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.

Crime Comedy Drama Documentary Animation

COOL (News from Belarus)

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Slava Abelyan
Slava Abelyan
as Vasily Petrovich (segment "Ostap")
Andrey Apanovich
Andrey Apanovich
as Ganesha (segment "Depression?")
Yulya Astrovskaya
Yulya Astrovskaya
as Self (segment "A Blissful House on the Water")
Timur Batdalov
Timur Batdalov
as Ostap (segment "Ostap")
Ilja Bozhko
Ilja Bozhko
as Man (segment "Sugar")
Brian Bell
Brian Bell
as Hank (segment "I love me")
Ihar Chyshchenia
Ihar Chyshchenia
as Self (segment "25% of Minsk Residents Have Depression")
Cristopher W. Croton
Cristopher W. Croton
as Saroka (segment "Story 26")
Anna Den
Anna Den
as Teenager (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Andrey Freyman
Andrey Freyman
as Black Policeman (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Ari Gold
Ari Gold
as Shlomo (segment "I Love Me")
Daniela Hanusova
Daniela Hanusova
as Self (segment "Pohlednice")
Radu Jude
Radu Jude
as Self (segment "A Belarusian Stork")
Lika Kareva
Lika Kareva
as Woman (segment "Ostap")
Andrey Kashpersky
Andrey Kashpersky
as Man (segment "Sugar")
Kinostranets
Kinostranets
as Policeman #2 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Nikolay Konov
Nikolay Konov
as Policeman #3 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Nikita Lavretski
Nikita Lavretski
as Leonid Boulianov (segment "Nano")
Viktor Lebedev
Viktor Lebedev
as Ivan (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Valentina Lebedeva
Valentina Lebedeva
as Delivery Operator (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Pierre Léon
Pierre Léon
as Benoit Barnum (segment "Nano")
Vladimir Léon
Vladimir Léon
as Charles (segment "Nano")
Beyza Meral
Beyza Meral
as Girl #2 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Vera Morozova
Vera Morozova
as Girl #1 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Inna Navazhylava
Inna Navazhylava
as Narrator (segment "Depression?")
Timur Nedved
Timur Nedved
as Man (segment "Nikolay Lukashenko Saves the Day")
Elena Neptunova
Elena Neptunova
as Judge (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Vladislav Novozhilov
Vladislav Novozhilov
as An Average Man (segment "Depression?")
Pavel Prokopenko
Pavel Prokopenko
as Girl #3 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Sakti Reysaputra
Sakti Reysaputra
as Krot (segment "Story 26")
Gennadiy Sbrodov
Gennadiy Sbrodov
as Policeman #1 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Viktar Shukelovich
Viktar Shukelovich
as Man (segment "Sugar")
Craig Stark
Craig Stark
as Tank (segment "I Love Me")
Mariah Stortzum
Mariah Stortzum
as Klever Kimmy (segment "Story 26")
Michelle G. Stratton
Michelle G. Stratton
as Mickey (segment "I Love Me")
Misha Sulfozin
Misha Sulfozin
as Man (segment "Ostap")
Daniel Preza Ventura
Daniel Preza Ventura
as Vakula (segment "Story 26")
Vincent
Vincent
as Novik (segment "Story 26")
Artyom Zbarskiy
Artyom Zbarskiy
as Delivery Man (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Mihas Zuy
Mihas Zuy
as Man (segment "Sugar")
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