Special Presentations
Sirât
The glorious and forbidding Moroccan desert provides the backdrop for this extraordinary psychological journey from Oliver Laxe, a sensory experience of audacity and shock about a middle-aged father (Sergi López) searching for his missing daughter. Winning a Jury Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Sirât is a visceral and mystical vision that explosively and hypnotically pushes cinematic limits. A Neon release.
Southeast premiere
2026 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film Official Selection — Spain
Presented in Spanish and French with English subtitles.
DIRECTOR
Oliver Laxe
PRODUCERS
Domingo Corral
Oliver Laxe
Xavi Font
Pedro Almodóvar
Agustín Almodóvar
Esther García
Oriol Maymó Ferrer
Mani Mortazavi
Andrea Queralt
WRITERS
Santiago Fillol
Oliver Laxe
CAST
Sergi López
Brúno Nuñez
Stefania Gadda
Joshua Liam Henderson
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Oliver Laxe’s first feature film, You Are All Captains, won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival. The Paris-born director has also helmed Mimosas, which won the Critics’ Week Grand Prize at Cannes, and Fire Will Come, which won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes. Sirât is his latest film.