Cannes Critics' Week is one of the few segments of the 77th Cannes Film Festival that does not officially include an Indian entry. but dig into it a little
Select the parallel section and get an Indian name associated with an extraordinary short story film.
The film is "Sauna Day", directed by Estonia-based filmmaker duo
Anna Hints and Tushar Prakash.
Tushar Prakash is a resident of Delhi. He went to the National Polish Film School in Łódź. He has been living in Estonia since 2020 and has straddled two diverse countries and cultures.The 13-minute film "Sauna Day" is the sequel to Hints' award-winning "Smoke Sauna Sisterhood," a 90-minute documentary that follows a group. Of women who expose their body and soul to smoking. gives. Saunas create a soreness that goes deeper than skin deep. The critically acclaimed feature-length film was edited by Prakash.
"Sauna Day" focuses on two southern Estonian men who go to a smoking sauna to relax after a hard day at work.His desire for a relationship, though largely unstated, is visible beneath his masculine exterior. Hints, who is a filmmaker as well as a singer-composer, says: “Two people in a sauna day talk a lot about worldly issues but not through words. I want to avoid intimacy. “We wanted to explore their courage to be vulnerable.”
“The challenge was to tell the story without using much dialogue,” says Prakash. The film is based on the unspoken language of silences and glimpses.Prakash studied history before doing a short-term filmmaking course in Delhi, which helped him meet people at Jamia Millia Islamia.
“They gave me the basic framework from which I was able to understand cinema and its nuances,” he says.
He watched masterpieces of world cinema in the cultural centers of Delhi. He was particularly charmed by Krzysztof Kieślowski's "Decalogue" and "Three Colors Trilogy". In 2007, Prakash became the first Indian to gain a seat at the prestigious Lodz Film School.He passed school in 2012 and returned to Delhi, where he
Spent the next few years. Anna and Prakash first met in a workshop and from here began their partnership in life and filmmaking.
Does Prakash have any upcoming Indian films? "Yes, of course," he replies. “Man, I am Indian-Estonian. Even as a filmmaker, I am Indian-Estonian. He added, "Despite being aware of my different cultural identities, I can be one or the other, or both, at the same time, without any one of them undermining the other.Hint claims that "We have an Indian film in mind, which we hope to write about soon."
Select the parallel section and get an Indian name associated with an extraordinary short story film.
The film is "Sauna Day", directed by Estonia-based filmmaker duo
Anna Hints and Tushar Prakash.
Tushar Prakash is a resident of Delhi. He went to the National Polish Film School in Łódź. He has been living in Estonia since 2020 and has straddled two diverse countries and cultures.The 13-minute film "Sauna Day" is the sequel to Hints' award-winning "Smoke Sauna Sisterhood," a 90-minute documentary that follows a group. Of women who expose their body and soul to smoking. gives. Saunas create a soreness that goes deeper than skin deep. The critically acclaimed feature-length film was edited by Prakash.
"Sauna Day" focuses on two southern Estonian men who go to a smoking sauna to relax after a hard day at work.His desire for a relationship, though largely unstated, is visible beneath his masculine exterior. Hints, who is a filmmaker as well as a singer-composer, says: “Two people in a sauna day talk a lot about worldly issues but not through words. I want to avoid intimacy. “We wanted to explore their courage to be vulnerable.”
“The challenge was to tell the story without using much dialogue,” says Prakash. The film is based on the unspoken language of silences and glimpses.Prakash studied history before doing a short-term filmmaking course in Delhi, which helped him meet people at Jamia Millia Islamia.
“They gave me the basic framework from which I was able to understand cinema and its nuances,” he says.
He watched masterpieces of world cinema in the cultural centers of Delhi. He was particularly charmed by Krzysztof Kieślowski's "Decalogue" and "Three Colors Trilogy". In 2007, Prakash became the first Indian to gain a seat at the prestigious Lodz Film School.He passed school in 2012 and returned to Delhi, where he
Spent the next few years. Anna and Prakash first met in a workshop and from here began their partnership in life and filmmaking.
Does Prakash have any upcoming Indian films? "Yes, of course," he replies. “Man, I am Indian-Estonian. Even as a filmmaker, I am Indian-Estonian. He added, "Despite being aware of my different cultural identities, I can be one or the other, or both, at the same time, without any one of them undermining the other.Hint claims that "We have an Indian film in mind, which we hope to write about soon."
