New US Trailer for Acclaimed Estonian Doc ‘Smoke Sauna Sisterhood’
by Alex Billington
October 12, 2023
Source: YouTube
“You’ve always had the courage to run away, to do something else, this is something I admire so much.” Greenwich Ent. has revealed an official trailer for a documentary film called Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival at the start of the year. It earned rave reviews and won the Best Director award. In the intimate film, multiple 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. This wonderfully empowering doc celebrates the centuries-old smoke sauna tradition, recognized on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. These women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, “washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.” I watched this during Sundance and it is indeed a terrific film, super powerful in its intimacy & honesty. Highly recommend discovering this.
Here’s the official US trailer (+ poster) for Anna Hints’ doc Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, from YouTube:
Synopsis from Sundance: “Tucked in a lush green forest in southern Estonia, a group of women gather in the safe darkness of a smoke sauna to share their innermost thoughts and secrets. Enveloped by a warm, dense heat, they bare all to expel fears and shame trapped in their bodies and regain their strength. Director Anna Hints captures this intimate ritual in a stunningly visceral and absorbing way. Her camera engages with the tight space by cradling bodies and faces revealed in chiaroscuro. An exchange of voices share what their bodies have experienced and withstood. The testimonies are deeply personal while also feeling universally recognizable.” Smoke Sauna Sisterhood is directed by Estonian filmmaker Anna Hints, making her feature directorial debut after a few other short films previously. Produced by Marianne Ostrat. This first premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it won a Best Director prize. Greenwich Ent. debuts the Smoke Sauna Sisterhood doc in select US theaters on November 24th, 2023, then it’s on VOD starting January 23rd, 2024 during Sundance next year. Visit the film’s official website.
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