Marianne Kütt

When a man goes missing from her district, solitary Irene agrees to meet with an investigator. What begins as a routine inquiry gradually turns into something more unsettling, drawing Irene into a surreal night where the boundaries between the investigation and her own past begin to blur.

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.

Photographer Sami, maybe 35 and living in a loveless marriage, has to travel south to Pärnu, Estonia, to find his much younger brother Joni and get him back to Helsinki for treatment. Joni, around 20, is possibly fatally ill but would rather stay in Estonia enjoying a simple life together with a local girlfriend Rimma and her little baby.