COOL (News from Belarus)
2023In 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.
Acted in
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")
Radu Jude
as Self (segment "A Belarusian Stork")
Lika Kareva
as Woman (segment "Ostap")
Andrey Kashpersky
as Man (segment "Sugar")
Kinostranets
as Policeman #2 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Nikolay Konov
as Policeman #3 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Nikita Lavretski
as Leonid Boulianov (segment "Nano")
Viktor Lebedev
as Ivan (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Valentina Lebedeva
as Delivery Operator (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Pierre Léon
as Benoit Barnum (segment "Nano")
Vladimir Léon
as Charles (segment "Nano")
Beyza Meral
as Girl #2 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Vera Morozova
as Girl #1 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Inna Navazhylava
as Narrator (segment "Depression?")
Timur Nedved
as Man (segment "Nikolay Lukashenko Saves the Day")
Elena Neptunova
as Judge (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Vladislav Novozhilov
as An Average Man (segment "Depression?")
Pavel Prokopenko
as Girl #3 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Sakti Reysaputra
as Krot (segment "Story 26")
Gennadiy Sbrodov
as Policeman #1 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Viktar Shukelovich
as Man (segment "Sugar")
Craig Stark
as Tank (segment "I Love Me")
Mariah Stortzum
as Klever Kimmy (segment "Story 26")
Michelle G. Stratton
as Mickey (segment "I Love Me")
Misha Sulfozin
as Man (segment "Ostap")
Daniel Preza Ventura
as Vakula (segment "Story 26")
Vincent
as Novik (segment "Story 26")
Artyom Zbarskiy
as Delivery Man (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Mihas Zuy
as Man (segment "Sugar")
