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COOL (News from Belarus)

  • 2023
  • 2h 11m
IMDb RATING
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COOL (News from Belarus) (2023)
AnimationComedyCrimeDrama

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 t... Read allIn 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.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.

  • Directors
    • Yulya Astrovskaya
    • Ihar Chyshchenia
    • Ari Gold
  • Writers
    • Anna Den
    • Ari Gold
    • Andrei Kashperski
  • Stars
    • Slava Abelyan
    • Andrey Apanovich
    • Yulya Astrovskaya
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
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    26
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    • Directors
      • Yulya Astrovskaya
      • Ihar Chyshchenia
      • Ari Gold
    • Writers
      • Anna Den
      • Ari Gold
      • Andrei Kashperski
    • Stars
      • Slava Abelyan
      • Andrey Apanovich
      • Yulya Astrovskaya
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Slava Abelyan
    • Vasily Petrovich (segment "Ostap")
    Andrey Apanovich
    • Ganesha (segment "Depression?")
    Yulya Astrovskaya
    • Self (segment "In Minsk, They're Selling a Blissful House on the Water--Perhaps You Need It")
    Timur Batdalov
    • Ostap (segment "Ostap")
    Ilya Bazhko
    • Man (segment "Sugar")
    Brian Bell
    Brian Bell
    • Hank (segment "I Love Me")
    Tyler Bezuka
    • Doctor (segment "Thoughts I Had While Almost Dying")
    Ihar Chyshchenia
    • Self (segment "Turns Out That 25% of Minsk Residents Have Depression. Sounds Familiar?")
    Christopher W. Croton
    • Saroka (segment "Story 26")
    Danek
    • Danya (segment "Flex Cemetery")
    Anna Den
    • Teenager (segment "A Belarusian Man Caught a Glimpse of Such Beautiful Women through His Window that he Immediately Began to Pleasure Self")
    • (voice)
    Diana
    • (segment "Flex Cemetery")
    Andrey Freyman
    • Black Policeman (segment "A Belarusian Man Caught a Glimpse of Such Beautiful Women through His Window that he Immediately Began to Pleasure Self")
    • (voice)
    Ari Gold
    Ari Gold
    • Shlomo (segment "I Love Me")
    Daniela Hanusova
    • Self (segment "Pohlednice")
    Radu Jude
    Radu Jude
    • Self (segment "A Belarusian Stork")
    • (voice)
    Lika Kareva
    • Woman (segment "Ostap")
    Andrei Kashperski
    • Man (segment "Sugar")
    • (as Andrei Kashpersky)
    • Directors
      • Yulya Astrovskaya
      • Ihar Chyshchenia
      • Ari Gold
    • Writers
      • Anna Den
      • Ari Gold
      • Andrei Kashperski
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    • Release date
      • June 8, 2023 (Spain)
    • Countries of origin
      • Belarus
      • France
      • Romania
      • United States
      • Poland
      • Germany
      • Ukraine
      • Czech Republic
    • Languages
      • Belarusian
      • English
      • Russian
      • French
      • Czech
    • Also known as
      • КУЛ (Новости из Беларуси)
    • Production companies
      • Barberousse Films
      • Grack Films
      • ViA Media
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      2 hours 11 minutes
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      • Black and White

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