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Tushar Prakash

Savvusanna Sõsarad
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Talent
Tushar Prakash
Role of participant
Editor
Director
Anna Hints
Producer
Marianne Ostrat
Status
finished
Year of production
2023
Running time
89 min
Genre
Documentary
Countries of Production
Estonia , France , Iceland
Production Companies
Alexandra Film (Estonia), Kepler 22 Production (France), Ursus Parvus (Iceland)
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Festivals and Awards

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2023, where it competed in the World Cinema Documentary Competition and won the Directing Award at the World Cinema Documentary Competition.

Then it was screened on March 17, 2023, at the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, on March 31, 2023, at the Stockfish Film Festival,[on April 23, 2023, at the San Francisco International Film Festival, on May 13, 2023, at the Millennium Docs Against Gravity, on May 18, 2023, at the Barcelona Documentary Film Festival, on May, 19, 2023, at the Seattle International Film Festival, on June 24, 2023, at the Filmfest München, on July 31, 2023, at the New Zealand International Film Festival and on August 4, 2023, at the Melbourne International Film Festival. The film still continues to go to festivals including the JioMami in Mumbai. It was commercially released on March 23, 2023, in Estonian theaters. The film has been sold to more than 30 territories worldwide. It has been selected as the Estonian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. The film is also a nominee for the Lux Audience Awards 2024.