— Best Director and Best Actor; the FIPRESCI Prize, Cannes Film Festival 2025

— Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival 2025

From the producers Pedro and Agustín Almodóvar.

Luis, his son, and their faithful dog traverse the Moroccan desert in search of their missing daughter. When they join a group of ravers bound for a final party deep in the Sahara, they embark on a hellish journey through endless sands. The merciless desert forces them to re-examine their lives.

Shot on 16-mm film, this fourth and now most successful feature by Spanish director Óliver Laxe was in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Inspired by Nietzsche’s quote, “I would believe only in a god who could dance,” Laxe has crafted a story of apocalypse-awareness and a metaphysical journey, steeped in techno music, corporeality, loss, and a sense of something primal. The film is wryly called a chamber/arthouse version of Mad Max. Through its rave elements, which permeate the whole film, mythological motifs emerge — the title Sirāt in Islamic culture refers to the slender bridge over hell one must attempt to cross to reach paradise.

— Festival curator Stanislav Bytuts’kyi