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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”.
Known For
Poetry
as The Stranger
Cinemagic
as Lev Zaretski
The Bear's Lair
Sad Music
as Himself (voice)
The Tiniest Castle of the Nation Found (and for Sale!)
Two Angry Men Walking Over a Bridge
as Himself
COOL (News from Belarus)
as Leonid Boulianov (segment "Nano")
Belarusian Psycho
as Dmitry
Nikita Lavretski
as Himself
Magicians of Belarus
as Himself