Sauna Day
The film invites you into the world of Southern Estonian men who go to the dark-intimate space of a smoke sauna after a hard day's work. Beneath their tough exteriors lies a desire for connection, veiled in secrecy.
Anna Hints (1982) is a filmmaker whose background is in contemporary art and experimental music. She is deeply rooted in the culture of her home country. Her short documentary "For Tomorrow
Paradise Arrives" (2021) sparked a public discussion about dumpster diving and food waste in Estonia. "Smoke Sauna Sisterhood", her first documentary feature, had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2023. Hints received the award for best director in the World Cinema Documentary Competition there. She is the vocalist of the electronic folk trio EETER, which was nominated in the category of best film score at the 2018 Estonian Film and Television Awards. EETER collaborated with Icelandic composer Edvard Egilsson on the original score of "Smoke Sauna Sisterhood". Hints is currently pursuing a master's degree in drama at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Filmography:
Savvusanna sõsarad (2023, doc)
