COOL (News from Belarus)

2023•131 min.•

Belarus

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.

Crime
Comedy
Drama
Documentary
Animation

Cast

SA
Slava Abelyan
Vasily Petrovich (segment "Ostap")
AA
Andrey Apanovich
Ganesha (segment "Depression?")
YA
Yulya Astrovskaya
Self (segment "A Blissful House on the Water")
TB
Timur Batdalov
Ostap (segment "Ostap")
IB
Ilja Bozhko
Man (segment "Sugar")
Brian Bell
Hank (segment "I love me")
IC
Ihar Chyshchenia
Self (segment "25% of Minsk Residents Have Depression")
CWC
Cristopher W. Croton
Saroka (segment "Story 26")
Anna Den
Teenager (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
AF
Andrey Freyman
Black Policeman (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")
AG
Ari Gold
Shlomo (segment "I Love Me")
DH
Daniela Hanusova
Self (segment "Pohlednice")
Radu Jude
Self (segment "A Belarusian Stork")
LK
Lika Kareva
Woman (segment "Ostap")
Andrey Kashpersky
Man (segment "Sugar")
K
Kinostranets
Policeman #2 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
NK
Nikolay Konov
Policeman #3 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Nikita Lavretski
Leonid Boulianov (segment "Nano")
Viktor Lebedev
Ivan (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
VL
Valentina Lebedeva
Delivery Operator (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Pierre Léon
Benoit Barnum (segment "Nano")
VL
Vladimir Léon
Charles (segment "Nano")
BM
Beyza Meral
Girl #2 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
VM
Vera Morozova
Girl #1 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
IN
Inna Navazhylava
Narrator (segment "Depression?")
TN
Timur Nedved
Man (segment "Nikolay Lukashenko Saves the Day")
EN
Elena Neptunova
Judge (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
VN
Vladislav Novozhilov
An Average Man (segment "Depression?")
PP
Pavel Prokopenko
Girl #3 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
SR
Sakti Reysaputra
Krot (segment "Story 26")
GS
Gennadiy Sbrodov
Policeman #1 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
VS
Viktar Shukelovich
Man (segment "Sugar")
Craig Stark
Tank (segment "I Love Me")
MS
Mariah Stortzum
Klever Kimmy (segment "Story 26")
MGS
Michelle G. Stratton
Mickey (segment "I Love Me")
MS
Misha Sulfozin
Man (segment "Ostap")
DPV
Daniel Preza Ventura
Vakula (segment "Story 26")
V
Vincent
Novik (segment "Story 26")
AZ
Artyom Zbarskiy
Delivery Man (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
MZ
Mihas Zuy
Man (segment "Sugar")
WS
Waja Shchipko
Woman / Police car (segment "Two Inebriated Minsk Residents...")

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COOL (News from Belarus)

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