COOL (News from Belarus) (2023)

Overview

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.

Directed by

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

Trailer

Watch the COOL (News from Belarus) trailer on YouTube

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