Cinema Femme Short Film Fest: LIVE Q&A with filmmaker Anna Hints

Anna had to jump on early, we apologize you didn't get your questions in, this is the shortened version of our Q&A. Watch entire Q&A here:    • "Smoke Sauna Sisterhood" filmmaker An...  

Join us for our LIVE Q&A with "Smoke Sauna Sisterhood" director Anna Hints, following up our in-person screening at the Music Box Theatre on 4/28 at 7 PM.

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.

About Anna!
Anna Hints is an Estonian film director with a background in contemporary art and experimental
folk music. Having deep roots in the distinct culture of South Estonia, Anna’s second home is in
India. As an active dumpster diver, Anna’s short documentary For Tomorrow Paradise Arrives
(2021) initiated public discussion and growth of new grassroot movements against food waste in
Estonia. Anna’s first feature documentary Smoke Sauna Sisterhood premiered at Sundance
Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Competition program in January 2023 with Anna
winning the Directing Award. After that the film won McBaine Feature Documentary Award at
San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Awards, Eurimages Audentia Award for
the Best Female Director, two more awards and got nominated for LUX - The European
Audience Film Award by European Parliament and European Film Academy. Anna’s upcoming
short fiction Weight of Light (2024) depicts the life of female rag pickers in Delhi. Anna is a
singer in the electronic-folk trio EETER that was nominated in the Best Film Music category at
the Estonian Film and TV Awards 2018. EETER collaborated with Icelandic composer Edvard
Egilsson for the original score of Smoke Sauna Sisterhood. Anna is currently pursuing a
Masters Degree at the Department of Drama of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.