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COOL (News from Belarus)

COOL (News from Belarus)

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COOL (News from Belarus)

2023

2h 11m

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Crime

Comedy

Drama

Documentary

Animation

Overview

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.

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Production Companies

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

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

Anna Den

Teenager (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")

Andrey Freyman

Black Policeman (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")

Creative team

Directed by: Ari Gold
Viktor Lebedev
Written by: Anna Den
Ari Gold

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