Knutte Wester (born 1977) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Umeå. He is represented by the Andersson/Sandström gallery. His short film Dawn in a City without Name won the award for best Swedish short film at Tempo (2014). In 2015 he won several awards for his artwork, including the ABF award and a grant from the Swedish Committee for Artist Grants. In 2015, he directed A Bastard Child. The film premiered at IDFA (2016).
You Can’t Show My Face
The sound of the streets of Tehran turns into forbidden rhythms, people sing and rhyme their emotions. They tell us about a society that rejects them, about government-owned streets and about a utopian vision rooted in creativity.