Film · Crime, Drama, Comedy, Animation, Documentary
COOL (News from Belarus) (2023)
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.
- Director
- 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
- Writers
- Anton Serenkov, Anna Den, Ari Gold
- Country
- Belarus
- Language
- English
- Release date
- June 8, 2023
COOL (News from Belarus) cast
- Slava AbelyanVasily Petrovich (segment "Ostap")
- Andrey ApanovichGanesha (segment "Depression?")
- Yulya AstrovskayaSelf (segment "A Blissful House on the Water")
- Timur BatdalovOstap (segment "Ostap")
- Ilja BozhkoMan (segment "Sugar")
Brian BellHank (segment "I love me")- Ihar ChyshcheniaSelf (segment "25% of Minsk Residents Have Depression")
- Cristopher W. CrotonSaroka (segment "Story 26")
Anna DenTeenager (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")- Andrey FreymanBlack Policeman (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")
- Ari GoldShlomo (segment "I Love Me")
- Daniela HanusovaSelf (segment "Pohlednice")
Radu JudeSelf (segment "A Belarusian Stork")- Lika KarevaWoman (segment "Ostap")
Andrey KashperskyMan (segment "Sugar")- KinostranetsPoliceman #2 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
- Nikolay KonovPoliceman #3 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Nikita LavretskiLeonid Boulianov (segment "Nano")
Viktor LebedevIvan (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")- Valentina LebedevaDelivery Operator (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")
