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SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD

SAVVUSANNA SÕSARAD

By Anna HINTS

GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, USA

Documentary - Completed 2023

Women share their innermost secrets and experiences in an Estonian smoke sauna. A Sundance-winning documentary celebrating a centuries-old tradition.

Sundance Film Festival 2023

World Cinema Documentary Competition

Critic's Choice Documentary Awards 2023

Nominee

San Francisco International Film Festival 2023

Golden Gate Award

Hamptons International Film Festival 2023

Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award

European Film Awards 2023

Best Documentary

IDA Documentary Awards 2023

Best Cinematography

Producers Guild Awards 2024

Nominee

LUX 2024

Audience Award Nomination

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Documentary, Social issues, Female director
- Countries
- ESTONIA, FRANCE, ICELAND
- Languages
- ESTONIAN
- Duration
- 92 mn
- Director(s)
- Anna HINTS
- Writer(s)
- Anna HINTS
- Cast
- Kadi KIVILO
- Producer(s)
- Marianne OSTRAT
- Synopsis
- Women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences inside an Estonian smoke sauna. Cleansing their bodies and baring their souls, they embrace the healing power of sisterhood. Anna Hints’ Sundance-winning documentary celebrates the centuries-old smoke sauna tradition, recognized on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.