The Sky After Rain (Aseman Bad Az Baran)

US premiere

Written after the arrest of his boyfriend during Iran’s 2009 Green Movement protests, this soaring work is based on a poem by exiled Iranian poet, Payam Feili.

director: Blame the Shadows Collective, poet: Payam Feili, Australia, 2021, 8 min, in Persian with English subtitles

About the Artist

Blame the Shadows is a collective of interdisciplinary artists and filmmakers who collaborate closely with each other to tell captivating stories exploring raw human experiences, often focusing on diaspora communities and queer identities.

The collective’s creative practice was forged in moving-image and screen-based work; now spanning the visual arts to include installation, photography, and hybrid documentary projects.