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.

Crime Comedy Drama Documentary Animation

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"))