COOL (News from Belarus) (2023)
2023 · 2h 11m · Crime, Comedy, Drama, Documentary
Genres: Crime, Comedy, Drama, Documentary
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.
Director: Ari Gold, Viktor Lebedev, Ihar Chyshchenia
Writers: Anna Den, Ari Gold, Andrey Kashpersky
Music by: Ethan Gold, Vladislav Novozhilov
Cinematography: Daniil Hayou, Nikita Lavretski
Editor: Nikita Lavretski
Cast
Slava Abelyan as Vasily Petrovich (segment "Ostap")Andrey Apanovich as Ganesha (segment "Depression?")Yulya Astrovskaya as Self (segment "A Blissful House on the Water")Timur Batdalov as Ostap (segment "Ostap")Ilja Bozhko as Man (segment "Sugar")Brian Bell as Hank (segment "I love me")Ihar Chyshchenia as Self (segment "25% of Minsk Residents Have Depression")Cristopher W. Croton as Saroka (segment "Story 26")Anna Den as Teenager (segment "Belarusian Man Began to Pleasure Self")Andrey Freyman as Black Policeman (segment "Man Began to Pleasure Self")Ari Gold as Shlomo (segment "I Love Me")Daniela Hanusova as Self (segment "Pohlednice")More like this
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