Estonian filmmaker wins Sundance Film Festival directing award
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Estonian director Anna Hints won the Sundance Film Festival's Directing Award for her documentary film "Smoke Sauna Sisterhood" on Friday.
Hint's film won in the World Cinema Documentary Competition. She also wrote the script.
The documentary was shot in a smoke sauna in South Estonia and focuses on a group of women who "share their innermost thoughts and secrets".
Estona's smoke sauna tradition is included on UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood - trailer:
