COOL (News from Belarus)
131 mins
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.
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")
Ihar Chyshchenia
Self (segment "25% of Minsk Residents Have Depression")
Cristopher W. Croton
Saroka (segment "Story 26")
Andrey Freyman
Black Policeman (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Ari Gold
Shlomo (segment "I Love Me")
Daniela Hanusova
Self (segment "Pohlednice")
Lika Kareva
Woman (segment "Ostap")
Kinostranets
Policeman #2 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Nikolay Konov
Policeman #3 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Valentina Lebedeva
Delivery Operator (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")
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")
Elena Neptunova
Judge (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Vladislav Novozhilov
An Average Man (segment "Depression?")
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")
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")
Ihar Chyshchenia
Director
Antos Sivyh
Director
Tamara Granatkina
Director
Christopher Small
Director
Daniil Hayou
Cinematography
Ethan Gold
Music
Vladislav Novozhilov
Director
Victoria Zenchuk
Director
Yulya Astrovskaya
Director
Osman Nabiev
Director
Timur Nedved
Director
Vladislav Novozhilov
Cinematography
Aglaya Yunova
Director
Michelle G. Stratton
Director
Waja Shchipko
Director
Masha Herz
Director
Pavel Nedzvedz
Director
Vladislav Novozhilov
Music