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.
Biography:
Anna Hints is a scenarist, director and composer who was born on May 27, 1982 in Tartu, Estonia. She graduated from the Wiedemann High School in Haapsalu in 2000, then studied at the University of Tartu in 2000-2003 in comparative literature and folklore, and in 2003-2009 at the Tartu Art College in photography. In 2010-2013, she continued her studies at the Tallinn University Film and Media School, where she became a Bachelor degree film director, continuing to graduate from one semester in the same field as a Master's degree. Since 2015, Hints has been a member of the Estonian Cinema Association, the Estonian Writers' Association and the Estonian Audiovisual Association.
Marianne Ostrat is a film producer who has been working in the area of film production since 2004. She has a BA degree in audiovisual media from Tallinn University and a MA degree in Film Arts with specialization in producing from Baltic Film and Media School. Marianne received the Cottbus Film Festival GWFF Promotion Prize awarded to a promising producing student from the Baltics. In January 2009 she graduated BFM with a medium-length drama “Strays” (directed by Sutharsan “Sui” Bala, produced by Alexandra Film and Nocturne Productions), that has traveled to 15 film festivals from all over the world and received 4 honorable mentions at these events. After her graduation, Marianne joined Testfilm Ltd and the team of The Measure of Man in order to explore the field of international documentary filmmaking and deepen her consciousness of environmental issues and sustainable living.
