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.
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")
Lika Kareva
Woman (segment "Ostap")
Andrey Kashpersky
Man (segment "Sugar")
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")
Viktor Lebedev
Ivan (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Valentina Lebedeva
Delivery Operator (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Pierre Léon
Benoit Barnum (segment "Nano")
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")
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")
Waja Shchipko
Woman / Police car (segment "Two Inebriated Minsk Residents...")
Ari Gold
Director
Pierre Léon
Director
Viktor Lebedev
Director
Ihar Chyshchenia
Director
Osman Nabiev
Director
Victoria Zenchuk
Director
Radu Jude
Director
Antos Sivyh
Director
Aglaya Yunova
Director
Michelle G. Stratton
Director
Nikita Lavretski
Cinematography
Alex Hrytsevich
Cinematography
Nikita Lavretski
Director
Yulya Astrovskaya
Director
Vladislav Novozhilov
Music
Andrey Kashpersky
Director
Waja Shchipko
Director
Sébastien Buchmann
Cinematography
Christopher Small
Director
Tamara Granatkina
Director
Timur Nedved
Director
Pavel Nedzvedz
Director
Vladislav Novozhilov
Cinematography
Daniil Hayou
Cinematography
Vladislav Novozhilov
Director
Masha Herz
Director
Ethan Gold
Music