COOL (News from Belarus)

Name: COOL (News from Belarus)
Genre: Crime, Comedy, Drama, Documentary, Animation
Released: 2023-06-08
Duration: 2 h 11 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Slava Abelyan, Andrey Apanovich, Yulya Astrovskaya, Timur Batdalov, Ilja Bozhko

June 8, 2023
Directed by
Ari Gold

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.

Last Updated: June 3, 2025

Cast

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")

COOL (News from Belarus)

June 8, 2023Directed byAri Gold

Cast

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")

June 8, 2023
Directed by
Ari Gold