CANNES: French sales agent Salaud Morisset has acquired Estonian film director Anna Hints’s latest short film, Sauna Day / Sannapäiv, co-directed together with Indian director Tushar Prakash. The film will have its world premiere on 19 May, 20:00 at Miramar, in the Special Screenings – Short Films section of the 63rd Critics’ Week (Semaine de la Critique), held 15 – 23 May 2024 within the Cannes Film Festival (14 – 25 May 2024).

Sauna Day invites you into the world of Southern Estonian men, who go to the dark-intimate space of a smoke sauna after a hard day's work. Beneath their tough exteriors lies a desire for connection, veiled in secrecy.

Sauna Day was produced by Johanna Maria Paulson and Evelin Penttilä through Stellar with support from the Estonian Film Institute, the Estonian Cultural Endowment, the Tartu Film Fund and Creative Europe MEDIA.

The directors as well as actors Rasmus Kaljujärv and Agur Seim cinematographer Ants Tammik, and producers Johanna Maria Paulson and Evelin Penttilä are available for interviews at the Cannes Film Festival.

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