Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Nestled in the smoky warmth of an Estonian log-cabin sauna, women commune to share naked truths and heal, in this intimate, transcendent documentary. Award winner, Sundance 2023.
The practice of gathering in woodland smoke saunas is age-old tradition in Southern Estonia. In Anna Hints’s engrossing documentary, the setting takes on a transcendent character, acting as a spiritual refuge for feminine intimacy. Women can comfortably exist in their nakedness, sharing their innermost thoughts on everything from family to self-esteem, traumatic births, and sexual assault. The intensity of their communion is balanced within the restorative atmosphere, where steam hisses over rocks and Edvard Egilsson’s score heightens this choral portrait of contemporary womanhood. Sundance 2023 Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary.New sessions added – Back by Popular Demand
We’re bringing 13 of the most-loved and sold-out films back by popular demand, for another four days after Closing Night until Thursday 22 June! Single tickets on sale now. Flexipass redeems are not available for these special post-Festival sessions. Short films do not screen with Back by Popular Demand sessions.
- Program Strand
- Europe! Voices of Women in Film
- Year
- 2023
- Classification
- Unclassified 15+
- Country
- Estonia, France, Iceland
- Language
- In Estonian, Seto and Võro with English subtitles
- Director
- Anna Hints
- Producer
- Marianne Ostrat
- Screenwriter
- Anna Hints
- Cinematographer
- Ants Tammik
- Editor
- Hendrik Mägar, Tushar Prakash, Qutaiba Barhamji, Martin Männik, Anna Hints
- Premiere
- Australian Premiere
- Genre
- Festival Award Winners, Documentary, Women Directors, Focus on Women, By Popular Demand
- Company Credits
- Australian Distributor: Madman Entertainment
