Amerykan Boy
Director
Maxim, 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 ...
Amerykan Boy
Screenplay
Maxim, 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 ...
Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
Himself (voice)
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.
Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
Editor
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.
Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
Director of Photography
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.
Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
Director
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.
Poetry
The Stranger
Friends recite poetry to each other over Skype.
Poetry
Screenplay
Friends recite poetry to each other over Skype.
Poetry
Director
Friends recite poetry to each other over Skype.
Dasha and Alisa at Present Time
Editor
After viewing random cellphone videos, a young woman confronts her friend about recent emotional distance.
Dasha and Alisa at Present Time
Screenplay
After viewing random cellphone videos, a young woman confronts her friend about recent emotional distance.
Dasha and Alisa at Present Time
Director of Photography
After viewing random cellphone videos, a young woman confronts her friend about recent emotional distance.
Dasha and Alisa at Present Time
Director
After viewing random cellphone videos, a young woman confronts her friend about recent emotional distance.
Getting Caught by the Rain
Editor
After getting caught in the summer rain, the director hides under the edge of an abandoned shed. A feeling of being "in the moment" follows.
Getting Caught by the Rain
Director of Photography
After getting caught in the summer rain, the director hides under the edge of an abandoned shed. A feeling of being "in the moment" follows.
Getting Caught by the Rain
Director
After getting caught in the summer rain, the director hides under the edge of an abandoned shed. A feeling of being "in the moment" follows.
Getting Caught by the Rain
Himself
After getting caught in the summer rain, the director hides under the edge of an abandoned shed. A feeling of being "in the moment" follows.
A Birthday in Minsk
Director of Photography
Egor returns to Minsk to celebrate his birthday. However, things do not go as planned...
A Birthday in Minsk
Editor
Egor returns to Minsk to celebrate his birthday. However, things do not go as planned...
A Birthday in Minsk
Screenplay
Egor returns to Minsk to celebrate his birthday. However, things do not go as planned...
A Birthday in Minsk
Director
Egor returns to Minsk to celebrate his birthday. However, things do not go as planned...
Every Day Love
Director of Photography
Simple story about two Belarusian young people in love.
Every Day Love
Editor
Simple story about two Belarusian young people in love.
Every Day Love
Screenplay
Simple story about two Belarusian young people in love.
Every Day Love
Director
Simple story about two Belarusian young people in love.
Every Day Love
Simple story about two Belarusian young people in love.
Lost in the Woods
Editor
A girl and a strange guy are looking for a phone lost in the woods.
Lost in the Woods
Screenplay
A girl and a strange guy are looking for a phone lost in the woods.
Lost in the Woods
Director
A girl and a strange guy are looking for a phone lost in the woods.
Lost in the Woods
Director of Photography
A girl and a strange guy are looking for a phone lost in the woods.
Loud Music
Screenplay
A lonely man contemplates the trouble of meeting girls in a bar.
Loud Music
Editor
A lonely man contemplates the trouble of meeting girls in a bar.
Loud Music
Director of Photography
A lonely man contemplates the trouble of meeting girls in a bar.
Loud Music
Director
A lonely man contemplates the trouble of meeting girls in a bar.
Neil and Love
Screenplay
An awkward man is getting rejected by a girl during a date. The night brings horror to both.
Neil and Love
Editor
An awkward man is getting rejected by a girl during a date. The night brings horror to both.
Neil and Love
Director of Photography
An awkward man is getting rejected by a girl during a date. The night brings horror to both.
Neil and Love
Director
An awkward man is getting rejected by a girl during a date. The night brings horror to both.
The End of December
Screenplay
A depressed guitarist spends all his time watching anime with his friend. Soon it turns out that he is hopeless for a reason.
The End of December
Director
A depressed guitarist spends all his time watching anime with his friend. Soon it turns out that he is hopeless for a reason.
TO RUTH:
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.
TO RUTH:
Director of Photography
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.
TO RUTH:
Editor
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.
TO RUTH:
Screenplay
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.
TO RUTH:
Director
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.
Far Away and Not Soon
Screenplay
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.
Far Away and Not Soon
Editor
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.
Far Away and Not Soon
Director of Photography
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.
Far Away and Not Soon
Director
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.
Neil in Love
Editor
A friendzoned teen deals with rejection by felling trees with his bare hands.
Neil in Love
Screenplay
A friendzoned teen deals with rejection by felling trees with his bare hands.
Neil in Love
Director of Photography
A friendzoned teen deals with rejection by felling trees with his bare hands.
Neil in Love
Director
A friendzoned teen deals with rejection by felling trees with his bare hands.
Neil in Love
A friendzoned teen deals with rejection by felling trees with his bare hands.