Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Nestled in a dense forest by a lake, like a fairytale setting from another time, a group of naked women perform their full body and soul cleansing rituals. The smoke sauna becomes a therapeutic room for old wounds and stories.

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Nominated for Cinematography

Ants Tammik

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Original title: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood Year: 2023 Duration: 89 min. Country of Production: Estonia, France, Iceland Languages: Estonian Cinematographer: Ants Tammik Sound Designer: Huldar Freyr Arnarson Director: Anna Hints Editors: Hendrik Mägar, Tushar Prakash, Qutaiba Barhamji, Martin Männik, Anna Hints Producer: Marianne Ostrat

Talk: | Saturday 14.10 | + | Sunday 15.10 |

Cinematographer and director, Ants Tamik, currently one of the prominent figures in Estonia, will be in attendance after the screening for a Q&A to discuss his experiences and the creative process behind capturing this exquisite work.

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As a catalysator for opening up and being intimate with each other the smoke sauna. deepens friendships, cleans up old wounds and quarrels. As part of the UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List, the smoke sauna is an essential culture for the Voro community of Estonia and a place to meet, in silence, in conversation, a place to laugh or to spill your heart out with your worries, concerns and stories. Winning the directing award at the Sundance Film Festival, Anna Hint has made a truly wonderful debut feature film that makes us laugh, cry and consolidate with our own worries. Through all seasons we follow the rituals and the women heating up together in the darkened smoked-down tiny log cabin.

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13:00

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October

20:30

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Anna Hints is an Estonian film director with a background in contemporary art and experimental folk music. Her first feature-length film SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD premiered at Sundance in January 2023 and received the Directing Award.

She has deep roots in the distinct culture of South Estonia. As an active dumpster diver, her short documentary FOR TOMORROW PARADISE ARRIVES initiated public discussion and the growth of new grassroots movements against food waste in Estonia. Hints´ first feature-length film SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD premiered at the Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Competition in January 2023 and received the Directing Award.

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«The journey to filmmaking has been a roller coaster and one can say it has been also a journey to accept myself, my ways of seeing and interpreting the world, a journey towards trusting my intuition as a human and a filmmaker.»

Filmography

For Tomorrow Paradise Arrives (2021)

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Ice (2018)

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Manifest of Hope (2014)

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Cinematographer for Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, Ants Tammik, is nominated for best cinematography.

Ants Tammik was born in 1990 in Estonia. Graduated from FAMU (Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague) and Tallinn University, Baltic Film and Media School. Works as DoP on many Estonian films. FRAGILE WORLD is his directorial debut. The film was recognized as the best short films at Estonian Film and TV Award 2017.

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