COOL (News from Belarus)

COOL (News from Belarus)

131 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy, Animation | June 8, 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.

COOL (News from Belarus)

131 mins | Drama, Crime, Comedy, Animation | June 8, 2023

COOL (News from Belarus)
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

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")

Christopher 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 Benoît 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 "Nikolai Lukashenko Saves the Day")

Elena Neptunovna

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")