Nikita Lavretski
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”.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 17, 1994
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
A Date in Minsk
2022-10-09
A Date in Minsk
Overview: 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?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2022-10-09
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The Bear's Lair
2022-02-07
The Bear's Lair
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2022-02-07
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The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
2023-12-17
The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2023-12-17
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COOL (News from Belarus)
2023-06-08
COOL (News from Belarus)
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Comedy Drama Documentary Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-08
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The Murder on Alibegova Street
2022-10-20
The Murder on Alibegova Street
Overview: The story of a doomed polycule from Minsk.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2022-10-20
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Neil in Love
2011-08-16
Neil in Love
Overview: A friendzoned teen deals with rejection by felling trees with his bare hands.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2011-08-16
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Getting Caught by the Rain
2014-08-14
Getting Caught by the Rain
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-14
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Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
2017-10-31
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
Overview: The filmmakers get confronted by strangers asking help with their political statement.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-31
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Drama
2019-04-01
Drama
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2019-04-01
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Amerykan Boy
2015-11-17
Amerykan Boy
Overview: 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 ...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: be
Release Date: 2015-11-17
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Magicians of Belarus
2012-10-28
Magicians of Belarus
Overview: Magicians in Minsk can be found performing magic tricks every day. What made them choose this career path?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2012-10-28
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Sad Music
2017-10-28
Sad Music
Overview: A short documentary by Nikita Lavretski.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-10-28
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Nikita Lavretski
2019-11-29
Nikita Lavretski
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2019-11-29
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Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
2015-05-12
Pochemu zakrylas Galereya 12?
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2015-05-12
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Poetry
2015-04-09
Poetry
Overview: Friends recite poetry to each other over Skype.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-09
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Belarusian Psycho
2015-12-15
Belarusian Psycho
Overview: A 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.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2015-12-15
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A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
2016-11-05
A Few Scenes with My Girlfriend Olechka Kavaliova
Overview: A found footage documentary about a volatile young filmmaking couple.
Genres: Documentary Romance
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2016-11-05
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Cinemagic
2017-03-31
Cinemagic
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2017-03-31
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TO RUTH:
2012-11-30
TO RUTH:
Overview: 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.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2012-11-30
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Every Day Love
2014-04-08
Every Day Love
Overview: Simple story about two Belarusian young people in love.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2014-04-08
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Movie Talks & Quiz
2020-10-09
Movie Talks & Quiz
Overview: After Mike’s so-called friends decline his invitations to discuss movies, he enters the exciting new world of webcam movie buddies.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-09
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Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
2021-04-07
Lyosha Lyashenko: Idrak's Underpants
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2021-04-07
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The Release
2021-04-23
The Release
Overview: A short comedy documentary about my brother's short career in actionism.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2021-04-23
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Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
2021-07-08
Alexey Suhanok: Stand-Up In the Swamp
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2021-07-08
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The Modern Movie Date
2024-12-25
The Modern Movie Date
Overview: A time capsule of the shared "microcinema" watching experience of Nikita Lavretski and his wife, Volha Kavaliova.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-25
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