COOL (News from Belarus)

  • Crime
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Documentary
  • Animation
6/8/2023
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Storyline

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.

Directors:
Ari Gold
Viktor Lebedev
Ihar Chyshchenia
Radu Jude
Pierre Léon
Antos Sivyh
Tamara Granatkina
Christopher Small
Vladislav Novozhilov
Victoria Zenchuk
Andrey Kashpersky
Yulya Astrovskaya
Osman Nabiev
Nikita Lavretski
Timur Nedved
Aglaya Yunova
Michelle G. Stratton
Waja Shchipko
Masha Herz
Pavel Nedzvedz

      Cast

      • Slava Abelyan
        Vasily Petrovich (segment "Ostap")
      • Andrey Apanovich
        Ganesha (segment "Depression?")
      • Yulya Astrovskaya
        Self (segment "A Blissful House on the Water")
      • Timur Batdalov
        Ostap (segment "Ostap")
      • Ilja Bozhko
        Man (segment "Sugar")
      • Brian Bell
        Hank (segment "I love me")
      • Ihar Chyshchenia
        Self (segment "25% of Minsk Residents Have Depression")
      • Cristopher W. Croton
        Saroka (segment "Story 26")
      • Anna Den
        Teenager (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
      • Andrey Freyman
        Black Policeman (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")
      • Ari Gold
        Shlomo (segment "I Love Me")
      • Daniela Hanusova
        Self (segment "Pohlednice")
      • Radu Jude
        Self (segment "A Belarusian Stork")
      • Lika Kareva
        Woman (segment "Ostap")
      • Andrey Kashpersky
        Man (segment "Sugar")
      • Kinostranets
        Policeman #2 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
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