COOL (News from Belarus)

COOL (News from Belarus) (2023) is a crime, comedy film 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.

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.

Cast

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")