Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Festivals

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood had its world premiere on 22 January 2023, at the Sundance Film Festival,^[9] then it was screened on 17 March of that year at the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival,^[10] on 31 March at the Stockfish Film Festival,^[11] on 23 April at the San Francisco International Film Festival,^[12] on 13 May at the Millennium Docs Against Gravity,^[13] on 18 May at the Barcelona Documentary Film Festival,^[14] on 19 May at the Seattle International Film Festival,^[15] on 24 June at the Filmfest München,^[16] on 31 July at the New Zealand International Film Festival,^[17] on 4 August at the Melbourne International Film Festival,^[18] on 29 September in the Documentary Competition at the Zurich Film Festival, and on the 7th of October at the CinEast Film Festival.^[19]

Theatrical

It was commercially released on 23 March 2023, in Estonian theaters.^[20] It was released at cinemas in the UK and Ireland from 13 October 2023.^[21]

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 98% of 48 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "Running the gamut from tears to laughter, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood finds cinematic poetry in the simple act of observing conversation."^[22] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".^[23]

Accolades