Well, you can’t say they didn’t warn us. “Sirât,” the Oliver Laxe film that had its world premiere in the main competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, opens with titles that describe ...

French-Spanish director Óliver Laxe makes his debut in the Cannes Film Festival Competition with a film that arguably would be better placed in one of the festival’s Midnight slots. Part existential ...

In the French-born Spanish director's fourth feature, which premiered in competition at Cannes, a father and son join a group of itinerant ravers in the deserts of Morocco. By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & ...

In a crazy world, all we can hope to do is dance the pain away. It’s an attitude sun-baked into the heart of Oliver Laxe’s enveloping Sirat. But as its purgatorial odyssey unfolds, it quickly becomes ...

Exclusive: "Seeds, "Mad Bills to Pay," and John Magaro in "Omaha" were also honored by jurors of the New Jersey film festival. Cannes jury prize winner “Sirât,” out later this month from Neon, is ...

The selection underscores the Cannes Festival’s success in anticipating titles heading into the International Feature Oscar race. Spain has selected director Oliver Laxe’s mind-boggling desert odyssey ...

Well, you can't say they didn't warn us. "Sirât," the Oliver Laxe film that had its world premiere in the main competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, opens with titles that describe ...