OLIVER LAXE
Sirāt
“…an electrifying piece of filmmaking - an apocalyptic parable about a road trip through the desert set to a thumping techno score.” - Screen Rant
A father (Sergi López) and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They are searching for Mar — daughter and sister — who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar sense of freedom, they hand out her photo again and again. Hope is fading, but they push through and follow a group of ravers heading to one last party in the desert. As they venture deeper into the burning wilderness, the journey forces them to confront their own limits.
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Born in Paris in 1982, Oliver Laxe is the son of Galician emigrants. When he is six years old, his family returns to Galicia, in the northwest of Spain. After completing his studies in Audiovisual Communication, he moves to Tangier, Morocco, where he self-produces and films Todos vós sodes capitáns, a film that earns him the FIPRESCI Prize at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes in 2010. In 2016, he receives the Grand Prize of the Critics' Week in Cannes for Mimosas, shot in the Atlas Mountains. After returning to Galicia, he films O que arde in the heart of the Os Ancares mountains - a film that wins the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019. Fifteen years after his first premiere in Cannes, and having screened and won awards in all of its sections, Oliver achieves his first presence in Competition with Sirât, filmed in the Sahara Desert.
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Cannes Film Festival 2025 (France)
Winner, Grand PrixCannes Film Festival 2025 (France)
Winner, Palm Dog (For Pipa the Jack Russell, and Lupita the Podenco mix)Cannes Film Festival 2025 (France)
Winner, Best Composer (Kangding Ray)Golden Globes 2026 (USA)
Nominee, Best Motion Picture - Non-English Language -
Genre: Drama
Featuring: Sergi López, Brúno Nuñez, Stefania Gadda, Joshua Liam Henderson, Tonin Janvier, Jade Oukid, Richard Belamy
Rating: NC16
Duration: 114 min
Languages: Spanish, French (with English subtitles) -
“Nothing about the pulsating ‘Sirāt’ is appropriate or expected or traditional or fully comprehensible. It just is. And it is utterly transfixing.” — Peter Travers
“…the sort of overwhelming cinematic experience and undeniable work of sound and vision that could be life-changing for those ready to receive it.” — Rolling Stone
“The second time I saw the road thriller "Sirāt," I couldn’t wait to hear the audience moan.” — Los Angeles Times
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