Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
2023 film by Anna Hints / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (Võro: Savvusanna sõsarad, lit. 'Sisters of the smoke sauna') is a 2023 documentary film written and directed by Anna Hints in her feature directorial debut.[3] It is about a group of women who gather in a smoke sauna where they clean the dirt from their ashamed and aching bodies.[4] It was selected as the Estonian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.[5] It is a co-production between Estonia, France and Iceland.[6]
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Estonian | Savvusanna sõsarad |
Directed by | Anna Hints |
Written by | Anna Hints |
Produced by | Marianne Ostrat |
Cinematography | Ants Tammik |
Edited by | Qutaiba Barhamji Anna Hints Hendrik Mägar Martin Männik Tushar Prakash |
Music by | Edvard Egilsson EETER |
Production companies | Alexandra Film Kepler 22 Productions Ursus Parvus |
Release dates | 22 January 2023 (Sundance) 23 March 2023 (Estonia) 23 April 2023 (SFIFF) 13 October 2023 (UK and Ireland) |
Running time | 90 minutes[1] |
Countries | Estonia France Iceland |
Languages | Estonian Seto Võro |
Box office | $410,652[2] |
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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on 22 January 2023,[7] where it competed in the World Cinema Documentary Competition and won the Directing Award at the World Cinema Documentary Competition.[8]