Sirât

Oliver Laxe’s Cannes winner distils a cinematic reverence for the sacred through a landscape simultaneously scarred and sustained by sound.

Screening dates and booking

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Credits

  • Director

    Oliver Laxe

  • Screenwriters

    Santiago Fillol, Oliver Laxe

  • With

    Sergi López, Brúno Nuñez, Stefania Gadda

  • Spain-France 2025. 115min

  • Courtesy of

    Altitude

  • Languages

    Spanish, French, Arabic

    With English subtitles

  • Certificate

    LFF18

  • In association with

    Time Out logo

Introduction

Laxe’s hallucinatory journey drifts between road movie, political parable and ritual. Passing through ambiguous, borderless geographies, its hypnotic rhythm reorients our senses. Performances shine, from non-professional nomadic ravers to Sergi López’s grieving father. Both highly tactile and metaphysical, with meaning pulsating beneath its surface, Sirât invites us to trace our own path through the desert mirage.

Hyun Jin Cho

With thanks to the Embassy of Spain in the United Kingdom and Instituto Cervantes Londres

Content warning

Contains scenes of drug use, graphic violence or injury, and harm towards children.

Contains flashing images.

How to book

Tickets start from £10 for all screenings and events in London, with concessions available for many screenings. Booking information and ticket prices.

If you’re aged 16 to 25, sign up for free to BFI 25 and Under for a chance to get £6 tickets to all screenings and events (subject to availability).

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