synopsis
In the darkness of a smoke sauna, 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.
Festivals
Sundance, CPH:DOX, Hong Kong IFF, SFFILM, Hot Docs, Beldocs, Millenium Docs Against Gravity, Docs Barcelona, Docs Ireland, Filmfest Munich, Guanajuato FF, Sydney FF, Filmfest Munich, Jerusalem FF, New Zealand FF, Ambulante Documentary FF, Zürich FF, Bergen IFF, Viennale, IDFA, DOC NYC 2023
Film Credits
- director :Anna Hints
- producer :Marianne Ostrat
- co-producers :Juliette Cazanave, HlÃn Jóhannesdóttir
- cinematography :Ants Tammik
- editors :Hendrik Mägar, Tushar Prakash, Martin Männik, Qutaiba Barhamji, Anna Hints
- composers :Edvard Egilsson & EETER
- sound-designer :Huldar Freyr Arnarson
- sound-recording :Tanel Kadalipp, Patrick Tubin McGinley
more information
- country:Estonia, France, Iceland,
- language:Estonian,
- release:2024
- duration:89 min
- genres:documentary,
Selected Festivals
Press Quotes
a film that places you in the moment of relaxation, conveys the sense of a cleansing that is both physical and spiritual. Here, you are free to say anything, trivial or significant
Screendaily
a cathartic and lovely experience
Paste Magazine
an unforgettable experience
POV Magazine
a film that weaves a spell
The Guardian
the small, smoky, steamy miracle of this film is how it creates something so intangible, so lyrical, from the absolutely elemental: fire, wood, water and lots of naked female flesh
Variety
a masterpiece
Cinema Femme