SIRÂT

Special Screening | Spain, France | 2025 | Drama | 115 min | In Spanish & in French with English subtitles, in English | Spain’s Official Entry for Best International Feature – Academy Award 2026 |17+

Directed by: Óliver Laxe
Written by: Óliver Laxe, Santiago Fillol
Produced by: Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar & Esther García (El Deseo), Mani Mortazavi & Andrea Queralt (4 A 4 Productions), Domingo Corral (Moviestar Plus+), Xavit Font (Filmes da Ermida), César Pardiñas, Óliver Laxe, Arte France Cinéma
Cinematography: Mauro Herce
Original Score: Kangding Ray
Film Editing: Cristóbal Fernández
Cast: Sergi López (Louis), Bruno Núñez Arjona (Estéban), Richard Bellamy (Bigui), Stefania Gadda (Stef), Joshua Liam Henderson (Josh), Tonin Janvier (Tonin), Jade Oukid (Jade)
International Sales: The Match Factory
US Distributor: Neon

Synopsis

A mammoth wall of speakers rises up against an ochre backdrop of towering cliffs in the Moroccan desert. A thumping bassline rises and a rave dance party, chockablock with techno-nomads, suddenly erupts. Enter a stricken Luis, his young son in tow and handing out flyers in search of his missing daughter. Thus begins Óliver Laxe‘s suspenseful, apocalyptic, truly spectacular existential odyssey, featuring a stunning performance by Sergi López and a cast of non-professional actors. “Is this what the end of the world feels like?,” one character asks. “It’s been the end of the world for a long time,” another replies. (Given its extreme violence, this film is recommended for those over 17 years of age.)

Director’s biography

Óliver Laxe is a French-born Spanish writer, director and actor of Galician ancestry. After writing and directing three short films, he made his first feature, You Are All Captains, which premiered in the Director’s Fortnight section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, where it received the FIPRESCI Prize. His second feature, Mimosas (2016), filmed in the Atlas Mountains, won the Nespresso Grand Prize in the Critics’ Week section in Cannes, the Golden Pyramid at the Cairo International Film Festival, a Grand Jury Award at the Seville European Film Festival, a Special Jury Prize at the Taipei Film Festival, and a Lumière Award for Best French-Language Film. His third feature, Fire Will Come (2019), was selected for the Un Certain Regard section in Cannes, earning the Jury Prize, as well as nabbing a Best European Film Gaudi Award, a Goya Award for Best Director, and a Golden Alexander at the Thessaloniki Film Festival. Sirât, his fourth feature, premiered in Competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Prize.