Marianne Ostrat
Producer: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
In Person Q&A
Marianne Ostrat (b. 1983, Estonia) the graduate of MA Film Arts from Baltic Film & Media School (2009) and EAVE European Producer Workshop (2013) is an Estonian film producer and founder of Alexandra Film and Fork Film Animation Studio. In 2017 she premiered her first fiction feature "The End of the Chain" (Karlovy Vary IFF, 4 Estonian Film & TV Award nominations) and a Spanish-Estonian culinary documentary "Constructing Albert" (San Sebastian, Palm Springs, SXSW, HotDocs).
In 2021 she released the youth comedy "Kids of the Night" - nominee of 7 and winner of 3 Estonian Film & TV Awards.
In November 2022 an Icelandic-Estonian fiction feature "Driving Mum" by Hilmar Oddsson premiered at 26th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Main Competition and won Grand Prix and Best Original Score.
In addition to that Marianne has produced two short films by director Tanno Mee - "Helen's Birthday" (2017) and "New Beginnings" (2019), which were both nominated for the Estonian Film & TV Award in Best Short Film category.
She co-produced the Swedish-Estonian animated short "Amalimbo" (2016) by Juan Pablo Libossart that premiered at Venice IFF and was nominated to the European Film Award.
Marianne Ostrat's first feature documentary "Smoke Sauna Sisterhood" (Estonia-France-Iceland) by Anna Hints premiered at the Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Competition Program in January 2023 with director Anna Hints winning the Directing Award. Since then the film has won McBaine Best Feature Documentary at San Francisco FF Golden Gate Awards, Eurimages Audentia Award for Best Female Director and Best Documentary at the European Film Awards 2023, as well as earned a PGA Award nomination for Outstanding Producer of a Documentary Motion Picture.
Marianne Ostrat teaches producing at Kinoeyes The European Film Masters MA program, is an active member of Estonian Film Industry Cluster and member of European Film Academy.