2025, 114 min.

Awards and selections: 2025 Cannes Film Festival – Jury Prize; Oscars 2026 – nominations for Best International Feature Film and Best Sound
Director: Oliver Laxe
Cast: Sergi López, Bruno Núñez Arjona, Stefania Gadda
Country: Spain, France

[IN-PERSON SCREENING]

 

— pre-screening intro: Laia Casanovas (film’s sound designer) and Jakub Popielecki (Filmweb)

— Masterclass: Sound Design with Laia Casanovas

A rave hit straight from Cannes!

A father and son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They are searching for Mar – their daughter and sister – who disappeared several months earlier at one of the endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic music and an unfamiliar sense of freedom, they hand out her photograph wherever they go. Hope begins to fade, but the men press on through crowds of ravers heading towards one final desert party. Venturing deeper into an unknown wilderness, they are forced to confront their own fears and limitations.

In the media

«A film about how the search for the perfect rave and the perfect community is a little like waiting for Godot. A film that contains all films, from “2001: A Space Odyssey” through “Gerry” and “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” to “The Wages of Fear”.»
— Jakub Popielecki, Filmweb capsule review

«A film with everything it takes to become a cult object for cinephiles and filmmakers. Artistic value is combined with entertainment appeal and philosophical debate, while Galicia confirms its role as the new Bethlehem of uncompromising neo-modernists.»
— Marcin Prymas, Pełna Sala, read the full review here

«Here, Laxe emerges as Lynch’s spiritual heir – in “Sirât”, instead of a linear narrative, you get a trance-like journey that you experience with all your senses.»
— Marcin Radomski, Filmweb capsule review

Oliver Laxe

Director, screenwriter and actor, born in 1982. He studied at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona before beginning his filmmaking career in London. He made his feature debut with the documentary “You All Are Captains” (2010), which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. His film “Fire Will Come” (2019) premiered in the Un Certain Regard section and received the Jury Prize. His latest film, Sirât, won the Jury Prize at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

Tags: Spanish cinema, rave, desert

The “Sound design” section is organised in cooperation with the Embassy of Spain in Poland. Section partners: the Polish National Film School in Łódź and Filmweb.