Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Estonia/France/Iceland 2023
Dir: Anna Hints
Estonian, Seto, Võro / 89 mins

In cinemas from 13 October 2023
On demand January 2024

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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.

Estonia's official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards®.

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Ashford Ashford Picturehouse - 31 October
Aviemore Spa Valley Cinema - 30 November
▇ Bath FilmBath Festival - 21 October (festival screening)
Bath The Little Theatre - 31 October
▇ Belfast Queen’s Film Theatre - 17 October (hosted by Reclaim the Frame)
Belfast Queen’s Film Theatre - from 13 October
▇ Bo’ness Hippodrome - 6 June (Q&A with Co-Producer Juliette Cazanave)
Bertha DocHouse - from 26 December
Bracknell South Hill Park Arts - 6 December
▇ Brighton Duke of York’s - 11 October (Reclaim the Frame Q&A preview screening with director Anna Hints)
Brighton Duke’s at Komedia - 2 November
Bristol Watershed - from 13 October
Cambridge Arts Picturehouse - from 13 October
Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre - from 20 October
Cardigan Mwaldan - from 11 November
Colchester Firstsite - 23 November
Cornwall Cornwall Film Festival - 18 November
Cromarty Cromarty Cinema - 28 October
County Wicklow Greystones Film Club (Whale Theatre) - 14 March
County Wicklow Mermaid Arts Centre (accessCINEMA) - 4 March
Dartington Barn Cinema - from 5 February
▇ Dublin Irish Film Institute Documentary Festival - 1 October (festival screening)
Dumfries Robert Burns Film Centre - 20 November
Dundee Dundee Contemporary Arts - from 13 October
Eastbourne Towner Eastbourne - from 15 December
Edinburgh The Cameo - from 13 October
▇ Edinburgh The Cameo - 21 April (Q&A screening with director Anna Hints)
▇ Exeter Exeter Phoenix - 18 October (hosted by Reclaim the Frame)
Exeter Exeter Picturehouse - 31 October
▇ Folkestone Folkestone Documentary Festival - 21 October (festival screening)
Galway Sailearna Film Club - 29 February
▇ Glasgow Glasgow Film Theatre - 13 October (Reclaim the Frame Q&A screening with director Anna Hints)
Glasgow Glasgow Film Theatre - from 13 October
Gloucester Gloucester Guildhall - from 14 December
Hastings Electric Palace Cinema - from 22 February
Hebden Bridge Hebden Bridge Picture House - from 24 November
Henley on Thames Regal Picturehouse - 2 November
Inverness Eden Court - from 28 October
King’s Lynn Corn Exchange - 24 November
Ledbury The Market Theatre - 10 March
▇ Leeds Hyde Park Picture House - 10 October (Hosted by Reclaim The Frame)
Leeds Hyde Park Picture House - from 13 October
Leicester Phoenix Leicester - from 13 October
Leinwardine Leinwardine Community Centre - 6 March
▇ Lewes Lewes Depot - from 13 October
Liverpool FACT Liverpool - from 13 October
▇ London London Baltic Film Festival - 1 December (festival screening)
London Barbican - from 13 October
London Bertha DocHouse - from 14 October
London Bertha DocHouse - from 22 December
London BFI Southbank - from 27 October
London Bromley Picturehouse - 31 October
London The Castle Cinema - from 13 October
London Ciné Lumière - from 13 October
London Clapham Picturehouse - 1 November
London Crouch End Picturehouse - from 13 October
London Curzon Camden - from 13 October
London The Garden Cinema - from 13 October
London Curzon Hoxton - from 13 October
London East Dulwich Picturehouse - 31 October
London Ealing Picturehouse - 31 October
London Finsbury Park Picturehouse - from 13 October
▇ London Fragments Festival - 1 October (festival screening)
London Fulham Road Picturehouse - from 13 October
London Greenwich Picturehouse - from 13 October
▇ London Hackney Picturehouse - 10 October (Reclaim the Frame Q&A screening with director Anna Hints)
London Hackney Picturehouse from 2 November
London Instutute of Contemporary Arts - from 13 October
London The Lexi Cinema - from 22 October
London The Gate - 2 November
London Picturehouse Central - from 13 October
London Rio Cinema - from 13 October
London Stratford East Picturehouse - 30 October
London The Chiswick Cinema - from 13 October
London The Ritzy - from 13 October
London West Norwood Picturehouse - 31 October
Maidenhead Norden Farm Centre for the Arts - 30 November
▇ Manchester HOME - 12 October (Reclaim the Frame Q&A preview screening with director Anna Hints)
Manchester HOME - from 13 October
Manchester HOME - 28 December
Milton Keynes MK Gallery - from 17 November
Newcastle Tyneside Cinema - from 13 October
Northampton Northampton Filmhouse - from 5 November
Norwich Cinema City - 2 November
▇ Nottingham Broadway Cinema - 16 October (Hosted by Reclaim the Frame)
Nottingham Broadway Cinema - from 13 October
Oban Oban Phoenix - from 27 October
Oxford Phoenix Picturehouse - 31 October
Oxford Ultimate Picture Palace - from 3 November
Oundle DOCS+ - 14 February
Portsmouth No.6 Cinema - 2 November
Portsmouth Portsmouth Film Society - 21 January
▇ Sheffield Sheffield Doc Fest - 15 June (festival screening)
Sheffield Showroom Workstation - 30 October
Shetland Mareel - from 10 November
Southampton Harbour Lights Picturehouse - from 13 October
▇ St. Andrews New Picture House - 29 October (in partnership with Elie Seaside Sauna)
▇ St Andrews Sands: International Film Festival - 20 April (Q&A screening with director Anna Hints)
▇ Stirling Central Scotland Documentary Festival - 5 November (festival screening)
Stornoway An Lanntair - 26 October
Strode Strode Theatre - 28 October
Tewkesbury Roses Theatre - 8 March
Totnes Totnes Cinema from 14 November
Totnes Totnes Cinema - 10 March
▇ Tiree Sea Change Film Festival - 23 September (festival screening)
Wivenhoe Wivenhoe Moving Image - 21 May
York City Screen - 27 October