Nikita Lavretski Movies

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...

In this cinematic zine, directors scattered all over the world adapt to screen hilarious and poignant Belarusian news stories. Featuring phone...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A cycle of mundane violence, lust for art, and existential dread—all chronicled in an unconventional self-titled docu-horror by Nikita...

Simple story about two Belarusian young people in love.

After Mike’s so-called friends decline his invitations to discuss movies, he enters the exciting new world of webcam movie buddies.

Egor drops out of the university for the second year in a row and returns to Minsk. Because of such irresponsibility he quarrels with his mother and...

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

A short documentary by Nikita Lavretski.

Three directors make a movie about the events of their past week. Relationships, work, and day-to-day personal struggle—the minute details...

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

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

When rising rapper Oli finally meets his online collaborator Sasha, their weekend of hanging out turns from sweet to painfully awkward to terrifying....

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 ...

A found footage documentary about a volatile young filmmaking couple.