Visit Estonia bjöd den första februari in till galapremiär av Estlands Oscarbidrag med dokumentären Smoke Sauna Sisterhood på biografen Skandia i Stockholm. Eventet arrangerades av Joyvoy Studio.

I rökbastuns mörker delar kvinnor sina innersta hemligheter och intima upplevelser. Genom en känsla av gemenskap tvättar kvinnor bort skammen som är instängd i deras kroppar och återfår sin styrka. Anna Hints Sundance-vinnande dokumentär firar en hundratal gammal rökbastutradition

Filmen har prisats internationellt och har nu möjligheten till en Oscar.

Bilder från röda mattan i Stockholm finns hos Stella Pictures.
 

Priser

Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary - Anna Hints @ Sundance Film Festival 2023
McBaine Documentary Feature Award @ SFFILM 2023 Golden Gate Awards
Newsweek Psychologia Award @ Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2023
Special Mention The City Of Poznań Freedom Award @ Millennium Docs Against Gravity 2023
Eurimages Audentia Award 2023 for Best Female Director - Anna Hints
Special Jury Mention International Documentary Feature @ Guanajuato International Film Festi-
val 2023
Best Film by a Female Director - Anna Hints @ Sofia Documental 2023
Estonian Documentary Guild Award - Anna Hints 2023
Special Mention @ Riga IFF 2023
Special Mention @ CinEast 2023
Best Film @ All About Freedom Festival 2023
Outstanding Female-Led Feature Film @ Cinéfest Sudbury IFF 2023
FIPRESCI Award @ Viennale 2023
Best Baltic Film @ Tallinn Black Nights FF 2023
Best Cinematography - Ants Tammik @ IDA Documentary Awards 2023
European Documentary @ European Film Awards 2023
Best Documentary Feature (tied with “American Symphony”) @ Alliance of Women Film Jour-
nalists EDA Awards 2023
Best Film of 2023 @ Estonian Film Journalists Association Award ‘Neitsi Maali’
Outstanding Cinematography - Ants Tammik @ Cinema Eye Honors 2024
 
Nomineringar

LUX The European Audience Film Award 2023
Producers Guild of America PGA Awards 2024
 Outstanding Producing of a Documentary Motion Picture
Cinema Eye Honors 2023
 Outstanding Sound Design Outstanding Debut
 Audience Choice Prize
International Documentary Association Awards 2023
 Best Editing
Critics Choice Documentary Awards 2023
 Best First Documentary Feature
Estonia’s National Entry at 96th Academy Awards