On a weekday, in the iconic Brooklyn club: House Of Yes. A towering drag queen host gets on stage:

“Ladies, and gentlemen! I hope y’all are ready for the next show! Let me introduce you the magnificent, the gorgeous, the queerest, NYC based, gogo dancer, native american, dragqueen, stripper, sex worker, and 2017 american pole dance champion, the only, the unique, the extraordinary Blaine f*cking Petroviaaaa!”

But amidst the applause lies a question: who is the person behind the dazzling facade, the one who defies gravity on that pole? Beyond the glitter and allure, we delve into the journey of Blaine, discovering how pole dancing became a source of solace following a profound and dramatic event in their life.

On Tbilisi’s outskirts, veteran racer Mevlud Meladze tries to escape the pain of his son’s death through drifting. Meanwhile, Gisho, the adoptive brother of the late drifting legend Giorgi Tevzadze, searches for his legacy. When The Smoke Clears is an anthropological exploration on how wounded masculinities grapple with loss,revealing their vulnerabilities while on the edge of self-destruction.