Cannes Winner 'Sirāt' Kicks Off Oscar-Qualifying Run in NY and LA
Critics single out immersive visuals plus a thundering techno score, with a finale that divides viewers.
Overview
- The film begins a one-week awards-qualifying engagement in New York and Los Angeles on Nov. 14 via NEON, with a wider U.S. rollout slated for early 2026.
- Spain’s official Oscar submission won the Cannes Jury Prize and has already drawn strong box office in Spain and France.
- Óliver Laxe’s road thriller follows a father and his 12-year-old son searching for a missing daughter as they fall in with a caravan of ravers crossing the Moroccan desert.
- Reviews highlight Kangding Ray’s pulsating score and Mauro Herce’s documentary-like cinematography, with comparisons to The Wages of Fear, Sorcerer and Mad Max.
- Laxe casts non-professional performers—some using their real names and physical conditions—and foregrounds apocalyptic and environmental tensions, with audience reactions described as intense.