Overview
- Neon unveiled the first U.S. trailer and confirmed Feb. 6 openings at Film at Lincoln Center and IFC Center in New York and at Landmark’s Nuart Theatre and AMC Burbank 16 in Los Angeles, with a nationwide rollout later in February.
- 'Sirāt' is shortlisted for five Academy Awards for 2026: Best International Feature (Spain), Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Music (Original Score), and Best Sound, with the first all-female sound team ever to make the shortlist.
- The awards run includes two Golden Globe nominations (Foreign Language Film, Original Score), nine European Film Awards nods, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association win for Best Music Score, and recognition from Critics Choice, the Gothams, and London Critics’ Circle.
- The Cannes Jury Prize winner follows a father and son searching through southern Morocco’s rave culture and desert for a missing daughter, starring Sergi López and Bruno Núñez Arjona.
- Written and directed by Oliver Laxe with co-writer Santiago Fillol, the Spanish–French production features Spanish, French, English, and Arabic, counts Pedro and Agustín Almodóvar among its producers, and completed a one-week Academy qualifying run in November.