Film screening
A Date in Minsk

Directed by Nikita Lavretski, Belarus, 2021, 87 Min.

Nikita and Volha have been maintaining a dysfunctional relationship for the past 8 years. In the movie A Date in Minsk they play fictional Nikita and Volha who have only just met. Can a new beginning emerge at the end of this story?
 

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Nikita Lavretski was born in 1994 in Minsk, Belarus. He has been described by Cahiers du Cinema as “the most interesting gagman of the invisible Belarusian scene”. His feature film debut Belarusian Psycho won the Best Belarusian Film Award at the 2015 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. 

Awarded the Red Heather Award 2024 for 3. Best Fiction Feature Film.

The film screening will be followed by a discussion with director Nikita Lavretski and screenwriter Volha Kavaliova.