World cinema “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” • Pärimusmuusika Lõikuspidu 2023

The first Estonian documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2023, where it won the Directing Award.  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. The film also shows the smoke sauna tradition in Võromaa which has been inscribed on UNESCO’s cultural heritage list.