08 June 2023 Animated, Drama, Comedy 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.
Watch the official COOL (News from Belarus) 2023 trailer in HD below.
Yulya Astrovskaya as Self (segment "A Blissful House on the Water")
Ilja Bozhko as Man (segment "Sugar")
Brian Bell as Hank (segment "I love me")
Anna Den as Teenager (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Andrey Freyman as Black Policeman (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Radu Jude as Self (segment "A Belarusian Stork")
Andrey Kashpersky as Man (segment "Sugar")
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 Benoit Barnum (segment "Nano")
Vladimir Léon as Charles (segment "Nano")
Timur Nedved as Man (segment "Nikolay Lukashenko Saves the Day")
Vladislav Novozhilov as An Average Man (segment "Depression?")
Gennadiy Sbrodov as Policeman #1 (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")
Craig Stark as Tank (segment "I Love Me")
Ari Gold Director
Pierre Léon Director
Viktor Lebedev Director
Ihar Chyshchenia Director
Osman Nabiyev Director
Radu Jude Director
Antos Sivyh Director
Aglaya Yunova Director
Nikita Lavretski Cinematography
Alex Hrytsevich Cinematography
Nikita Lavretski Director
Yulya Astrovskaya Director
Vladislav Novozhilov Music
Andrey Kashpersky Director
Sébastien Buchmann Cinematography
Christopher Small Director
Belarus 18 December 2023
Spain 08 June 2023
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