COOL (News from Belarus) (2023)
2h 11m
Running Time
June 8, 2023Release Date
COOL (News from Belarus) (2023)
2h 11m
Running Time
June 8, 2023Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
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') / Director
Lika Kareva
Woman (segment 'Ostap')
Andrey Kashpersky
Man (segment 'Sugar') / Director
Kinostranets
Policeman #2 (segment 'Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self')
Nikolay Konov
Policeman #3 (segment 'Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self')
Nikita Lavretski
Leonid Boulianov (segment 'Nano') / Director / Cinematography
Viktor Lebedev
Ivan (segment 'Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self') / Director
Valentina Lebedeva
Delivery Operator (segment 'Man Began to Pleasure Self')
Pierre Léon
Benoit Barnum (segment 'Nano') / Director
Vladimir Léon
Charles (segment 'Nano')
Beyza Meral
Girl #2 (segment 'Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self')
Vera Morozova
Girl #1 (segment 'Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self')
Inna Navazhylava
Narrator (segment 'Depression?')
Timur Nedved
Man (segment 'Nikolay Lukashenko Saves the Day') / Director
Elena Neptunova
Judge (segment 'Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self')
Vladislav Novozhilov
An Average Man (segment 'Depression?') / Director / Music / Cinematography
Pavel Prokopenko
Girl #3 (segment 'Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self')
Sakti Reysaputra
Krot (segment 'Story 26')
Gennadiy Sbrodov
Policeman #1 (segment 'Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self')
Viktar Shukelovich
Man (segment 'Sugar')
Craig Stark
Tank (segment 'I Love Me')
Mariah Stortzum
Klever Kimmy (segment 'Story 26')
Michelle G. Stratton
Mickey (segment 'I Love Me')
Misha Sulfozin
Man (segment 'Ostap')
Daniel Preza Ventura
Vakula (segment 'Story 26')
Vincent
Novik (segment 'Story 26')
Artyom Zbarskiy
Delivery Man (segment 'Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self')
Mihas Zuy
Man (segment 'Sugar')
Ari Gold
Director
Sébastien Buchmann
Cinematography
Ethan Gold
Music
Antos Sivyh
Director
Ihar Chyshchenia
Director
Tamara Granatkina
Director
Christopher Small
Director
Aglaya Yunova
Director
Pavel Nedzvedz
Director
Osman Nabiev
Director
Daniil Hayou
Cinematography
Yulya Astrovskaya
Director
Alex Hrytsevich
Cinematography
Masha Herz
Director
Michelle G. Stratton
Director
Victoria Zenchuk
Director